hi

I m happy to see this kit build here :-).

About the hatches, sure the one frankenstein hull in the museum shows something diverent. but is this a real panther II? no. or better not as it was desined during the Panther A/D produktion.
The real panther II hull should be a lidel longer and should have diverent armor angels as the Panther G and F models have.
the Panther II is diverent in a lot of point in compartaion to the G hulls.
it is somethin like the missin ling between the early panthers and the kintiger desin.
After the Ingernes calculatetd a down time of panther produktion of 6 month if the panther II had to start produced, the Panther II was canceled.
and as most as posible of the developing went into the G model and F.

so in developing order it was : Panther A/D .........Panther G, panther F

.................................................. .........Panther II
.................................................. ..........................Kingtiger

Also the turret of the panther II is longer as the developed F model

you can see the drawing compared in the pancer tracts books, there are realy nice drawings wer you cansee most diverence.

hope i could help a bit :-)

cu christian