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JAN/FEB 2018 •
£6.50 UK $15.99
www.mengafvmodeller.com
BUILDING THE NEW PANTHER AUSF. A
CONTENTS
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Wiking Warrior
The Editor’s build of Meng’s brand new Panther Ausf.A
10
Cool ‘cat
Fabio Sacchi goes to hell and back to create an accurate M-18.
22
Friday Morning
Ian Barraclough makes an emergency stop in Takom’s new ‘432.
28
Panzerkampfwagen IV Part 16
The Editor continues detailing Trumpeter’s 1:16 kit.
36
Götterdämmerung- part one
Michael Mandau’s spectacular ‘1946’ diorama.
46
Keeping Track
New releases.
58
M1A1 TUSK- part one
Lester Plaskitt’s awesome Abrams.
Seasons Greetings
from all of us at
Meng AFV Modeller
Meng AFV Modeller is published Bimonthly by
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PANTHER
Not so much a pink Panther but red, the
advanced sets of sprues for the new
Panther arrived without the official
packaging and without instructions a few
weeks ago. I immediately set about
assembling the kit in order to have an
example ready for our stand at the fast-
approaching Scale Modelworld event.
The kit is designed with individual panels
for the hull tub and a series of clever
interlocking tabs and two cross braces
ensure that the tub falls together with a
pleasing confidence. The individual torsion
bars locate without any of the alignment
problems encountered with the King Tiger
and there is the option for a working
suspension system in the separate working
track set for the kit. The roadwheels are as
usual secured with polycaps although
these were a particularly snug fit. On the
rear hull plate there is a choice of exhaust
pipe styles and the short-lived tow hook
system for the hull floor is also included.
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Tracks are supplied as individual link with
separately moulded teeth which makes
assembly a bit of a slog although it is
possible to skip the top run if the side
skirts are installed. Pleasingly the kit also
provides the clip on ice cleats fitted to
every fifth track link which is a nice touch.
Moving to the upper hull the roof is
moulded with a support frame onto which
the separate sides and glacis plates are
glued with big location tabs making for a
very precise and pleasing assembly. The
engine hatch is a separate part and the
transmission cover plate is moulded as
part of the roof. A pair of radiator
ducts/fans plug in below the intake grilles
to avoid an empty void beneath them. The
undersides of the sponsons which also
integrate the front mudguards then plug
into the underside of the hull with braces to
prevent the sponson floor tipping into the
hull, clever stuff! The kit provides a choice
of ball mount design for the glacis along
with an optional blanking plate and the
Driver’s vision flap can be modelled open
or closed. The gun travel lock also has an
open or closed option. The hull tool racks
are a little on the heavy side in terms of
the thickness of the rack fittings, but it is
perfectly possible to sand these down for a
more pleasing appearance. The various
tools themselves are all nicely handled with
suitably delicate tool clasps negating the
need for any photoetch for these. The gun
cleaning rod tube has optional fittings to
mount across the engine deck as well as
the more conventional location and there is
also the optional antenna rack for the
command Panther as well as the additional
antenna mounts.
The turret takes an unconventional
approach with an underlying frame onto
which all the individual turret panels are
fitted to form the turret. Once again a
series of clever tabs and interlocks ensures
a perfect alignment and there is a choice
M E N G M O D E L S N E W PA N T H E R A U S F. A
M O D E L L E D B Y D AV I D PA R K E R
of both binocular and monocular
gun mantlets provided. Our pre-
production example only had the solid
plastic gun barrel with multipart muzzle
brake, but the production examples we
now have include a turned aluminium
barrel too. The cupola is really nicely
detailed with a photoetch sight vane and
pleasingly delicate AA machine gun
mount provided. Optional parts are also
included to allow lengths of spare tracks
to be hung from the turret as well as a
pair of mounts to fix the spare
roadwheels that are included to the back
corners of the turret.
Two photoetched frets are included, the
first for the side skirts which are made
from a suitably thick nickle silver and clip
onto the skirt hangers just like the real
things. The other fret provides the engine
deck grilles, star antenna, handles for the
pair of buckets and other small details.
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