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littletankman
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Slowly moving forward , will start the next four road wheels today .
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Looking forward to seeing this one done Andy, you've really gone the extra mile on the Hetzer. Well done.
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Hi Alan, thanks mate :thumbup:
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Started looking into fitting the electronics. Hit first snag the barrel wont elevate as it hits the motors :/ . I might have to live with this for now just want to get her running . The rest will fit just and I can squeeze a small fan in to .

Andy
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Two images lost sorry dont know whats going on I tryed to re paste them but they wont show . Something wrong with my photobucket ???????????

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I have now made the RC Mg mount . I was unsure on the angles at the ends of each shield as on my Stug III I cut them streight as all the Stug RC MG units I had seen were streight . But on the pictures of Hetzers they seem to be cut at an angle .

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I have now improved the idlers by using the same HL Pz.III road wheels as before but filling the holes with milliput and re drilling the holes more acuratly . I have also added the raised outer lip . A big improvment on my previous effort . I have also now fixed these to the tank ( Mart :thumbup: ) . And also strengthened there mounting. Other detail not visable on these shots are the jack holder and the rear convoy light . I have made the basic frame , but unsure if it will be working just yet ?

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Andy, your doing a bang up job on this! I really wish my skills were at this level. I guess it has something to do with old dogs and new tricks or something. Anyway, it is looking great.

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Hi Herman your scratch builds are awsome mate :thumbup: . Ive been reading one of my military vehical mags and it has an articule on the LVT they used in the Pacific mini serries . It made me look at my one hmmm . But thanks for your comments . Ive now made the dummy idler tensioner units and altered the drive sprockets . There still under size but they look a little better now , more like Hetzer ones than Panther (1:25) ones that they actually are. Picts to follow.

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Not trying to be too cheeky but the Hetzer looks like an angry Lobster in the red paint! :D
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