karel47

would be fit nicely into my kamfgruppe this panther, amezing work man !!!

i place it also at our BTB Forum

forum.battletanksbelgie.be/viewtopic.php

MAUS45

Hi Christian,

Is the Panther A/D lower hull ready?

Thanks,

Rudy

chris3BK

hi

thank you Karel :-)
@Rudy question is, what is the meaning of ready, if you want to handel the transmisiosns problem by yoursel the hull is nearly ready, just put the last details on it.so if you want only the hull it is ready after my hollydays at 10th jun i think.

cu christian

MAUS45

Thanks Christian, that is good news. I am patient and can wait until the final drive is sorted out. I just wanted a estimated time so I could start saving up to buy it when the Hull is ready.

Panther F

I'm a little uncertain about the final drive being housed in the styrene. Will it be reinforced or sleeved?














~ Jeff

chris3BK

moin

you mean that?











normaly this must be strong enough, but this i want to find out too with this projekt.

cu christian

chris3BK

Moin

a lidel stepp forward
now the geraboxes are placed right, the fiting is well and maks the hull a bit stronger :-)



take a wile to finde the right pos of the holes lol






cu christian

chris3BK

hi

its still going on slowly, still missing some tamiya track links for my track, grrrr.

but i have done some work at the manual, so the hull is ready for selling now.

Manual

cu christian

MAUS45

Is this kit only for HL conversion or can it be used with Tamiya as well?

chris3BK

hi

im overing the Kit with out a lower hull too, for using it for other lower huls than mine.
My complet kit must be change a bit if you want to use the tamiya suspension, i will start working on a taniya conversion kit later.

cu christian

chris3BK

moin

i have done some work at my Panther A/D Hull now you can use something similar to the tamiya suspension, its made to use the Asiatam Suspension

here..


and here in full metall















cu christian

MAUS45

Looks great!!! Can we get the metal lower hull and plastic upper?

chris3BK

hi

jes this is no problem :-)

some more detail of the lower hull





cu christian

chris3BK

moin

i have done a update for a very late G or F model.









cu christian

Panther G

I think that is the way I would prefer the kit. Metal lower and plastic upper to allow for easier attachment of trim and cosmetic parts. it can be difficult on metal sometimes.

chris3BK

moin

i did made a new fan cover for my ad version :-).







cu christian

MAUS45

They look good. Can we buy them now?

chris3BK

hi

i will list it in my shop in about 2 weeks :-)

cu christian

MAUS45

Thanks Chris, I need them for my A!!!

karel47

he christian is it necesary to go for the metal hull on your panther ausf A , i've got last year at dortmund your styreen panther at my hand and i ws surprised how strong this styreenbody was , could not torse anything ... withthe tamiya suspension its good to go i would say
whats your opinion on this ludwig?

chris3BK

hi

normaly i would say metal is always not needed if the construktion is made right. Its always importent how you desin your hull. if you made it like the toy desin of tamiya and henglong were the lower hull is a stand alone part. mostly metal is need to get the strongness.

if you made the hull as a one piece objekt, like the original you can get the tank much stronger as with any standart metal lower hull.

the best example of it are at the moment the panther II of my Father its complet out of polysterol and uses tamiya suspension, metal roadweels, and metal tracks his waight is about 8 kilograms and he is powered with some model spigel gears by 11.1volts. thats means that his body need to widstand more forces than the most tanks will ever reach.
He is fast and havy and is always used into forest tank battels. sofar i never get trobel with the hull.
if you are in dortmund again you can see its motors and feel its waight. and everthing is in plastik :-).
by the way the same way im going to go with my 1:6 panther ;-).

cu christian

philipat

Those look good. Would they also be correct for an early G? Before the crew heater was added?

chris3BK

hi

i have never seen this, think this is only for the early panthers....but posible is everything ;-)

cu christian