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What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:44 am
by Jnewboy
What is the best place to get a Panther II or "Panther F" turret?
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:07 am
by tomhugill
Panther f is different to panther 2. You can can the f turret from welshdragonmodels.co.uk . The panther 2 turret you would have to scratch.
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:46 am
by mcevoyi
Yes i agree ..
Steve at welshdragon .........
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:44 pm
by MichaelC
Looks like WDM is out but RCtank.de has them......
http://www.rctank.de/Panther-F-conversion-kit
Pardon my ignorance, but ain't they the same thing ("F" and II turrets). I always thought this is a Panther II turret kit....... I guess I was wrong. I thought the only difference is on the chassis.
MIchaelC
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:59 pm
by MichaelC
Just went thru my Achtung Panzer Series 3 on Panthers and as far as I can tell, F and II shares the same turret. The upper hull of II is closer to the KT layout. The sprocketS for F is standard Panther one but road wheels and idlers are similar to Late Tiger I metal ones, and for Panther II sprockets is similar to KT with fewer teeth, boggies and idlers are the same as KT. The whole idea I think was to consolidate and share parts with Late Tigers I for F and KTs for the II.......
MichaelC
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:04 pm
by Jnewboy
Correct, the differance between the F and the Panther II is the chassis. However there are paper panzer enthusiasts that build versions with a larger gun in the Panther II but in my opinion the turret would have become to crammed and over taxed to install a larger gun than the L/70.
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:43 pm
by mustclime
PZ tracks book on the panther shows that just about everything was different between the f and the 2..the panther 2 hull had diffent mesurments and angles, the panther 2 turret was to be wider than the f. Hatches for the 2 were to be then ones on the panther A according to some and others say the hatches were to be the same as the kt...The one captured panther 2 has the panther g hatches but they were added after the war as was the panther g turret.
link to the panther 2
http://www.peachmountain.com/5star/Tank ... _Tank.aspx
you might want to look at this also
http://www.ludwigs-hobby-seite.de/PantherII.html
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:27 pm
by tomhugill
Scott's right, the two and the f are completely different including the turret. I would recommend the relevant panzertracts! I think I have the PDF knocking about if your interested.
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:56 pm
by MichaelC
I think the Panther II is misnamed in Aberdeem. The chassis is definitely Panther II but the turret is just a "G" that they put on for testing.
Anyway, this is the turret you are after, right Jnewboy ?
MichaelC.
Re: What is the best place to get a Panther II turret?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:46 pm
by Jnewboy
MichaelC wrote:I think the Panther II is misnamed in Aberdeem. The chassis is definitely Panther II but the turret is just a "G" that they put on for testing.
Anyway, this is the turret you are after, right Jnewboy ?
MichaelC.
Exactly, Thanks!!!