help recognizing a tank

ygmodeler4 wrote:

I'm pretty sure that's a Panther II but I'm not entirely sure.

Nevermind not a Panther 2.

Will

From the Achtung Panzer! site

"Panzerbeobachtungswagen Panther

Artillery observation vehicle with heavily modified turret mounting wooden dummy gun and ball-mounted 7.92mm MG34. 41 were converted from Panthers returned for repairs in late 1944/45. Mounted with additional observation devices and other equipment, including range-finders."

Sturzkampf wrote:

this is the tank

This is the box top pic from the Dragon Pz.Beob.Wg. V Ausf. G kit #9041

Phil_H wrote:

Sturzkampf wrote: this is the tank This is the box top pic from the Dragon Pz.Beob.Wg. V Ausf. G kit #9041

Ditto to that.  Own the kit in my stash.  It's for artillery observation, which is why u see hummels in the background.

Sturzkampf wrote:

really? oh, the irony. sinse i saw this draw, i have been searching it in scale, and now, someone sez me its the box art of a model.

There is a recent thread with pics of a build of this kit (or at least the Gunze original of the Dragon kit anyway) http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/662542/ShowPost.aspx