Tamiya Models German Pzkfw V Panther Ausf A Model Kit

I hadn’t built a model in 4.5 years and wanted to do one when I had some time off between starting a new job. The last time I had built this exact Panther kit, I was a teenager so it’s been over 20 years. I had forgotten about some of the pros and cons of the model when I bought it. Regardless of the cons, it’s still an impressive model kit and I’ll just list some things to be aware of. In all honestly, the rubber tracks to attach to the wheels as well as the plastic tracks that come with it to attach to the sides are pretty bad and inaccurate. The tracks do not look like Panther tracks and are very generic. The insides of the rubber tracks are completely smooth with no indications that each track has separate links. Some may not care but it bothered me so I bought a set of Panther tracks that came with 180 plastic track links (Tamiya Models German Panther Ausf.D Separate Track Link Set (1/35 Scale)). I had to glue a piece onto each link and then carefully clip each separate link into each other for two sets of tracks. Each track takes 85 links. That left 10 leftover tracks to attach to the Panther’s sides. As tedious as the tracks were, I’m glad I did them. The exhaust pipes are solid so if you want them to look more accurate, you have to hollow them out. I used an X-acto knife and spun it around to get it alright. Also, the periscopes are just little arches. It is a very basic kit where I imagine others Panther kits may have more detail and be more accurate. However, it’s still a nice model and can be made to look pretty cool. This is also the first model I had ever airbrushed and as nervous as I was using an airbrush for the first time, it seemed to go pretty smooth for the most part. I may add the towing cables later if I feel like trying to bend them in hot water or making my own cable out of wires if possible. It was pretty fun to build and paint, I’m happy with the way it turned out, and it got me in the mindset that I may not wait another 4 years to build another model.

Tamiya, perfect!

I think i did very good on this panzer, not as detailed as the panzer ausf d or g but still has amazing potential, added a pic of an unpainted ausf d next to the panther

Quality kit from Tamiya.

I always like the older tamaya kits

good quality

Got this as a gift for my friend and he loved it. I think it is a bit advanced for beginners. However the size is very good as it is not too small mor large, the design and attention to detail is amazing? 10/10 I definitely got my money's worth.

Cool model. Can't wait to get started on it. My 3rd Tamiya tank this year.

Excelente, es lo que pedi

Very Good!

Impeccable 🍾

Excelente

I bought this at RS. 1450 in feb2017. Among all the tanks offered by tamiya this one was the most affordable one. The tiger tank cost around 4000 then. I was delightfully engrossed for days working on it. I used acrylic paint to paint it after watching tank modeling videos of quick kits and andy's modeling on YouTube. Looked great in the end.