Today's topic are the side skirts of the Panther, which are not included in the original Tamiya Kit. Also the indicated holders are no help, so I decide for me to build not only the holders and skirts, but also equal the side fenders. For this reason, I have once searched in my books for useful drawings and I have taken measure on my Panther. Result of this research are a few CAD-drawings of all necessary parts.
With the production of the holders for side fenders and side skirts I started, as starting material I used a 0.4 mm thick copper plate.
Since pictures are better than words...
After I had prepared the parts like in the picture, followed the shortening of the lower leg, the bending and then the soldering of the holder. Overall, you need twelve pieces of these holders, six for the right side and six for the left side. All parts must then still be slightly reworked with a file, in particular to adapt the actual retention hook for the side skirts. The hook is finally two and a half millimeters high and has only a slight angle to the top.
For attachment: The long part of the holder (reduced to upper hull thickness) sits on top in a small sawed slot. Additionally, I have drilled through the bracket and bolted with one M1-screw. If that's not enough, you can use while mounting a drop of glue.
Here two of the sawed slots for upper guide; at the most forward holder is very little space available for mounting.
And here is a complete side view from the mounted holders.
As next follows the production of the side fenders and side skirts.
