Acquisition - Rubicon Jagdpanther

Rubicon had their new Jagdpanther up for sale in a buy two get one free deal so I'm now the owner of three of Jagdpanthers. They arrived quite promptly yesterday and I'm hoping to build at least one of them this week. You can build either a G1 or the G2 version so Rubicon has supplied to different hulls to work with. There are going to be a lot of extra parts in this one (much like the new Sherman kit).

My plan at the moment is to build a G1 and a G2 version for Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 654 and build the third for a different unit. Battalion 654 was the first to receive the Jagdpanthers and recommended changes that would later be worked into the G2 version. That's the plan at this point. It also means the backlog of German vehicles ready for painting is going to expand again. I may as well figure out how to put those Warlord Games P107 halftracks together.

Three box for the price of two, can't pass that deal up

4 sets of sprues which include two upper hulls, a G1 and a G2. I just wish the G1 had been done with a zimmerit pattern.

Typical set of Rubicon instructions, in this case they could have been better thought out.

Decals, I do like Rubicon's decals, although the selection of markings is somewhat limited. Jagdpanthers weren't known for their extensive markings.

Time to pull out the reference books!