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Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:58 pm
by capt midnight
Just finished this one up a buddy. It's a standard HL hull with their metal gearboxes, and a Taigen metal turret. Wound up swapping out the airsoft unit to get everything to work. The standard suspension works great with the metal turret. There is just enough weight to get the suspension to float. Has a nice sway when the tank starts or stops.
Still have to make the antennas for it, but that's all.
Thanks for looking!
Bill
Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:06 pm
by c.rainford73
Bill it looks simply amazing. Top notch work my Friend love the camo scheme
Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:35 pm
by lost_wolf
Bill
Always love your builds , it always amazes me to watch the changes .
Also thanks for turning my son into a tank nut to , keeo up the great work
Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:32 am
by Marco Peter
Well it surely gives it a very low signature!
Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:59 am
by Markocaster
Cool combination, looks great
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Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 8:52 pm
by Ragnar
Sooo,maybe my idea of a PZ IV turret on a PZIII Hull is not crazy after all !!
Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 8:57 pm
by Ragnar
Sooo,maybe my idea of a PZ IV turret on a PZIII Hull is not crazy after all !!
Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 9:57 pm
by Lert
Ragnar wrote:Sooo,maybe my idea of a PZ IV turret on a PZIII Hull is not crazy after all !!
If I'm not mistaken, one panther hull with Pz IV turret was actually built but the turret didn't rotate, it was fixed in place. This was used as a command / scouting vehicle. But a Pz III hull with Pz IV turret? The turret rings were very different sizes, the Pz IV turret wouldn't fit on the Pz III hull, plus it was too heavy - especially with late / big guns.
I mean, if you want to build one go right ahead, I don't mean to discourage you, it's just not a thing with any historical basis.
Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 4:10 pm
by capt midnight
Ragnar wrote:Sooo,maybe my idea of a PZ IV turret on a PZIII Hull is not crazy after all !!
Just call it a "Paper Panzer". Who could really say that it wasn't considered? Pretty much anything you want to give a go, as long as you're enjoying it. After all, that's what a hobby is for!
Yes, Lert is correct. There appears to have been only one of these made, for use as a command vehicle. Since the turret ring on the HL Panther and the HL PzIV are the same size, I was able to make the turret rotate pretty easily!
Bill
Re: Panther with PzIV turret
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:36 pm
by Lert
Son of a gun-ner wrote:Lert wrote:I mean, if you want to build one go right ahead, I don't mean to discourage you, it's just not a thing with any historical basis.
Kelly's hero's isn't real, therefore Oddballs Sherman has no historical basis, especially with the loudspeaker, but you carry on building it. . . . . Wouldn't want to discourage you
Wow ... You missed the point of my post by such a way that I don't even know how to respond to this.