PzKpfw II L35rctank conversion construction

[jhamm]

Hi,
about two years ago i was able to acquire an abandoned project:

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This is an excellent torsionbar suspension chassis made off brass.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

I do hope you are going to finish this one now. Given your abilities, it should hardly be a challenge. Although I am not sure, the whole drive and suspension look to be home-made, too, likely by someone with at least some parts of a machine shop. Am I wrong? Could the plastic road wheels and tracks stand up to the rest of the hefty drive?

[jhamm]

The manufacturer is the same one who made my sWS chassis or my Sd.Kfz 251 UHU:

He is now over 75 years old and his craftsmanship is slowly fading.

[EAO]

J,

That is an amazing little build! You have to finish it, if for nothing else as a tribute to the master craftsman who started the creation of that little beauty! I'm sure you could create something marvelous!

Cheers,
Eric.

[SoCalBobS]

the cannon recoil is great! can you provide more detail about that?

As Kazcor noted, it's a solenoid function. The barrel is pulled back by the solenoid against the spring and then is released. In this one, it's a leaf spring, but the thought is the same.

[SoCalBobS]

Ok, finally done and the bugs largely worked out. I posted a video of a field trial on Youtube. (Make sure you're watching it in HD, sometimes it comes up in low-rez.)

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It's a pretty cool little tank!

[tankme]

Very cool project. Wish I had the patience to build something like this. Maybe someday when I grow up.

[HERMAN BIX]

Love it