RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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Marco Peter
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Re: RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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This turned out REALLY nice!
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. 8)
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Re: RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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Wildboar44 wrote:Once again Mr Bix a superb build and completion. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Mr Boar, I too am one that cannot cope with incomplete build threads!
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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Jimster wrote:Absolutely beautiful. First class modeling all the way and for sure a future TOTM winner. Your weathering and scratch building make it a cut above.
Cheers Mr Jimster, I reckon I'm far from first class, there are some here that transcend the hobby into an art/engineering-form that keeps us all striving to achieve.
As long as I get a model close to what I feel is right, is practical, robust, and reasonably reliable(as much as a converted H/L can be ;) ) then Im happy.
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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Re: RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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Marco Peter wrote:This turned out REALLY nice!
Appreciate your credit Mr Peter, your super-scale machines are still the pinnacle of our hobby, and one that glows like impossible treasure..........
I wonder how your thing would go with a filthy great blade on the front hmm?? ;) :haha:
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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Re: RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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Lovely work, in lieu of any chance of snow will you be creating havoc in the kids sandpit ‘playing’ with the dozer blade?!


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Re: RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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Can i ask for a faible ?

Can you show me a few detail pics from your Kuppel ? The inside Details ? I want to build mine for opening

Thats what i have


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Re: RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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Trora wrote:Can i ask for a faible ?

Can you show me a few detail pics from your Kuppel ? The inside Details ? I want to build mine for opening

Thats what i have


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Gr Ralf
I think i can help here!

Despite the Panther D's cupolas crude appearance its weirdly complicated and might require you to build a totally new one
It is rather unique as the outer drum walls rotate to cover the vision blocks

First off here are some hi res images of the Breda Panther D, note that this cupola is rather badly damaged, has been welded up in many places and is missing the original hatch
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And here are two historical images showing the hatch open although you can't really see inside
https://gyazo.com/555ed1c1aaef7421913a90085f00a8d1
https://gyazo.com/23df4ca5e631ef96346ce0944df75f18

As for the Interior of the Cupola i have not been able to find any real images, however i have the next best things!
A cut away diagram:
https://gyazo.com/1d62533748f9652300915e46cd8c5bf7
And a fully functional and quite accurate 3D recreation from the game/simulator IL-2 Tank Crew:
https://youtu.be/8dFLH4flZHs?t=616

I hope this helps! And if you have any other questions about the Panther i'd be happy to help!
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Outstanding info Mr STHV , thanks for your help.
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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Re: RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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The cupola that was from Asiatam (thanks again Mr Raminator) is also very spartan on detail inside,
Mine has a simple but ineffective locator for a basic pivot point, and nothing else.
Using the cut away drawings that Mr STHV provided is the best bet.
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HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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Re: RAMSCHAUFELPANZER PANTHER

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HERMAN BIX wrote:
Marco Peter wrote:This turned out REALLY nice!
Appreciate your credit Mr Peter, your super-scale machines are still the pinnacle of our hobby, and one that glows like impossible treasure..........
I wonder how your thing would go with a filthy great blade on the front hmm?? ;) :haha:
Well... two answers to that...

- The shape of the Panther's front is already a killer, if you hit human legs with this 140kg beast it literally stops for nothing!
- A friend of mine has a unique Armortek Bergepanther and it has a spade on the back. Steel. It's a killer. Really savage.

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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. 8)
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