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

[dgsselkirk]

If you mean the zim on the mantlet and MG the kits comes with resin parts for that.

[Soeren]

Do you have a Heng Long Zimmerit set? I got one for Tamiya recently and the mantle needed modification to work with the Taigen/HengLong turret and barrel. That is why I was asking.

[jumpugly]

New to the site and this thread, but had to compliment the extraordinary workmanship! Incredibly informative as well! Many Thanks! -- Guy

[BarryC]

Dean,

Awesome work and the level of detail is Fantastic!

Barry

[dgsselkirk]

Do you have a Heng Long Zimmerit set? I got one for Tamiya recently and the mantle needed modification to work with the Taigen/HengLong turret and barrel. That is why I was asking.

Yes, it does take some reworking to do the mantle to fit the HL. It also took quite a bit of work to make the G set into an A but it is pretty easy to work with cutting forming and gluing down...

[philipat]

Awesome work!

Any tutorials for the Atak mantlet? I've been looking at doing an early G and was thinking about using that mantlet to do it.

[Aljones34]

Can’t wait to see this masterpiece in paint.

[Soeren]

It is definitely worthwhile to read this thread from the start. Lots of good solutions and attempts to use on own builds.

[dgsselkirk]

Awesome work!

Any tutorials for the Atak mantlet? I've been looking at doing an early G and was thinking about using that mantlet to do it.

I honestly can't remember what I had to do to convert it to HL. I think I had to mount the HL posts inside it using 2 part epoxy and had to do some sanding and fitting of course but I think it was simpler than I thought it was going to be....

[Soeren]

You can cut the posts out of the mantlet and fit for instance 6mm tubes instead. These will go into the henglong mounting points inside the turret. That was why I asked here. Seems we did it the same way.