Panther restoration (CWM)

[Bob Cohoon]

I made a mistake on the VE day,as, in checking, it was VE day celebrations on Sparks street in Ottawa, and the date was May 8, 1945.This is per a current report posted on the panther on the internet.Ottawa archives may have photos ,as the date is known. I saw the Panther this past week-end, and an excellent job has been done on it,with a realistic paintwork and carefully applied zimmerit.The rear hull storage boxes and exhaust pipes have been re-created,as well as the hull mounted equipment.It still needs an mG34 in the ball mount, though,so a little looking is needed to find one to put there. From looking in a window to the restoration area, it seems that a lot of attention is being put on a Ram tank .This tank really needs new boggie wheel rubber,as there is none left,a when seen on display in past years.Hopefully the CWM can locate some better wheels for it.