German Panther Medium Tank

This is an inexpensive Tamiya kit from years ago. It goes together well and for the price is a good deal. There is not an interior; the detail is on the outside, which makes the kit look good if you don't look too close. The instructions are not well written and there is no painting examples and no explanation of the different decal markings. Overall a good inexpensive kit and fun to build but not a challenge for an experienced modeler.

My son and I built this aprox 2007 and had a blast. At the time I couldn't believe the detail. Since then we have become more demanding in this regard as our skills have grown but I give Tamiya kudos for keeping this model in production at such a reasonable price. I am on the ?fith repaint to explore things I have been learning and am constantly surprised how well this model responds and surprises.Perhaps I don't always need to spend two to three times as much to have a fun experience with such rewards. My rating is average because that is where this model stands in modern terms as far as detail but in terms of value this is five stars.You can build an outstanding model with this kit.

This was a fun build. My first Tamiya model and it went together pretty smoothly. The only hiccups I had was the instructions were different for me and seemed a bit hard to follow in a few small instances, and the mounting of the rubber track. One of mine was too short by about 1/2 an inch. It would not wrap around the wheels without that gap. So I had to steal another track from a different kit to finish.