Introduction

Bodo Langbehn · Post by **Bodo Langbehn** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:04 pm

Hello together,

I want to introduce me, my name is Bodo Langbehn and I live in Germay. At the moment I have began to build the SdKfz 222. Over 20 years I have built several tanks in scale 1/10. A few years ago I have changed to 1/6, on my workbench is a scratch built Panther A and a SdKfz 7 Halftrack from Armortek. I have to check out how to post pics, to show you the progress of building the 222.

Bodo

leesellars · Post by **leesellars** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:08 pm

Hello Bodo

Welcome to the Forum. There is a lot of helpers out here all you have to do is ask a question.

Lee

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:28 pm

Hi my friend!

Oh so good to at last see you here among us Bodo

Pleased to see another of all those stunningly skilled German builders...

I have told about you in my Panther saga so some of us know about your skills in this.
Your Panther Ausf A is the best 1:6th RC Panther on the planet!
As a scratch build it is an amazing model, please show us more of it.

I am sure you will find this forum a great place to be part of and not only as guest as before.

A very warm welcome Bodo
Kent

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:35 pm

Welcome Bodo!

I am looking forward to your posts very much. Your Panther is simply incredible.

Kindset regards from California
Tim

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:07 pm

Just noticed the link to Bodos Panther in my Panther saga doesnâ€™t work any more...

So until Bodo find out how to post photos here I show some of them.
I think they speak for themselves and bare in mind it is scratch build.
Enjoy!

/Kent

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:25 pm

Welcome Bodo. I agree with Kent your Pather is fabulous. OK I have seen more of your work as other members in the forum. However with your appearence here we all will have a chance to watch your excellent results.

Wegen den O-Ringen werde ich mich nochmal bei Dir melden.

Best regards Roland

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:58 am

Bodo,
Welcome to the forum. Like others have said your Panther A is fantastic. A credit to you and your machining skills. Beautiful work. I would like to see more pix.

I look forward to your posts and thoughts on the Armortek models as you build them. Thanks Kent for posting photos,
Kind regards,
Bob

Brian Leach · Post by **Brian Leach** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:42 am

Beautiful job!

Are those track links metal, cast?

Thanks for sharing,

Brian

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:11 am

unlimted skill,builds like this do need to be seen,very clever.thanks for coming on bodo. simon manning

Sven Strobbe · Post by **Sven Strobbe** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:35 pm

Bodo

Welcome to the Forum...
Seeing the pictures Kent Posted and having said its all scratch build...

Very beautifull, hoping one day i'll be able to reach your level of skills...

Regards

Sven

Pierluigi Patri · Post by **Pierluigi Patri** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:47 pm

Hi Bodo,
Welcome to the Armortek's Forum.
I appreciated your work on the Panther.

Bodo Langbehn · Post by **Bodo Langbehn** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:31 pm

Hello to all of you,

at first I want to say thank you for the very warm welcome you have given to me, and especially to my friend Kent for posting some photos from my Panther. It makes me a bit proud when I read the comments about my Panther, because I think the level in this forum is very high.
Yes the Panther is my own construction. I have made most of the parts of my own, except a few parts, which were to big for my mill and lathe.
The tracks were made in investment casting and the material is Alpaca.
The weight is about 140kg, the Panther has a double torsion bar suspension, which works very soft. I have built a three-gear-overlaptransmission and the drive motor has 750 W and it works with 24V. The steering motor is a starter motor for modelengines. The max. speed in the third gear is about 8 km/h.
If somebody want to know more about the Panther, please feel free to ask.

Regards

Bodo

Fabrice Le Roux · Post by **Fabrice Le Roux** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:41 pm

Bodo,

Outstanding model, sir.

Did you achieve the scale suspension travel (approx 83mm) with the double torsion suspension? Could you show us how this was done and with what diameter torsion bars/yoke deflection?

Your nickle-silver tracks are also a joy to behold. Do you plan to run the model on them outside ( in a garden or field), or are they for light/indoor use only? The prices I have been quoted in the UK for such limited run investment castings have been very expensive, do you recall what you paid for your tracks?

Please forgive my barrage of blunt questions!

Kind regards
Fabrice Le Roux

Bodo Langbehn · Post by **Bodo Langbehn** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:54 pm

Hi Fabrice,

I didn`t measure the suspension travel, but I think it is about the 83 mm.
The construction is very simple made, the torsionbar from the swing arm is fixed on the opposite side in compensator like the original and the second torsionbar moves from the compensator backwards to the swingarmside.
The diameter from the 1st, 2nd, 7th and 8th swingarms are 5mm, 3rd to 6th are 4,8mm.
I don`t have any problems to let the model run outside, therefore I have built it, the tracks are very restitant to abrasion. I let the tracks cast a couple of years ago and I think the price was arround 1800.-â‚¬.
At this moment I am not able to post pics, If you would send me your email adress I could mail you the pics from the suspension.

Regards Bodo