Todays Work: 1/6th Panther Rear Stowage Bins

As usual, Howard did all the work and I made the tea, shook the can of paint and kept out of the way! I find it fascinating to watch something being made from a piece of sheet steel and turned into whatever in front of my very eyes :-)

Quarter Panther Pics :- Even More!

And here's some more :-)

Quarter Panther :- More

Some more quarter Panther pictures.

Quarter Panther Pics

Here's a few close up (ish) pics of the big Panther chassis to go with the earlier video.

When I can find the pics of the top and turret I'll post them as well :-)

Todays work!

Today was a day of watching Howard, nothing new you might say, but there's some things I cant do! Anyway, work progresses on a customers replacement chassis for a M-1-T chassis.

The first pic shows the existing sprockets fitted with Howards patented drive shaft fitting, a split clamp with a keyway.

The next two pics show the tin tub which is just the outside of the new chassis assembly. There is a frame which is the strength of the chassis, which fits inside this tub. First the Hammerited inside,

then the red oxide outside,

Once masked up, the tub was painted green on the outside,

and the sprockets and other bits and bobs were painted green as well.

While we were outside painting (the Royal we!) I took a couple of pictures of Howards chassis pile!

And a close up of the tin top made for Howards half track made at the same time as Kaths. If we dont finish it soon, it'll rust away to nothing!!!

Also today, Howard modified the Stug IV idler stub axles with a deeper groove for the idler fixing circlips. All good fun :-)

Here's a video of the worlds first 1/4 scale Panther chassis running in Russia. This is my tank!! Can't wait to get it and crack on with it :-)

Sound Module

Johnnys SturmTiger sound module has returned from Thomas Benedini after repair. The smoke control interface part of the board wasnt working, but it is now! At least the tank now sounds like a Tiger again rather than a Panther :-)