Showing posts with label Jagdpanther G1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jagdpanther G1. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 November 2025

Jagdpanther G1 (Meng 1/35 kit TS-039) Chapter 2: Painting

Previous chapter 

The remaining construction went largely without hitch, but as you will see from the reviews you do need to conduct a little research beforehand if you want to model a particular vehicle. This is because the build instructions and the painting profiles for each variant is not 100% accurate. Zimmerit is not mentioned at all which is a little weird since two of the depicted versions require it!  The kit tracks do look great once built up, but boy is it a mammoth task getting them cleaned up! I started one side then remembered I had a set of metal tracks already built up. Dodged a bullet there!

Wednesday, 3 September 2025

Jagdpanther G1 (Meng 1/35 kit TS-039) Chapter 1: Brief history, kit reviews, and adding zimmerit

 

History

The Jagdpanther was preceded by two attempts at mounting an 8.8 cm gun as a self-propelled anti-tank weapon; Ferdinand - also known as Panzerjäger Tiger (P) - These used the ninety-one leftover Porsche-built VK 45.01 (P) chassis from the Tiger tank competition it lost to Henschel in 1942, and the Nashorn on the Geschützwagen III/IV (which used a combination of the Panzer III and Panzer IV components) chassis. Ferdinand proved to be too heavy, and Nashorn lightly armoured and under-powered.