now primed steel wheeld panther g

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edelweiss3945
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

Post by edelweiss3945 »

really excellent work m8... how difficult was the steel wheel conversion?
mcevoyi
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

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hi there edelweiss

now i figured out how to do it .. its not too hard .. but you do need access to a serious laythe and a good piller drill as modding the tiger wheels has to be perfect ... just from the point of not scrapping the wheels .. it took 7 hours plus to do ..because i was checking and rechecking evey stage .. now i know how .. i guess it would take 4 to 5 hours..
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

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Setting the standard on the new model, I'm still not happy with the way mines running, I've just ordered some new sprockets and idlers with the track tensioner to try and get it to run better. Did you make the skirts yourself?

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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

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hi there wargar .. befour i did the conversion i was running the G roung the house chaseing the cat .. and much to my amazment the cat actualy ' played ' atacking the G in a play mood .. if you see? and i did not have any running problems at all ...

the skirts are plastic card .. the hard part is makeing the skit supports ...
bubbajoexx
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

Post by bubbajoexx »

mcevoyi
here are a few pics of the tamiya one i am doing enjoy
Attachments
good wheel shot
good wheel shot
metal tracks and sprockets and idlers with ball bearings
metal tracks and sprockets and idlers with ball bearings
all metal lower hull with torsion bar suspension and metal swing arms
all metal lower hull with torsion bar suspension and metal swing arms
asiatam road wheels modified to fit the panther
asiatam road wheels modified to fit the panther
full recoil custom barrel
full recoil custom barrel
3:1 gearboxes
3:1 gearboxes
mcevoyi
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

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snap bubba !

are you useing tam wheels or torro ??
bubbajoexx
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

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asiatam wheel for the tiger 1 remachined to work on the tamiya panther
mcevoyi
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

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cool bubba .. so we think alike ....

NEXT WILL BE A PANTHER 2
STEINER
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

Post by STEINER »

Lovely job that you have done on your Panther. :clap: :clap: Great detail, especially the mounts for the schurzen. If you get the time, do you think you can give us a how to, on the schurzen mounts. It would be really useful, not just for the Panther but for the Jagdpanther too. (Some close up pics of the mounts, how you made and attached them)

Cheers.

STEINER.
wargar
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Re: now primed steel wheeld panther g

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mcevoyi wrote:hi there wargar .. befour i did the conversion i was running the G roung the house chaseing the cat .. and much to my amazment the cat actualy ' played ' atacking the G in a play mood .. if you see? and i did not have any running problems at all ...

the skirts are plastic card .. the hard part is makeing the skit supports ...
Mine was fine with the plastic tracks, when I put the metal on it started playing up, finally sorted now but it's been a pain.
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