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I wanted to start a thread here as my first build on this forum. I had picked up this JP for a killer price this past weekend. It is currently missing a road wheel, idler, rear hatch, muzzle break and is badly needing a repaint and some detail work. All Tamiya electronics are here and in working order. May choose to get rid of these and go with a clark board still thinking on that. I have ordered the replacement wheels and rubber from the folks at AAF and should be here by the end of the week. Id like to find schumo rear hatch and vision blocks yet don't want to spend the price in shipping currently from Germany to the states. Looking forward to sharing the progress with you all here. If anyone has any leads on upgrade/detail parts to use I'd love to hear it.

Thank you for looking.

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A great project which I look forward to following, It might help your hunt for a home based source of "Schumo" parts if you go to--------
www.etoarmor.com
I would make them my go to store if it was not for the disastrous mail charges across the pond but for for you it is local

jarndice wrote:A great project which I look forward to following, It might help your hunt for a home based source of "Schumo" parts if you go to--------
http://www.etoarmor.com
I would make them my go to store if it was not for the disastrous mail charges across the pond but for for you it is local

Thanks! I have gotten a gear and motor set from them for my Panther - Rock solid!
Sadly they do not seem to have much of anything of Schumo in stock any longer. Not sure if Schumo is still in business or just a restock/production issue due to covid. I had emailed the the folks at ETO a few months back asking about their Panther hatches and they said they did not expect any parts to be back in stock any time soon.

Good Morning ( and welcome to the Forum )
A Tip for sourcing Parts from German Hobby Sites is to speak to Dave and Julie at Forgebear. They are members here on the Forum and everyone vouches for them because of the incredible Great Service that they treat all of their Customers to. I have been able to source parts from Germany during the Pandemic due to Forgebear purchasing from those sites and shipping on to me here in the States. Reasonable prices then and quicker deliveries from England vs No Deliveries from many of those sites over there on the Continent. It would be worth your while to visit: https://www.forgebeartanks.com set up an Account and strike up a chat with Dave and Julie. ( They may even have what you are looking for on their own site )
regards,
Painless

As I understand it, all Schumo stuff is now produced by
https://www.axels-modellbau-shop.de/kat ... rds=Schumo

Hello Lordpanzer. I'm currently building a Tamiya 1946 JP. I have plenty of spares not being used. I don't have the Schumo kits you're looking for like the hatch and scopes since I've put them on this one. I do have an assortment of extras though that I'm willing to give you such as track holders from Ludwigs, rear transmission covers like ETO has. Much more that I don't want any money for, just give them to a fellow tanker. I'm in Alabama and I'm thinking of an RC tank yard sale if there was enough local interest.
Let me know, Joe

panzerjosef wrote:Hello Lordpanzer. I'm currently building a Tamiya 1946 JP. I have plenty of spares not being used. I don't have the Schumo kits you're looking for like the hatch and scopes since I've put them on this one. I do have an assortment of extras though that I'm willing to give you such as track holders from Ludwigs, rear transmission covers like ETO has. Much more that I don't want any money for, just give them to a fellow tanker. I'm in Alabama and I'm thinking of an RC tank yard sale if there was enough local interest.
Let me know, Joe

Hey Joe that would be great I'd love to see what you have. Can I send you a message?

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Axels is a great shop and as mentioned pretty much the only source for Schumo parts these days. My only issue with Axels is their crazy international shipping costs. It's almost as if they don't want to ship outside Germany. Last time I purchased parts from them I used a German mail forwarding company (https://www.mailboxde.com/) and it worked out much cheaper.

B_Man wrote:Axels is a great shop and as mentioned pretty much the only source for Schumo parts these days. My only issue with Axels is their crazy international shipping costs. It's almost as if they don't want to ship outside Germany. Last time I purchased parts from them I used a German mail forwarding company (https://www.mailboxde.com/) and it worked out much cheaper.

Thanks. Last time I priced them to ship to the USA its was 38 euros. That's crazy! Like you said it's like they don't want to ship out of country.

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Gee Whiz that paintjob
Some folks should be barred from owning models...................thats the sort of thing some 'tard in a museum would dream up !!
Cant wait to see what you do with it.