Converting HL Panther "G" to a Late "A"
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Re: Converting HL Panther "G" to a Late "A"
I was O.K. with the front of the hull but the lower front should have been at a much sharper angle but that would mean completely re-doing the lower hull to adjust back gearboxes, sprockets, roadwheels, etc... too much for me and for visual I do have a cheat with some black paint that is amazing the way it works to fool your eye...
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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
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Haven't seen this thread before... it's just fantastic!!!
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Thanks Eddy...
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Dean - what did you do with the turret rotation motor? I'm cursing mine.dgsselkirk wrote:I know. I know, I wish I could put more time to it. But with full time job and wifey having me do things too it is never enough! The other thing is most of what I am doing here is first time stuff so it takes a little trial and error to progress through the mods. Like anything by about the 3 or 4th one I can almost guarantee it will take 1/2 the time! Thanks for the comment Magman!Eastern Front wrote:Awesome job on your Ausf A build, its a momentous undertaking but looks great thus far, so now just quit eating and sleeping, your wasting time, I am dying to see it in its final form
Cheers!
I average 2 or 3 hours a night and on the weekends sometimes 4 or 5 a night but this weekend was a bit of a bust too much to do but got a couple of more things done.
First laid up the storage bins on the back of the tank. I have the convoy light wired so drilled the hole out and set it up Then using Bob Smith Plastic Cure glue, (the best I know of) and some heavier clamps tacked the boxes on.
Well those dried and hardened thought I would tackle the towing pintle. The one that's modeled on the HL seems to be modeled on the "A" at Munster. So I started fabricating that from a reference book that Hotte sent me (thanks buddy!) and this book has been invaluable in planning and building this project. So spent a couple or 3 hours doing it it up BUT, from what I can tell this is not the correct one! The more I looked at other reference the more I realized at least for the "A"s, this is not the correct one. So I used some online illustrations and my Panther in Detail by Culver & Feist. A great reference book to start over and build the one I think is more accurate. And here are the results! Brass pipe, some putty, little chain and copper itty bitty drill bit a little solder and about 3 hours work! And fitted my power and smoker switch box into the upper hull. Just fitted it, didn't click it in yet! Hopefully I have a more productive week this week!
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It's been so long let me have a look this weekend...
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dgsselkirk, you gotta get back to working on this beauty. I bet all of us would love to see it finished.
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I promise I will by spring... I look at it a LOT up on the high shelf just waiting...
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Re: Converting HL Panther "G" to a Late "A"
Stunning build!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jagdpanther 1/6 1st SS
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Alright, I can't stand it anymore! I keep looking at my poor Panther A and it is calling to me, please, finish me! S o while I wait for some mechanical parts to finish the 3 Firefly's I have on the bench now, I have taken some steps to move closer to at least getting it running a little. Man, I forgot how much detail I have on this damn thing! Anyway Planning on priming it this weekend as it is our holiday weekend. July 1st Happy Canada Day! 151 years old!
so thought I would take some last shots before it hits the primer...
so thought I would take some last shots before it hits the primer...
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Wow, that is some work you already put into this
You have the Atak Zimmerit here? What did you use to be able to mount the mantlet and the gun?
You have the Atak Zimmerit here? What did you use to be able to mount the mantlet and the gun?