Panther F

by **ronnie42** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:47 pm

This has been lying for too long. Has a few broken plastic parts , first job is remove all the oversized plastic and the horrible recoil / elevation unit.

: the start

: This is junk

: Hangers are way off scale and bust got to go.

by **Soeren** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:10 pm

Nice one. I have an F as well. In 1 35th scale to be honest

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Even though some bits maybe oversize, at least they are there. I am sure you will make something great of it.

by **ronnie42** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:55 pm

Hi Soeren Thanks for looking, started the teardown . 1st job is the hull mg. Well that was a good start , noticed the mg armoured cover was all wrong. Checked my stash and the Jagdpanther one is same as the KT spare cover when i used the zimmerit kit. , must have been a standard fitting. Only one option cut out the Taigen cover as it will annoy me.

: making this look better

: fitted the Tamiya mg holder into the space left after removing the Taigen mg ball

: Was a pig fitting Tamiya part, problem is the Taigen cover is totally wrong.

by **STHV** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:53 pm

Make sure you fit it with an Stg 44!

by **ronnie42** » Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:58 am

Only one option , get rid of the Taigen hull mg holder. Found a spare Tamiya mg cover .

: Periscope cover removed and mg ball off

by **ronnie42** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:35 pm

Some work on upper hull.

by **ronnie42** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 1:07 pm

Made a new recoil and elevation for the F, the one size for all is not for me. Should buy some long servo horns/levers spent ages looking for one. Once i get max elevation and depression i can find out what was real and adjust the Elmod servo settings to get it almost correct.

by **Jimster** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 1:37 pm

Man, that’s some impressive engineering! You certainly have a wide spectrum of skillsets. This hobby seems to offer a lot of opportunities to improvise and alter things to fit our needs.

by **Soeren** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:06 pm

That is really nice and looks like a good solution for my G as well. Where did you get the cogwheel and the toothed strip from?

by **ronnie42** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:59 pm

Hi Soeren Have a look on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/34-Kinds-Pla ... SwdRparOd4 The best toothed strips have a flat each side of the teeth and you are able to make a guide for it to sit in and the servo cog does not slip.

by **ronnie42** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:55 pm

Recoil and elevation setup. The top of the mantlet is wrong shape if you want +15 and -8 or +20 and -10 degrees for the elevation/ depression and fit the debris guard . Going to reshape the mantlet, its RC so getting the mechanics correct is a must before getting everything else done. Found out recoil was 420mm ? so thats 26.25 scale, had to fit a larger cog for the recoil travel.

: Mantlet will foul the debris guard.

: checking elevation.

: checking depression.

: Debris guard is pushed up . Recoil mark barrel should be out another 1 or 2 mm better have another servo adjust.

by **HERMAN BIX** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:01 pm

Love your work. Top job in the turret set up mate.

by **ronnie42** » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:48 pm

Thinking the mantlet was designed by the person who done the JP one . Going to make one and move gun pivot position . Pictures are worth a thousand words and save rambling on about the build.

: Will this work.

: No turning back now

: Need more space , cut away some of the front

: Reshaped gun mount to a curved section

: Pivot points further out and bearings in a square housing.

: cutting angles in mantlet

: Top is good can fit debris guard

: Some filler to hide the lines and then Mr Surfacer

: Gun pivot point 10mm forward , bearings in housings easy to fit

by **43rdRecceReg** » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:54 pm

I'm particularly impressed by the elegance, and simplicity, of the micro-servo recoil solution, Ronnie.

Your arrangement could also be a good fit for my Comet :thumbup:

Cheers!

by **ronnie42** » Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:52 pm

Turret done , fixed mg has no guard over mg hole , no gunners sight filled in and made new gas brackets plastic ones far too thick .

: Front fixed.

: brackets look scale now

: fixed elevation servo gear position.

by **ronnie42** » Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:37 am

Turret, gun ,basket and sub assemblies ready for some paint.

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wrong panther , where is the delete

by **ronnie42** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:35 pm

Now the turret is fixed lets unfix the upper hull. Started the brass work , going for hull side damage . The F was a paper panzer , so war drags on and fighting in villages and towns lasts until late 46. Will have turns damage , corners etc. 1st up the jack block holder.

: Urban damage.

by **ronnie42** » Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:36 pm

Some more damage to the front tool rack.

: Thats the RHS side roughed up.

by **ronnie42** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:58 pm

This is another fix required ,don't like the shadow. Will move cupola or reshape to turret roof edge . Couple of pics on web show rear and cupola appears to be on the edge of roof.

: Shadow cant be correct

by **ronnie42** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:31 pm

moved it cut half the locating lip away.

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