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Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:53 am**

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...

Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2016 6:27 am**

Haven't seen this thread before... it's just fantastic!!!

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:28 pm**

Thanks Eddy...

Posted: **Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:01 pm**

dgsselkirk wrote:
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 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!
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
Panther A 179.jpg
Then using Bob Smith Plastic Cure glue, (the best I know of) and some heavier clamps tacked the boxes on.
Panther A 180.jpg
Panther A 181.jpg

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.
Pintle.jpg
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!
Panther A 182.jpg
Panther A 184.jpg
And fitted my power and smoker switch box into the upper hull. Just fitted it, didn't click it in yet!
Panther A 183.jpg
Hopefully I have a more productive week this week!

Dean - what did you do with the turret rotation motor? I'm cursing mine.

Posted: **Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:27 pm**

It's been so long let me have a look this weekend...

Posted: **Fri Nov 03, 2017 4:35 pm**

dgsselkirk, you gotta get back to working on this beauty. I bet all of us would love to see it finished.

Posted: **Fri Nov 03, 2017 4:40 pm**

I promise I will by spring... I look at it a LOT up on the high shelf just waiting...

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:16 am**

Stunning build!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: **Sun Jul 01, 2018 4:55 pm**

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...