The JP upper hull, cost me $40.33 shipped, and the Mk III hull, $42, including a speaker that I ordered too. Part of the delay was caused by an issue they said they had with China post, due to oversize package...they managed to fit the two upper hulls into one package without destroying them both. And in fact the box was the same size as the one a new tank comes in. The thing about this company is the parts themselves are dirt cheap for what you get, it's the shipping, that is often more then the part itself, naturally.
I emailed them before i bought asking if they included the electrics already fitted -the whole reason I needed it - and they said that they did. And indeed both hulls came wired up just like new, the inside of the Panzer III shown below.
The Jagdpanther project is going on the back burner, I may just order an entire lower hull from RCParty since, the used ebay lower hull i bought for $20 is marginal (I know right?) . I may not even paint the new hull, at least not for some time...I have so many projects - still working on installing the Henntech idler on my King tiger. All I've done so far is basic fitting, and to grind off the hull for the idler system. Have not even drilled the holes yet.
The Mark III is one of my tanks that I should have given up on but didn't. I had so many problems with the electronics, despite the help of many kind people on this forum including sending me way too many parts, I could not keep it running and at one point it was basically nothing more then a self-propelled static model.
Here's the old, cursed upper hull and the replacement
The electronics problems in the upper hull of the Mark III, just came one after another. I fixed one thing and two more would break. I'm convinced anyone else would have tossed the whole thing into the dumpster: first the turret traverse quit, then the gun elevation. Fixed those for a while, and the elevation quit again. Then the traverse went out for a second time and I actually tried patching a rewire, ...and while testing turret function before soldering the wires for keeps, I managed to torch a $35 2.4 Ghz Rx
......At that point I realized I either had to give up or do a rebuild and starting with a new upper hull was the cheapest easiest way. Since nothing is wrong with the lower hull I left as is, and I ordered the new upper hull to hopefully, end all the electrical problems...
I hooked up the electrics, on the panzer III, everything works. Thank goodness. I have a lot of work to get the JP hull ready...might even just swap my panther G hull for the JP for a while, just to try it out, heck even the camo matches. I am up to 6 (SIX) tanks now, 3 of which work - all the experten here, who so graciously imparted their knowledge whenever i asked, know all about this situation I'm sure. I need to seriously take a break from the hobby even if it's a week...but then I just ordered metal treads for my Panther G yet. I like the panther so much, the King Tiger hentech mod's fallen by the wayside. I think one or two tanks are going to have to go soon!
