my new project. It will be my 3th Scratch Tank. Now, i want to build an Crusader.
Thats what i want to do



For an Basis, i use some parts from http://www.asiatam.de

- Suspension Parts Panther



- used Rims and Tires from an T34
- used Panzer IV wheels ( rear )
- used Panzer III Chains ( will modified this later )
- new Asiatam 3:1 Gearboxes ( very good and chepa too )
The rest i will build by myself



Thats what i was doing yesterday





The body i build out of 2mm Polysterol



So it looks like later when its done, i just put the parts in to see how it looks like. i hope it will work great, the chance is very good till now



i cut a lot of brass tubes 5 and 6mm



i pressed the tubes together



the tubes are the new bearings (?) for the rims





Now, when i was buildt in the complet suspension i got the right heigt from the sprocketwheels. I buildt way to high in this, so i correct this



As basic i glow some PS-Sheeds together and fill it up with Resin. Thats really strong, now.



For safity i was soldering on the top of the brass and glow PS behind the spring, now it can´t Fall out :haha:



Than i was building the same suspension system, like the other 4 axles to the first axles, but with different degrades ( sorry, my english is very bad )

I closed the drilled hole for th original T34 Part idle wheel



Out of brass i build an own adjustable one ( don´t know the name for that thing, we call it Kettenspanner )



Kettenspanner from top



close to completted Suspension



Next days i will build in electrical for Testdrive 8|

At the first Picture you see that i build everthing together as a test. I wanted to check the heigh with this suspension. Well 1cm to high. **** happens



First i screw and glow the axles together.



Here you see it better



Now, time to find out where the Probs are and how i can fix this.

Here...



and here



Allright, lets rock....

Cut out a little here



and here



Cut out a little from Panzer III Chains



Put Resin in here



Now its, strong enough



Inlay for Electricalstuff



New Optik for Idle Wheel



drilled a lot of holes into the tyres



Gearboxes



complette with inlay

i buildt the little MG Turret first, so later i can see better, what i have to do and how many space i have for something else on the frontside.

First i took a 2mm pipe and buildt me an MG



The turret i buildt out of 2mm PS. When i cut out the door i made an mistake  8O  i cut around forgot the little straight in there.  I glow the piece in and prime (?, with  Italeri Putty ) it.



Door open



en detail

Now i just finished the Basic Body





The L-Profil is for put the Chassies with this together, also for Stabilizes



Outside there are 2 more L-Profils for the Fenders

Today i was building the Fenders ( out of 1 and 2mm PS, also L-Profil )











I buildt a little at the frant and the 4 cases ;-)













Today i was building at the rear side. All together i glue around 500 Screw Imitates ( Punched ), Fenderholder,Shaklesholder etc...
The 2 Boxes at the rear Deck are not finished yet, also the Airfilterboxes are not buildt

I tried to buildt the sprocket wheels. As Basic i used the Panzer IV Wheels. First i put in there Apoxie. Than i put this at my engine lathe ( ? ) Damn, don´t know the right word for this tool, hope you know what i mean.



At least i drilled the holes in there



Not 100% correctly, but much better than Panzer IV Wheels



Today i finnished the sidefenders (is that right ?)



The little Holders are 0,2mm thick



Much better than Panzer IV wheels



Looks complete different i think







just missing gastank and airfilters than comes the turret

For today i wanted to do the Airfilters and some little details.

first i had to cut out of 10mm Brass 10 Pieces 4mm thick and drilled an whole 4mm in there. With my Proxxon, i cut the rest. Than i cut 10 Pipes 4mm and gluewed in there



The Airfiltercases i build out of 2mm PS ( Polysterol )



Die Airintakepipes i buildt out of 6mm Aluminum. The clamp i built out of 0,2mm phosphorus bronze



The trick was to buildt them movable, so that i can remove the top section



The S-Hooks out of 2mm Brass



Holders



more little Details



Overview all new Details









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Today i was building at the Turretengine







Crusader in Pieces



i start to buildt the turret. This thing hurts me a little. i buildt it complete out of 2mm Polysterol ( PS )



for the KWk Blende i use a very thin metall plate and bend this. It&acute;s a lot easier if you gue this between PS Sheeds.



As Mainweapon i used the Barrel from an Panzer III. It&acute;s not done yet. The cradle it&acute;s an 12mm brass piece



back to the front. i cut in 3 long wholes



from inside. Mechanical stuff it&acute;s not done yet



The front part of the turret is just basic. after the apoxie is try and hard i will meke the rest



Today and yesterday i finnished the turret







With the Turret my Crusader is complete so far

WOW! Show the Italian tanks you built! This will cause some major major eye popping!

Great work!!

Don

Davinci has been reborn! You are the Master!

I'd give my left.... (well you know) for one of those.

There must be a way to make this tank available to purchase.

Incredible!

outstanding work. if i wasn't a tank junkie i would throw my tools and tanks away and just look at yours.

Splended work volvospeed, museum quality i look forward to see the finished model

Absolutely stunning work. I can't believe my eyes...............WOW!

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I'm speechless, what an amazing build, the amount of work is amazing. You're attention to detail is stunning.

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I am feeling inadequate.

Absolutely wonderful. If I have you skills, I wouldn't need Tamiya or Heng Long.

Amazing craftsmanship! Thank you for showing your work.

WOW. I master craftsman of the highest order has arrived. Splendid work, what else can be said. Few reach the level you have just demonstrated in this scratch build.

Thank you for posting on the forum. There are a couple of other guys on here that are marvalous scratchbuilders, and could probably match your level if they applied themselves, but you have really set the bar high .

This is truly inspirational, although I doubt I will ever reach that level of accomplishment. Maybe when I retire, or in my dreams

Anyway, a truly great build.

Send that off to Tamiya or Heng Long and tell them to get the die cutting machines warmed up.

That is great work you did. It's beautiful, how long did it take to complete it?

Duane

That's not stratch building thats LUNACY .......... SO I shall go back to my hole and shut up now that's just to nice.

Good god!.....that is abosolute "rolling artwork".....I'm MEGA-jealous lol....

fantastiche..mach schon weiter.[X(]

Very fine workmanship. Next a Centurion, right/.

Uhhh...hmmmm....Well, not much more I can say. Thank you for humbling me sir! That is one of the most amazing builds I have ever seen on any scale. Marvelous!