Panther G 2022 #15 Build

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A busy few days with more test fitting and slight alteration on the turret.

I have now moved the upper turret bump stop to the correct position at the edge of the debris cover. The shape I have left alone.
The bolts holding the debris cover in place with be changed out for some more scale looking ones when they arrive from Germany.

Spare track link brackets and pins have also been made up out of some brass strip and piano wire.

The fixing points for the spare wheels have been sorted with again more scale like bolts on their way.

Overall pretty happy so far

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Again more work done on the basic turret assembly.

Turret disassembled, etch primed and given its interior colour.
The mantlets interior fixing blocks have been also sorted as well as the circular mounting plate that sits on the turret base.

Time to now get the parts back together

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Just a small thing done before starting to put the turret back together again.

Mantlet mounted MG34 sorted.
My spare MG34 armored barrel cut down and mounted to nicely fit the 8.5mm hole in the mantlet.

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Turret now back together ready for the turret top plate brackets and then filling holes and weld beads.

Brackets for gun elevation, recoil and ball machine gun now cleaned and painted.