Pantiger chassis conversion?

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cashybai
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Pantiger chassis conversion?

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Bearing in mind the paint job on my pantiger uppers not bad for now, is it viable to swop the lower chassis, eg will a panther g lower fit, will the metal chassis fit etc?
The addictions getting worse... Pantiger, WSN Tiger Mid, WSN T34....And now a Jagdpanther...HELP!!!
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I know a Tiger 1 upper H/L will fit the Pantiger lower if you swap the rear plate.
No way an H/L Panther upper will fit a Pantiger lower without huge surgical intervention.
The Pantiger is only a Tiger lower under a very oddly adapted pseudo-Panther upper.

So...........

Get yourself a real nasty-cheap Tiger 1 & make the best out of the Pantiger lower into a great Tiger 1
Then use the Pantiger turret(with a new barrel) as a Pantherturm bunker.
Or, use the engine deck, rear plate and turret of the Pantiger as a Panther 'A' conversion.

Sorry mate, but the Pantiger you have is very well done, but it wont be anything else other than a really nice Pan-tiger.
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Cheers Herm, thought that'd be the case... just found a panth g chassis moulding cheap, was half hoping with a bit of fettling would at least get around the lower front issue...
The addictions getting worse... Pantiger, WSN Tiger Mid, WSN T34....And now a Jagdpanther...HELP!!!
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What you need to know is that Heng Long are toymakers and their first venture into r/c Armour was the Tiger 1,
They were caught on the hop with the popularity of the Tiger 1, :O
They had nothing readily available as the next in line so some one came up with a plan to use the Hull and all the running gear including the r/c from the Tiger 1 and because a Panther was a medium Tank and the Tiger was a heavy the Panther body would be too short so the front was stretched and so we have a Panther that the German army never had,
The Pantiger :wtf:
This gave Heng Long enough of a breathing space to get the next design ready for production.
So that is why the Hull can with as Herman said a new rear plate accept a Tiger 1 body and become a Tiger 1 early but converting it into a genuine Panther is just not worth the effort,
After all if Heng Long couldnt do it it presupposes that it is more than we might easily manage. :lolno:
I think I am about to upset someone :haha:
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