1:35 Panhard 178 turret with Zeltbahn camouflage net

Panhard 178 turret with canvas camouflage, 1:35

A resin accessory from the Polish maker PANZER ART. It is a replacement turret for the French armored car Panhard 178, with a Zeltbahn (shelter half) modeled draped over the armor as improvised camouflage. This is not a vehicle kit: you need a base model whose turret you replace with this casting. It is precisely the rippled fabric with its crisp folds that resin can manage and injection-molded plastic cannot.

Use

• a replacement for the original turret on a Panhard 178 model
• showing camouflage made of canvas, the sort crews improvised in the field
• breaking up the bare silhouette of the turret, which otherwise looks empty
• setting a vehicle in a diorama apart from other examples of the same type

How to work with the set

Wash the casting in lukewarm soapy water and let it dry. Cut the casting block off with a saw, true the surface and protect your airways while sanding. Try dry how the turret seats in the turret opening of the base model, and even out any difference by sanding. It is glued with cyanoacrylate glue (super glue). Paint the fabric differently from the armor: canvas has a flat, absorbent surface, so a lighter dry brush on the edges of the folds and a dark glaze in the recesses suit it.

Who the set is for

For modelers who build French vehicles or captured vehicles in German service, and for diorama makers who want to bring the human dimension of improvisation into a scene. The work assumes experience with resin.

The set is an accessory, not a vehicle kit. The base model, glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.