Panthers, ALL the panthers! 6mm 2D6 miniatures review

 

2D6 are a new miniatures company producing 6mm or 1:285 scale vehicles. So far they have four British and four German vehicles. I have ordered a grouping of each of the German vehicles and will be showing them off here. They include a Panther D, a Jagdpanther, a rather unique early bergepanther variant, and an Ersatz M10 panther (Ardennes '44 campaign)

The detail and casting is immaculate, I don't think I had to remove any flash from these, and they are comparable to GHQ in quality but about half the price at £1.10 per vehicle. Also...that exactly, that you can order individual vehicles is brilliant, as oppose to being forced to buy in lots of 5.

I shall start with my favourite the M10. It is beautiful! I have wondered about scratchmodelling of these for ages, and lo and behold, they have done one in their first batch!

 

 Below we have the berge panther, unique in that almost every other company does theirs in the later model with the crane and purpose built tool and utility mountings. Really nice crisp detailings as you can see!

Next up is the Panther D, just the excuse I need to start an Eastern front 1943 panzer group. This one made me notice how nice the barrels are as well, they have the same thickness and sturdiness as GHQ, while not being too oversized. As oppose to CinC who are very nice and size accurate, but of course quite fragile and bend as soon as you look at them.

 Finally we come to the beautiful sloped form of the Jagdpanther, I have wanted some more of these for ages to finish my 654th Schwere panzer jager abteilung, but have been refraining from purchasing more GHQ miniatures. The barrels are nice and attach really well to the hull, and again no evident flash except on the underside, which is almost an irrelevance!

 

 

 

To close I have a couple of quick comparison shots with the 2D6 miniatures alongside GHQ panthers...