tomzag

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http://tomsrctanks.com/pz3.asp

schutzstaffel

have taken some of my words back(new exiting post) .

the machine gun looks motorized ?? [sm=confused.gif]

juging by the hand it looks more on scale then the bulldog.

there will be spare wheels

barrel seams bigger ,but it is an airsoft ,taught it would be worst [&:]

great job hl ! will get one.

GD Dave

Tom, how is the kit?

Templars83

Where or I should say how, did you get your hands on this? You actually are able to get them to send you kits in advance or the public?

sownare

Wow! How is the scale this time around? I hope it's not as big as their "Snow Leopard" or "Tiger 1". The Panzer III was a light tank, a third smaller than a Tiger 1. Thanks for sharing!!!

icecreamslick

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Does it seem at all accurate to you? I'm not up to snuff on the details of the Panzer III. []

irongutz

AWESOME WE NEED DETAILS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![>:][sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

schutzstaffel

look like the chinas factory floor on the pics.

Templars83

It looks accurate - I would have said it was a 3 and not a 4. I'm sure there are some minor issues of accuracy but there always are.

swathdiver

Looks like Terrazo flooring, popular in South Florida in the 1950s and 1960s. The tank looks great! I'll definitely buy a couple of them. Didn't the original Panzer platoon structure include a couple of these to fight alongside the Tigers? Tom, tell HL we need more frequencies, 4 is not enough, 20 would be nice, please. At present I can only operate 7 Heng Long tanks at the same time using Heng Long's 4 channels and 3 others.

bhop73

Whoa! When is this supposed to be released? I was going to get a Bulldog, but if this is coming out, i'm willing to wait.

Harquebus

I will also say it looks accurate, dimensionally, for whatever scale it's in. It looks on the big side of 1/16 based on the one photo that has a human hand in it (by comparison) but that may be an optical illusion.

This one, even though the thick-barreled "main armament" (the airsoft gun), might be out of scale it could easily be the Ausf L model which mounted the 5cm L/60 gun.

It looks like they stuck Walker Bulldog tracks to the front if it.

Aside from all that, I like it.

-Harq

EDIT: I changed my estimation of which version it might be. From Ausf N to Ausf L.

icecreamslick

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I wonder how similar it will be to the Bandai tank.....I have never seen one assembled. There are obvious differences, but they are alike in many ways, aren't they?

nemesis4u

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C'mon Tom.....no fair... cant just show some pics.....WE NEED THE FULL STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Tomas

CapnCrunch43

Hadn't really studied the Panzer III, but from just that 'carrot on a stick', I'd get one!

gorehound

Hi Tom

Is it an 'A' variant as the suspension mounts look way wrong for a production version. The production tanks had three sets of double bogies a bit like a sherman in layout but this seems to have 6 separate arms which was more like the prototype. Also bolt on armour on front was usually on later versions like the Ausf L and K but this would be easy to sort unlike the suspension.

Cheers
Gore

icecreamslick

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Are you refering to the mantlet, Gorehound? It looks too big, so that must be armor, huh? [sm=confused.gif]

schutzstaffel

to me it looks like a pz3ausf-L

have you notice the metal barrel?

gorehound

No Icecreamslick I am referring to the front plate where the hull machine gun is situated. It has spaced armour on it which did not appear until the later variants once the Germans started losing tanks to improving allied designs. It shows up mainly in the first and fourth photos. It looks well detailed and well done but not correct for the suspension type. Only Tom can answer whether this is a production version from HL or a test one that may be sorted when it hits the streets.

The mantlet is also a later variant type as the earlier ones did not have the plate on the front either. TO be honest, the whole model looks reasonably right apart from the suspension. The suspension however is correct if it were a prototype (Ausf A) variant.

Gorehound

schutzstaffel

> about the origin of those pics(china) ,
look at the floor and fingers on pic(link) below :

and yes ,it looks good till now...beside that little top turret detail ,storage box cover is smaller on mine.
(little flat space between cupola and cover is missing)about 6 inch(1:1 size)
their is a difference with my model of pz3ausf-L
searching for real pics to know witch one is off ...

http://www.matotoys.com/canada/produ...roducts_id=129

hotjava

Tom,

Thanks for sharing.
This is great news!

Oliver

Harquebus

Agreed. It looks like the Ausf L.

I notice the metal barrel now that you mention it. Paint chipped off near the mantlet and the very end (muzzle) appears to be bare aluminum. I'm glad they did this instead of trying to sheath it in plastic.

[sm=wink_smile.gif]

-Harq

Panther F

He he! I've seen enough ... where do I get mine?!!


Jeff

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takes the boat 1 month to get here, plus i imagine 2 months for factory`s prep. and production ??
will try to resist until i get a kt [:@]
"damn capn`s avatar ! "[:@][:@] .

thanks tom for that most interesting post

outcastrc

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