Converting HL Panther "G" to a Late "A"

Post by **dgsselkirk** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:06 pm

Yea, I know, I take more pics than I should!

But when I am looking at other builds I really appreciate a lot of pics of details.
It is coming along pretty good now. The only time consumers left are the weld lines and tool frames and placement and the cross my fingers off to the paint shop in 2 weeks!

tomhugill · Post by **tomhugill** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:22 pm

Plenty of photos are the way forward and will help immeasurably for future builders!

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:44 am

dgsselkirk wrote:Yea, I know, I take more pics than I should! But when I am looking at other builds I really appreciate a lot of pics of details.
It is coming along pretty good now. The only time consumers left are the weld lines and tool frames and placement and the cross my fingers off to the paint shop in 2 weeks!

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

...Sounds like a good half hour of work

....She'll be a nice defender of the bug once done

ALPHA

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:45 pm

Even more pressure when you have to stand up to the flamboyant exposure of a chandelier filled ballroom mate

!

It would be that I should address you as the "Liberace" of the forum

Nah, heres a more appropriate comparison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W-fIn2QZgg

(sound track for the next meet ?)

Post by **dgsselkirk** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:56 am

Ha! Herman, you slay me...hehehe...

So scratch built my rear hatch. The plan is to have a crew hanging out of it even in battle and yes, will probably have him doing some rude gesture to my enemies as usual or maybe I will female crew again, a companion for Greta on my L70. Let me know what you'd like to see boys!

Oh, and I didn't forget the center hatch keyhole just forgot to take a pic... Also yes, will be cleaning up my hinge on the inside and shortening the copper pin and adding some bolt fixtures...

: Panther A 227.jpg (64.09 KiB) Viewed 4972 times

: Panther A 228.jpg (58.17 KiB) Viewed 4972 times

: Panther A 229.jpg (70.08 KiB) Viewed 4972 times

: Panther A 230.jpg (53.88 KiB) Viewed 4972 times

: Panther A 231.jpg (47.35 KiB) Viewed 4972 times

: Panther A 232.jpg (60.1 KiB) Viewed 4972 times

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:21 am

FAN TAB U LOUS dgsellkirk

ALPHA

Post by **dgsselkirk** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:25 am

...and the next phase all the tool and track racks. This is for sure the most complicated detail on this vehicle. The Panther "A"s have a different configuration than the "G"s so this required some fill ins on the zim since the Atak kit is made for the Tamiya G. I used a different pattern that I had a sheet of for the bottom hull which left me with plenty of extra to do these fill ins and touch ups. you won't really see the fixes once paint is on. Suffice is to say it is taking a LOT of time to create these from scratch. Reference, measuring, fabricating the frames and small extras and then my favourite thing in the world to do PE!!! also basically rebuilding tools to make them look better whether from scratch like the pry bar or just trimming and filing like the axe, or in between where I took the Pantiger shovel and modified it to a different look just to be different. I find most of the HL tools are just slightly over scale so "thinning them down" makes them look better I think.
Having said that I think the effort will be worthwhile as it adds so much to a model. I am waiting for some scale chain to finish up this first bracket but thought I would post the picks of the frame empty and then with the tools on. The PE will be operational I think. I did an extra 10 clamps for when I inevitably loose one or 2!