New to Tanks

I just recieved my first tank model for Christmas, a Dragon. Panther II, kit # 9008. Anybody out there built it? How do I start etc? Is it a good choice? I will take any advice out there.
Happy New Year!
MCCABER

Welcome to the ‘darkside’!

I recently built Dragon’s Panther II, kit #6027. What the differences are I’m not sure. It was my first German WWII AFV kit. Went together ok. Be careful with the individual link tracks as you assemble them and mountt them on them on the hull! They need to handled with care!

Since the Panther II was only a proto-type, with only two hulls being built, well, you have some artistic license to paint it in any late-war camouflage scheme you want! I did a hard-edge 3 color scheme of dark yellow, olive green and red brown. I masked off with Silly-Putty, which worked very well. Have at it!

Hope this helps a bit. Others who have built this kit will most likely add something to the list.

Glenn

You could actually paint it OD and put American-type markings on it, saying that FDR and Churchill took a conditional surrender, kept the Wehrmacht in uniform and employed the new German weapons systems for the war against godless Bolshie! Patton’s dream come true!

Why not, after all? A panther II is alternative history anyway, might as well make it fun.