drivers hatchs inside colour.

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chris fry
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drivers hatchs inside colour.

Post by chris fry »

hello all,
can anyone tell me what colour the underside of the drivers hatches would have been, from what i can gather from pictures the inside of the tanks would have been off white, but i see from pictures in the gallery the underside of the hatches have been painted red oxide colour, which would have been correct :?:

thanks, chris.

Kent Wiik

Post by Kent Wiik »

Hi,

Has been up before so here is a link.

http://www.daventrynet.co.uk/forum/foru ... 2175&PN=13

During the Dunkelgelbe (zimmerit) period - yellow
Later in war - Red oxide

Hope this helped.

Cheers
Kent

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Post by chris fry »

hello Kent,

many thanks for the info, red oxide it will be, another question i have for you is do you have any pictures of the exhausts, the flat top type with the fan type arrangement, a picture looking down in to the exhaust is what aim after, any help would be appreciated.

thanks, Chris.

Kent Wiik

Post by Kent Wiik »

Hi,

Hope this one is of any use:

Image

Cheers
Kent

Derek Attree
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Post by Derek Attree »

Now thats a part for the after market people to get stuck into.
I tried and failed to fabricate these for my reworked panther exhausts.
I tried to make these fans out of brass sheet soldered together in brass tube
but maybe it could be done with etch brass for the blades part (which I don't have the way to do).

Over to you guys..



:shock:

Derek
we must stop making stupid predictions

chris fry
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Post by chris fry »

hello kent,
many thanks for the picture, this helps, if there is any interest from the aftermarket boys to make these please let us know,

thanks again, chris.

Kent Wiik

Post by Kent Wiik »

Hi,

If it can be done in the "tiny" 1:16 scale, as seen below, it can be done in our huge 1:6th scale as well!

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Image

But I am glad I don´t have to bother here as I am building an Early Panther G :D

Please note the well done rolled armour steel surface - that´s how you guys without zimmerit Panthers shall look like :shock:

Cheers
Kent

cedric meyer
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Post by cedric meyer »

I would like to have a precision on this exhaust type, is it for a late panther? Or another early variant?

thank you.

Kent Wiik

Post by Kent Wiik »

Hi Cedric!

I would say Mid Ausf G, as they were introduced in October 1944 (no zimmerit).

Cheers
Kent

cedric meyer
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Post by cedric meyer »

Ok, thank you... I'm a little lost actually in all those versions... The mid type had the same differences as an early had? Or there's again typical specificities?
I actually modified my exhaust to look like that! It looks pretty good, and exactly with 28 winglets please...
As soon as i understand how i can post i will share my custom things...

Cédric.

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