[Winter 23-24] Panzer III/Abt. 502

[MonsieurTox]

What gun/recoil unit are you going to put inside the turret ?

[Jimster]

I have a micro servo for the recoil and a regular sized servo for elevation. That’s something I still need to engineer. Shouldn’t be too difficult though.
I’m looking for inspiration in the bottom of my tequila bottle

[MonsieurTox]

I have a micro servo for the recoil and a regular sized servo for elevation. That’s something I still need to engineer. Shouldn’t be too difficult though.
I’m looking for inspiration in the bottom of my tequila bottle

Gonna follow with great interest, I have the same thing to do on my Panzer III !

[Jimster]

Progress so far. I cut the turret doors off and removed the plastic that was behind them to allow for some door damage and a peek at the interior. I had to reconstruct the gun mantlet with styrene to make it appropriate for my tank after I removed the armor shield. Now I’m in the process of practically destroying the upper hull.
This tank survived its last battle but its fighting days are over.


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[Ad Lav]

More holes than a holey thing

[Jimster]

Well, it is the Holey Day season!

[MrChef]

This tank survived its last battle but its fighting days are over.

There we are... Lets Go Jimster!!!

I'm lovin this. Will it be a static smoking smoldering heap, or will it still be able to crawl around?

[Jimster]

Definitely a mover.

[John Glover]

That is one fantastic tank and build mate. Is that a Taigen hull and with the motor unit from Forgebear, was it a bolt in or did you have to modify to fit. Reminds me of a Tiger 1 photo that looks like swiss cheese and was still going .Regard's John.

[Jimster]

Thanks, man! You are correct on all counts. The gearbox bolts right up but I did have to trim the top edge of the gearbox slightly and carved a shallow trench under the upper hull to allow the hull to sit all the way down on the lower hull. Wasn’t too hard to do.