German Panther Ausf. A Three-Tone Camouflage (6870563)

This ready-made Artitec model reproduces a German Wehrmacht Panther Ausf. A medium tank in a heavily weathered three-color camouflage finish. The vehicle features the Panther’s long 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 main gun, rounded gun mantlet, sharply sloped frontal armor, commander’s cupola, roof-mounted machine gun, and tall radio antenna. Extensive Zimmerit anti-magnetic-mine coating is reproduced across the turret and upper hull, with its distinctive ridged texture clearly visible on the mantlet, turret sides, glacis, and exposed hull surfaces.

Full Schürzen side skirts cover the upper running gear, while spare track links are carried on the turret and hull-side racks. Additional details include tow cables, pioneer tools, engine-deck grilles and fans, rear exhaust pipes, lifting hooks, interleaved road wheels, and finely reproduced tracks. Red tactical numbers and German crosses complement the muted dark-yellow, green, and red-brown camouflage, while fading, dust, grime, worn edges, and restrained rust create a convincing field-used appearance.

• Ready-Made 1:87 / HO scale Artitec model
  
• German Wehrmacht Panther Ausf. A medium tank from World War II.
• Long 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 main gun with double-baffle muzzle brake.
• Rounded gun mantlet, sloped glacis armor, and Ausf. A turret configuration.
• Distinctive Zimmerit texture across the turret and upper hull surfaces.
• Full Schürzen side skirts protecting the upper running gear.
• Commander’s cupola with roof-mounted machine gun and tall radio antenna.
• Spare track links carried on the turret and hull-side racks.
• Detailed tow cables, pioneer tools, engine-deck grilles, exhausts, and rear fittings.
• Interleaved road wheels, drive sprockets, idlers, and finely reproduced tracks.
• German three-color camouflage with red tactical numbers, fading, dust, grime, and restrained rust.
• Ideal for World War II, Wehrmacht, late-war German armor, military collection, HO-scale layout, and diorama scenes.
  

Artitec's Ready-Made models are handcrafted from high-quality resin and produced in limited runs. Each model is expertly preassembled, hand-painted, and often subtly weathered to recreate the appearance of a real vehicle in use. Because every model is finished by hand, small variations may occur, making each piece unique.

Artitec uses vacuum-cast resin to reproduce exceptionally fine, true-to-scale details that can be difficult to achieve with conventional manufacturing methods. Etched-brass parts are added where appropriate to capture delicate components and further enhance realism.

Each model is assembled, painted, and weathered by skilled specialists—a process requiring considerable time, precision, and experience. Artitec Ready-Made models are ideal for collectors seeking exceptional detail and realism without the time and effort required to build and finish a model kit.