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

philipat · Post by **philipat** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 11:12 pm

looking great! where does one find voyager stuff?

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:48 pm

For a moment there....thought this sign was a miniature

STOP!!!...Before we can't tell the difference between yours and the real thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALPHA

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:49 pm

Ive seen the Littlefield 'A' myself & this model could have been used as the template to restore it.
Holy Expletive !

Post by **dgsselkirk** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:59 pm

philipat wrote:looking great! where does one find voyager stuff?

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you Philipat. I got mine from BNA World but they are sold out at the moment.

Thanks for the comments guys, I really appreciate all the kind words...

Post by **dgsselkirk** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:00 am

So one of the things I have sort of puzzled over almost from the beginning was how to install the early idler. I purchased the idlers and early sprockets but of course they are set up for Asiatam/Taigen. So then I picked up a Henntec idler system. Well it is a great piece of kit I am trying to make this build at least cosmetically accurate as much as possible and there are plates and screws which would be very visible if I used it so had to come up with plan B...

Here is the early idler in case some where wondering what it lookes like compared to the regular Panther "G" idler

: Panther A 293.JPG (56.72 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

So here is what I decided to do. First, I found some brass pipe that would fit fairly tight on the idler shaft.

: Panther A 294.JPG (67.12 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

Next I drilled out the existing idler hole just large enough to slide the brass pipe into.

: Panther A 295.JPG (71.38 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

Next adjusted the brass pipe so that the idler was inline with the center of the first boogie. Well, actually not perfectly centered. On my blueprints it is just slightly out further.

: Panther A 296.JPG (47.13 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

Next I found some small dia. ( 1.5mm I think) threaded steel rod. Steel is important as I will show later. So I drilled through the plastic and though the wall of the brass tube but not all the way through.

: Panther A 297.JPG (50.47 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

I then threaded the hole using the steel rod. The steel is hard enough to thread the brass rod.

: Panther A 298.JPG (50.28 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

I then flattened one side of the idler shaft with my dremel

: Panther A 299.JPG (57.71 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

I then put the idler in the tube and used one of my drafting fine point marked the shaft

: Panther A 300.JPG (42 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

: Panther A 301.JPG (61.25 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

Into the vice and drilled it out with a bit just a hair smaller than the steel threaded rod.

: Panther A 302.JPG (43.96 KiB) Viewed 5234 times

Post by **dgsselkirk** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:50 am

And here are the last 2 shots for tonight. Threaded the idler shaft and installed them...

: Panther A 303.JPG (76.07 KiB) Viewed 5346 times

: Panther A 304.JPG (60.2 KiB) Viewed 5346 times

Post by **dgsselkirk** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:20 am

Now the the front sprockets. I wanted to put the early ones on and again issues with Mato to HL.

As you can see here the later sprocket center that comes with the "G" is raised up

: Panther A 305.JPG (42.22 KiB) Viewed 5250 times

So I had to grind this down. Easy to tell when you have it flush the holes appear on the inner hub. I then primed it.

: Panther A 306.JPG (43.86 KiB) Viewed 5250 times

Here is the early cover

: Panther A 307.JPG (42.12 KiB) Viewed 5250 times

On the back side I made the inner ring flush with the outer by grinding it down too. Then 2 part epoxied a wafer magnet into the center

: Panther A 308.JPG (47.48 KiB) Viewed 5250 times

As you can see the hex bolts are magnetic and 2 of these wafer magnets measure out perfectly for a tight fit!

: Panther A 309.JPG (35.68 KiB) Viewed 5250 times

so screwed the assembly into the hull then popped the magnet in on the hex bolt head.

: Panther A 310.JPG (48.47 KiB) Viewed 5250 times

Brought the cover close to it and snap! It went right to it. Viola! You have the early sprocket and no issues getting into it when you need to...

: Panther A 311.JPG (45.75 KiB) Viewed 5250 times

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:44 am

Isn't it great when you can celebrate small victories

...Nice work as always Dgsselkirk

ALPHA

philipat · Post by **philipat** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:01 pm

nice work.

Estnische · Post by **Estnische** » Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:22 am

This has been an awesome build Dean.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction a great blueprint for any 'A' build.

Am I correct in thinking that Heng Long made the front of the hull too steep?

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