Tamiya jagdpanther late
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 5:45 pm
Nearly there, got the wheels, sprockets, idlers and tracks done. Done in a similar fashion to the rest of the tank. Added some oil stains on a couple of the wheels (not sure how realistic it is but it looked nice on some other panthers!). I primed the tracks hull red, dry brushed with steel, sprayed with a black wash to dull things down. Finally I over sprayed with flat earth. Once this was done I spattered flat earth over the sprayed mud on the tank, heavier on the skirts rear and frot fenders and lighter up on the rest. Painted up a couple of jerry cans to go on the rear deck. She's now about 95% done, just need to add some spent shell casings and get the fire extinguisher done.
I ran her out the first time today and ran into some serious issues, the left tu was slipping badly, new tu job I thought but the frame had worn allowing the gears to move away from each other. Once the frame had been replace it meshed fine. Next issue was the idlers lost tension which meant having to take the rear off which I promptly dropped, then trying to catch it caught the ariel and bent that *facepalm*. Luckily all damage repaired like new! Then had to recalibrate the Dmd as I'd calibrated the Dmd on low rate setting which meant it was difficult to control at low speed. Finally its running ok, inner track breaking seems more violent than the tiger Dmd (using the Pershing Dmd atm). Might go back to the tiger one.
Wheels:
Running gear added:
Overall shots:
Quick video of her running:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn-IMLywqwc[/youtube]
I ran her out the first time today and ran into some serious issues, the left tu was slipping badly, new tu job I thought but the frame had worn allowing the gears to move away from each other. Once the frame had been replace it meshed fine. Next issue was the idlers lost tension which meant having to take the rear off which I promptly dropped, then trying to catch it caught the ariel and bent that *facepalm*. Luckily all damage repaired like new! Then had to recalibrate the Dmd as I'd calibrated the Dmd on low rate setting which meant it was difficult to control at low speed. Finally its running ok, inner track breaking seems more violent than the tiger Dmd (using the Pershing Dmd atm). Might go back to the tiger one.
Wheels:
Running gear added:
Overall shots:
Quick video of her running:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn-IMLywqwc[/youtube]
