The turned brass MG 34 muzzle from Aber’s update set 35 L-184 was used in the absence of any kit offering for the turret mounted coaxial machine gun. Model Point 90mm Nb.k.wg smoke/grenade throwers (empty), item number 3551-1 were used to replace the kit parts. Plumbing for the launchers was added using brass tube and fine wire. In this shot you can also see some of the existing weld beads which have been given some extra body. The kit’s smoke grenade launcher brackets were replaced with finer items made from. Existing weld beads were also beefed up using the same method. They were then shaped using the point of a needle mounted in a pin vice. Once glued in place these were drenched with Tamiya extra thin liquid cement to soften them up. Missing weld beads were added using lengths of Evergreen plastic rod and stretched sprue. Lenses cut from clear acetate were glued to the inside of the periscope openings before the other interior detail was added. Of course since completing the model I did find some good pics of the Panther D’s turret interior and surprisingly my effort is pretty close! It’s not 100% accurate but it looks a lot better than nothing. Using these pics as my reference I added the detail you see here using plastic card and rod. The closest I could find were some interior photos and illustrations of Bovington’s early Tiger 1 which has a similar dustbin type cupola. Tank No.745, 7th Company, 52nd Panzer Battalion, 39th Panzer Regiment, Kursk, July 1943įirst order of business was to add some detail to the rather sparse interior of the kit commander’s cupola and after hours of searching the net I could not find any clear reference for this feature.
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