Panther F
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Questions relating to issues you are having with your tank(s) should be posted in the General Questions forum here: viewforum.php?f=14
Panther F
Hey folks, the second new project. A Tamiya based panther f, using the Taigen upper and turret. She's got some Taigen steel wheels mixed in and Taigen metal tracks. Sponsons have been removed for that aggressive late war/1946 look, anti aircraft armour on turret roof and rear deck, scratch built spare track hangers, tools and c hooks moved to the rear. I'm toying with adding skirt hangers and skirts. The Taigen recoil will be converted to servo operation, hidden battle system added and to top it off will be a tk60 or tk40 control board
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- c.rainford73
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Re: Panther F
She's a beauty. Love all the brass bits and accessories. Should be quite a beast when completed
Tanks alot....
- Marco Peter
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Re: Panther F
And what parts are still Tamiya then? Hahahaha!tomhugill wrote:Hey folks, the second new project. A Tamiya based panther f, using the Taigen upper and turret. She's got some Taigen steel wheels mixed in and Taigen metal tracks. Sponsons have been removed for that aggressive late war/1946 look, anti aircraft armour on turret roof and rear deck, scratch built spare track hangers, tools and c hooks moved to the rear. I'm toying with adding skirt hangers and skirts. The Taigen recoil will be converted to servo operation, hidden battle system added and to top it off will be a tk60 or tk40 control board
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!
I'm a happy man.
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!
I'm a happy man.
Re: Panther F
Chassis, suspension, gearboxes, idlers, most of the wheels, sprockets, back plate, speaker.Marco Peter wrote:And what parts are still Tamiya then? Hahahaha!tomhugill wrote:Hey folks, the second new project. A Tamiya based panther f, using the Taigen upper and turret. She's got some Taigen steel wheels mixed in and Taigen metal tracks. Sponsons have been removed for that aggressive late war/1946 look, anti aircraft armour on turret roof and rear deck, scratch built spare track hangers, tools and c hooks moved to the rear. I'm toying with adding skirt hangers and skirts. The Taigen recoil will be converted to servo operation, hidden battle system added and to top it off will be a tk60 or tk40 control board
Re: Panther F
Nice couple of projects mate
Re: Panther F
Very nice Tom , looking forward to seeing how it turns out..
- c.rainford73
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Re: Panther F
Tom where did the steel looking upper hull protective plates come from? Are they scratch built?? They are fantastic
Tanks alot....
- Marco Peter
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Re: Panther F
That's more than I thought after the list of changes!tomhugill wrote:Chassis, suspension, gearboxes, idlers, most of the wheels, sprockets, back plate, speaker.Marco Peter wrote: And what parts are still Tamiya then? Hahahaha!
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!
I'm a happy man.
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!
I'm a happy man.
Re: Panther F
Hey Carl, yeah scratch built!c.rainford73 wrote:Tom where did the steel looking upper hull protective plates come from? Are they scratch built?? They are fantastic
Re: Panther F
Very nice Panther F. You said you put in some Taigen Steel wheels in with the Tamiya, did you have to modify the Tamiya suspension arms so the Taigen wheels could fit?
The reason I ask is I want to do a Tamiya Panther G with steel wheels if possible.
Thank you,
Duane
The reason I ask is I want to do a Tamiya Panther G with steel wheels if possible.
Thank you,
Duane