MikeyD Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Chugging along on my Panther mods - Panther Ausf.D (late), CMAK and CMBB, plain yellow. At the CMBB side of our favorite site: www.cmmods.com This tank is labeled a late Panther D but the polygon's really an initial production A. Can't blame BFC, I think I know which (slightly outdated) reference book they got this 'late D' info from. In September '43 As and Ds were actually being built side-by-side on the assembly line, using identical chassis'! So here's a plain yellow 'late D' mod that's lacking a Zimmerit coating. Alternate markings, skirts, and a choice of open or closed driver's visor. The camou version of this mod is progressing nicely. Screenshot here: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Oh, and here's a W.I.P. on th camou version. Should be coming soon. Some camou patterns are less cooperative than others 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 BOING! SHAWANG! DavidI PS. Particullarly dig the camo pattern. di 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Christmas just keeps going and going this year. :cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patboy Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Not bad Mikey ! Pat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I second that. Although I am already tweaking and improving your Panther mods... Will post a WIP soon! Would not have happened without your skill and the camo tutorial... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 MikeyD, Where those plugs went into the turrent sides, were those meant to be pistol ports or ventalation or both? DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hetzer38 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 These "holes" are for heavy cigarette smokin' Panther crews. Fantastic work on this one! Thanks a lot! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fußball Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Beautiful work on that Ausf. D Mikey! I already have it installed on both CMBB as well as CMAK. -DavidI The little holes were pistol ports. There was also a hole around half the size of the hole in the rear of the turret, on the left side of the turret for shell ejection. But I am guessing Mikey did not model that because it would show up on both sides perhaps? FYI, they are also for heavy cigarette smoking crews as Hetzer suggested! Tschüß! Erich 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 The little holes are self defense pistol ports. They weren't deleted from the Panther design until the roof mortar showed up. The bigger hole on the left side of the D turret was for passing messsages only. Turret arrangement made shell ejection, loading, or mg useage impossible. And the late D turrets had deleted that opening because it was practically uesless. BUT, this ain't a D turret! The later cupola marks it as a Panther A. No way around it (unless you stick to older reference books). The game's early D - the only REAL D model in the game - has art for left and right side turrets, so a 'proper' D model is in the works. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Mikey et al, Thanks, that's what I thought. I look forward to the rest of the series Mikey. These are really beautiful. I am also curious as to what Earl Grey is going to do to them. Keep 'em coming. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fußball Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 -Mikey After doing a search earlier, albeit after posting, I realized the identification error I made between the D and late D models. I did not know the port on the D model turret's left side was for communication, I had always read it as a shell ejection port. ^^ Tschüß! Erich 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 "I had always read it as a shell ejection port." Credit Tom Jentz and his relatively new Panther book ("Quest for Combat Supremacy") for that recent revelation. I had literally only discovered his line about that last night myself! Jentz's opinion of the often repeated 'ejection port' theory was that... well... it LOOKED like an ejection port! He also came down hard on earlier claims of Panther Ds with later cupola. The bulk of my hobby books date back to when i started out in the 70s. Unfortunately, its becoming increasingly clear that a lot of what was printed in the 70s was 2nd-hand guesswork 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 David I: Actually, I'm doing a Panther Ausf.A Initial Production Series on the Late D polygons. While I'm doing that, I correct an error MikeyD made with the road wheels and do a fwe other things as well... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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