early panther ? hop up parts ?? anything .>>>

[mcevoyi]

hi all

any one seen any conversion parts for the hl / tam panther .. to back date to an early model panther ??

the first part i hope to have seen was the gun mantle ...

any one seen any thing at all ??

iain

[Ex_Pat_Tanker]

Profiline are working on some parts, but I haven't seen a release date yet - I'd guess probably 2 to 3 months away based on previous releases.

[littletankman]

Hi there I used one of Daves HL panther G turrets for my Pantiger conversion to an Ausf.A model . I just removed the chin and the late war detail on the turet to back date it . You will need to alter the side wedge shape armour so it has the earlyer design to this wasnt to hard on the Pantiger .

[mcevoyi]

nice work !

did you use the pantiger hull top ?

[littletankman]

Hi , Thanks for your comments . All the tank is the Pantiger with the exception of the turret and ariel base. I compleatly chopped the Pantiger up . Its now narrower , has a more correct rear angled section etc . I will say I estimate going on the new HL Panther G to be about 4mm to wide but Im not chopping it up again . Ive always liked the Panther Ausf.A . I have the HL Panther G (thanks Dave ) ,. I havent started yet .The wheels are the Pantiger ones but repositioned and resin disks added along with hundreds of bolt heads . I have got a set of Tamiya wheels , turret and metal barrel but Im not putting them on now there going to be used on another project , although I might use the wheels on the Pantiger. It was a lot of work . Originally I was making it into a wreck but I got carried away . All the tools , tow cables , wooden jack block are removable to . I did use the HL tools but add cocktail stick handles . Now its going to be all wired up with one of Daves RX18s . Another alteration I made was the tub. I chopped and extended the sides so it resembled a Panther so I could zimmerit streight down to the wheels . Once my Stug IIIs varnished etc Im finishing this of to. I have a build post up in the HL section . I will add a few picts for you.