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Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:51 pm
by spee34
Das ist ein schöner Panzer :) Verry nice project !

Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:39 pm
by Panzerjaeger66
It’s been a while since my last report; there were some issues with the functional bogies. After some different trials I fixed the design with 0.3mm spring steel strips.

The stiffness can be adjusted with the length of the shims.

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> overall length (above) => stiff
> middle length (below) => medium
> no shim => soft

Overview of the bogie parts:

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… a bogie mounted …

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…and attached to the lower hull. The last bogie is different like at the original tank.

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The track gear system is the same style I’m used to for small tanks.

All parts of the gears …

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… the aluminum plates are glued together …

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… and the mounted gear.

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Because I’m using the same gear for the Panzer I, some additional plates are used to combine.

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These are the parts of the idler including the track tensioner.

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This kit is using the Asiatam Maultier tracks with 99 track links each.

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Cheers,
Freddy

Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:50 pm
by SCHWEREPANZER
That is one superb bit of engineering and execution. It's great when a well thought through plan comes together. Highest kudos, Freddy.

Ralph

Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:02 am
by midlife306
Absolutely awesome work
Cheers
Wayne


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Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:04 am
by Von Mooflesaaa
Stunning . work being displayed.

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Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:51 am
by c.rainford73
Wow this is incredible Freddy :thumbup: :thumbup:

Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 4:58 pm
by Panzerjaeger66
Thanks for your comments! :thumbup:

Some little update to report.
After attaching some details, the lower hull is roughly finished.

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Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 7:55 pm
by Panzerjaeger66
Switching to the lower hull and its main parts…

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…and with adding some small details the upper hull is roughly finished.

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The turret is again a very easy design of less parts.

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…moveable commander hatches 8)

After mounting all together the assembly is done so far…

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Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 8:00 pm
by Von Mooflesaaa
Amazing.

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Re: Panzer II – fundament of the German Panzerwaffe

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 8:01 pm
by silversurfer1947
It must be wonderful to be so talented