Panzer III with Schurzen

[Rob59]

Hello tank builders around the Globe!
Been a while, but I had a little project going on which I would like to share.
From a friend in Germany I got a Heng Long Panzer III, all plastic but Metal Gears und main gun.
The old 27 mHz main board was inside, but I didn't care at that moment.
Plan was to upgrade it with a TK-6.0 board in the future.
As I am a great fan of Schurzen on Panzer III's, IV's and StuG's, this one had to get them too.
So, here we go:
The Tank the way I got it out of Germany....

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The air intakes had no grills or whatever, so I had to make 'm myself

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Next thing to do, fooling around with some brass stuff to make the brackets/hangers for the Schurzen alongside the Panzer and the turret as well.

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I also added a stowage rack on the engine deck

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Next I made some drawing fore the Schurzen, and made them out of thin aluminum plates, thickness less than 1mm





At first I made them in one piece, which made it easier to get it fit allright. When I had sepperated them yet, it could have been a struggle to get them all alligned.
I sepperated them later on.

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During the "project"I adjusted the sizes of the height of the Schurzen several times to make it look "good"....

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Schurzen need brackets to stay on the Panzer too.
Bend some Brass and soldered it on the L-shaped hanger.
Just before you are going to shoot me....It never was my intention to built in scale.
I do not care much for scale stuff on my tanks, most important for me, is the shit stays where it is supposed to be, when I drive my tanks outdoors!

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Needed some brackets on the fenders too

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Turret was in need of some protection too.
Same stuff with brass brackets and aluminum Schurzen here:

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Overall look at that moment:

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Top view from the aluminum around the turret



Side view