flak panther

Post by **martin57** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:22 pm

gun base fitted , note the same turret cover as the recovery panther , nice detail great kit so far , this was not done in one sitting it took me a few days , but could not post on a daily bases .

Post by **martin57** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:23 pm

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Post by **martin57** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:26 pm

Post by **martin57** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:31 pm

thats it for now , a shout out to the missis for letting me use the dinning room for this build , but no air brushing . just waiting to here what she wants in return

Post by **NAMBiohazard** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:30 am

That build is coming along nicely

Love the detail on the gun base , that wood grain looks as if it will hold a wash great..

Well done

Post by **mick** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:43 am

good progress

Post by **Lee** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:00 am

Good progress.... This kit is on my wish list. Did the PE come with it or was it extra?

Post by **martin57** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:49 pm

Lee wrote:Good progress.... This kit is on my wish list. Did the PE come with it or was it extra?

Yeah lee it did theres p e for grills and AA gun sheild plus side armer . Its a nice kit fitting together nicely , tracks are single piece s might be a problem for me anyway

Post by **martin57** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:50 pm

Thanks for your comments

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:55 pm

Great progress Martin
Does the kit come with some of the gear a regular bergepanther would have or is everything replaced with the flak
And how is the styrene itself , as i had some bad luck with this brand before
The styrene was very brittle and snapped on several parts

Post by **martin57** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:31 pm

MarkVerploeg wrote:Great progress Martin
Does the kit come with some of the gear a regular bergepanther would have or is everything replaced with the flak
And how is the styrene itself , as i had some bad luck with this brand before
The styrene was very brittle and snapped on several parts

No it does not come with any of the recovery gear , there is a kit out there of a flak panther it hase the lifting boom with it but I cant recall the brand name . I have only had one problem so far with brittle parts it was the cutters thay snapped whist I was removing from the spruce so far so good

**Felis Barcinonensis YouTube Channel** · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:56 pm

Good progress Martin!!

Post by **martin57** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:29 pm

a quick update , making a start on the tracks never done this sort before there are no pins or wires .

Post by **martin57** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:31 pm

Post by **martin57** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:38 pm

not sure how this is going to work , the tracks just rest inside each other on a small lip there is no instruction on how to do this , some say to glue the tracks and place them on the tank before it sets so thay can be positioned right .

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:52 pm

Looks like she's coming together nicely, Martin

I couldn't help you with the tracks, I don't build armor, so I don't have a bloody clue mate

Cheers,

Martin

Post by **PaulAyrey** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:14 pm

Super stuff Martin, I binned the tracks, I have this built but not yet painted so will wait for a set of Fruils, much less hassle.

Did you find the PE quite thick and unwieldy? Mine was like working with steel!

Post by **martin57** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:44 pm

PaulAyrey wrote:Super stuff Martin, I binned the tracks, I have this built but not yet painted so will wait for a set of Fruils, much less hassle.

Did you find the PE quite thick and unwieldy? Mine was like working with steel!

the bits of p.e. i have done so far are a little thick , but i am about to start the flak gun and that has all the shield in p e so we .will see

Post by **NAMBiohazard** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:35 pm

Coming along nicely
I would suggest follow the same steps as with the Dragon magi tracks, with the glueing and placing on model to get correct sag

good luck

Post by **martin57** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:59 pm

NAMBiohazard wrote:Coming along nicely
I would suggest follow the same steps as with the Dragon magi tracks, with the glueing and placing on model to get correct sag

good luck

thancks my man sounds like a plan

Post by **AchtungPanzer** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:12 pm

Very interesting vehicle and piece of good work mate

- I look forward to more. Good luck with rest tracks

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:44 pm

A quick update, hull is built up just the rain cover to finish .

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:45 pm

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:52 pm

now moving on to the flak gun ,
i bought a new gun barrel to replace the original looks pretty cool .

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:53 pm

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:56 pm

build

up of the gun

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:01 pm

lining up the new barrel ready for cutting

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:03 pm

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:05 pm

hole drilled out ready for the new barrel .

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:07 pm

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:10 pm

coming together nicely

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:15 pm

nice winding gear , one thing with the new barrel fitted is it wont stay in any position becuse of the xtra weight .

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:18 pm

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Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:29 pm

problem solved with the gun barrel once the rams were fitted.

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:33 pm

stage one complete next stage will be seats and gun site gun guards

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:40 pm

found these scraper blades in my local pound shop , and had a light bulb moment i havent got any proper bending tools for my
p.e so i

gave these a go worked ok so far

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:41 pm

Post by **martin57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:44 pm

not bad A
thats it for now thanks for looking :t

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Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:11 am

Looking great so far, Martin....I like you man made bending "machines"!

Post by **schweinhund227** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:23 pm

martin57 wrote:not sure how this is going to work , the tracks just rest inside each other on a small lip there is no instruction on how to do this , some say to glue the tracks and place them on the tank before it sets so thay can be positioned right .

Oh my Gawd ! that must have been a PITA to assembly those tracks...

My Hat to you for getting through this....

Post by **PaulAyrey** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:25 pm

Wonderful work, great bending tool, may have to look out for some myself

Post by **martin57** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:48 pm

hi all another update getting on now second part of the gun done now .

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Post by **martin57** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:28 pm

It was going well up to the point of putting the p. e. gun guards on this became very flipping fustrating because the are only held in place by 2 rods and trying to get them lined up in the right place was not easy there was a couple of position marks on the p. e. but the angle of the rods was not clear.
so i had them to far up to far down and so on. so to solve this i drilled a small hole in the top of the guard to locate the top rod ,and hey it worked , this is my first experance of p,e. so go easy lads .

Post by **martin57** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:29 pm

Post by **martin57** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:30 pm