Dragon 1/6 PANZER II AUSF.B to F Conversion with RC?

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 11:48 am

Very nice

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 3:38 pm

Good morning,
This is ambitious and coming along very well. A dollop of patience is called for when working on 1/6 scale armor. The anticipation balances it all out. ;o) Following along.
regards,
Painless

rolling-thunder · Post by **rolling-thunder** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 1:37 pm

Working with the Cupola, it didn't come with assembly instructions so I began my research. So far I have seen wartime photos with the hatch opening to the 3 o clock position {right side of the Tank}, the 12 o clock position {forwards} & the 6 o clock position {rear}. I've even seen pictures of the Cupola having split hatches similar to the Panzer III & IV, it might of even had the Panzer III & IV Cupola as well?
So I think it's down to taste so i'm going install the hatches opening to the Tanks right & the signal port will open forwards.
I now need to figure out how to attach the hinges to the Cupola to make them secure.
I'm still waiting on the uparmour kit.

rolling-thunder · Post by **rolling-thunder** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:44 pm

Once again I have been working on the turret. Today I was mostly making weld beads. I follow John Grima of East coast Armouries & the way he does things. However today I was lazy, instead of mixing up some Milliput I used a hot half moon wood chisel to carefully make the welds using masking tape to keep with in the lines. The end result isn't to bad.

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:55 pm

Looking good. Like that result!

rolling-thunder · Post by **rolling-thunder** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:00 pm

Once again I've been working on the turret. Today was fitting the lift hook. This involved moving the top rear lift hook to the back of the turret . I've used scale mini fixings as recommended by ECA

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:46 pm

Super details

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:15 pm

Great work on a rare Panzer. Love the weld effect

rolling-thunder · Post by **rolling-thunder** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:19 pm

Thanks for the encouragement! I think the weld marks will come out better once the vehicle has been camouflaged , given an Ink wash and dry brushed. It is long slow process. I think i'll be buying some inserts for the periscopes once I've finished painting.

rolling-thunder · Post by **rolling-thunder** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:47 pm

The main gun isn't attached yet & the Cupola isn't fixed permanently in place either. The Main Gun is the one that came with the model. The only thing I have done is drill out the flash hiders holes. There is still plenty to do to the Turret regarding paint! Then I have to consider what year & what unit. I think i'll be aiming for 1943 if my information works out.