Winter Panther with 18 Grenadiers.

[ColemanCollector]

Somebody pointed me at details I did oversee.
In the original pic, 2 buckets are hanging on the exhausts and a jerrycan mounted to the left rear side..."

Yes, but you did get the guy with his earflap blowing in the breeze!

A stunning diorama built on a tank in its own diorama! WOW!

Mike.

[Rob59]

Thnkz Mike

[Herr Dr. Professor]

My hands get cold just looking at it. I start to shiver! Geepers! It's a winner!

[Rob59]

Hell guys.
As I do have quite a lot of figures/tankriders, I always ran into the problem when taking outdoor pics, some guys keep falling off.
The guys sitting are mostly not the issue, but the standing ones….
And when they fall off, mostly parts like weapens, arms or even heads tend to break off too.
Very anoying.
To the ones among you who have figures too, this might sound familiar.
Some guys do use magnets, either in combination with little metal strips glued onto the hull or so or even magnets glued underneath the upperhull so nothing should be visible when the tank is whithout figures.
I decided to drill 1.4 mm holes in the hands/feet of the standing guys on my Panther, and glue a piece of metal wire in them.
Drilled holes in the tank, and put the wires with figures in them.
Those holes are quite small so you hardly can notice them when the guys are off the tank.

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These 2 Grenadiers do not have very much space below their feet to stand onto, so these kept falling off

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With the wiring they are pretty secure now.
I do not intend driving around with the Grenadiers on the Panther, this is done just to be safe while taking outdoor pics!
And as you can see, they won‘t fall off anymore

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[Jofaur86]

Hello, superb work, I'm speechless and full of admiration. However, it has a thorn in its side.
Have a good day

[Rob59]

This morning when I was attaching both metal towcables onto the Panther, I noticed the tank was very low at it‘s rear end.
I guess the reason for this must be the amount of resin figures which are on the tank.
So I must take it all apart again this afternoon and try to get more tension onto the 2 rear swingarms on both sides.
There are 2 holes in the lower hull for each swingarm to adjust the tension.
Not sure yet, whether that 2nd hole makes the suspension harder or even more softer.
Otherwise I will have to drill a new hole.

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[Meter rat]

Another work of art. I too am full of admiration for your skills.

[Rob59]

Well, took the Panzer apart again.
On its right side I had to remove 4 sets of roadwheels to be able to set the spring tension in the next hole, making it harder.
In the pic, the springs were in the 12 o‘clock hole, and to get more tension I just had to move the spring into the 10 o‘clock hole.
Due to the opposite way the swingarms are mounted on the left side of the tank, I just had to take off the last 2 roadwheels (and the idlers and tracks of course!).

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Just did the last 2 on each side, and look:

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[Stormbringer]

Yep looks a lot better now mate

[HERMAN BIX]

Just magnificent.