Dragon 1/35 Sd.Kfz.173 Jagdpanther Ausf.G1 Early Production | 6458 Dragon

Fighting Compartment:
– Careful calculations result in correct angles for highly realistic fighting compartment assembly
– Options provided for fighting compartment roof
– Weld details beautifully rendered
– Gunner’s periscope w/clear plastic represented in detail
– Scissors periscope w/mount realistically reproduced
– New upper hull with interlocking detail
– Escape hatch at rear of fighting compartment
– New storage bin on rear fighting compartment
– Two types of rear storage bin included as options

Gun & Manlet:
– Gun mantlet specific to Jagdpanther Early Production
– Cast gun recess with multiple curved surfacesbeautifully recreated
– Cast gun mantlet is rendered with 360^(o) detail
– Muzzle brake produced with a slide mold
– One piece gun barrel
– Front ball-mount MG is movable

Engine Deck & Lower Hull:
– New lower hull produced by 2-directional slide molds
– Detailed engine radiator
– Armored guard for air-cooling outlet grills
– Intricate slide-molded headlight assemblies
– New tooling for the exhausts
– Slide-molded rear stowage boxes
– On-vehicle tools w/clasps
– Sponson floors w/updated detail
– Jack reproduced w/multiple parts
– Cylindricla stowage bin inlcuded
– Delicate spare-track rack modeled in detail

Suspension & Tracks
– Full suspension assembly w/road wheel and idler arms can be positioned on uneven terrain
– Highly detailed sprocket mounts
– Track links for sprocket section have guide horns as separate pieces for maximum accuracy
– Magic-Tracks w/slide-molded guide horn details
– Road wheels exhibit fine detail
– Newly tooled bump stop assembly

Others:
– Cartograf decal
– Photo-etched parts for engine deck grills
– Metal Tow cables

The driver revs the mighty 690hp V-12 Maybach HL230 P30 engine, and the tank destroyer noses forwards. The tracks of the 50.15-ton Jagdpanther clank across the muddy soil until it has taken up its ambush position along the tree line. The gunner aims the long-barreled 8.8cm PaK 43 gun at the approaching platoon of enemy tanks while the commander watches through binoculars from his open hatch. With a spurt of flame and an explosive noise, a shell speeds towards its target with unerring accuracy……Based on the Panther, and with a low profile and sloping armor, Germany’s Jagdpanther was a very successful design. It mainly saw service on the Eastern Front, though it was also widely used in the Ardennes offensive, and the Allies first encountered it in Normandy in the summer of 1944.