Please see post below from Steve at Panzerwerk and his follow up with pictures. The second post clarifies the reasons behind the first.
Best regards
Dave
Panzerwerk Announcement
I need to shut down for a week to get caught up on some very large orders and deal with some other Business issues .
IF ANYONE HAS PURCHASED PANZERWERK PARTS FROM A THIRD PARTY VENDOR or has recently been asked to place an order for them from me , please contact me immediately ,you will be able to tell the fake parts due to the very bad castings and resin color .
email me panzerwerk@hotmail.com
JUST SO YOU KNOW ,THERE ARE NO AUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY RETAILERS FOR PANZERWERK RESIN PARTS .
Follow up post from Steve.
My Attorney has said I can post the following , below you will see pictures of a sample of illegal recasts of my Intellectual property , the points I would like to make to possible consumers is , the Individual selling the recasts charges more then I do for this set , and I supply some extra parts of the hubs just incase , he does not .
This is the Wheel correction set for the Armor Hobbies 250 , this kit is unique in the 1/6th world as no one else made anything close , Masters were made by David Webb for Me and Me only .
Frst Pic is the recast set overall, I have never in 13 years of panzerwerk and 25 plus years of molding and casting ever used grey tinted resin .
Second photo below shows a comparison of the recast bolt set for the sprocket next to mine , the white you see on my parts is nothing but residue from the mold release.
The next picture is of the front tire rim cap , it was designed by Mr Webb to directly fit over the existing rim protrusion without any modification to the AH rim , as you can see in the recast , they cast them solid so you have to grind off a part of the AH rims to make them work right .
These are one choice of replacement hubs for the center hub of the sprocket
And last is the center hubs for the road wheels
In conclusion , the person who ordered this set got a very low quality ripoff and sadly paid more money , I am happy to say I replaced his set with real panzerwerk set .
Please do not ask any information from me at this time, But as I stated in my first post , if you have parts you think might be recasts, or you are asked to order from me by a third party , please contact me at
panzerwerk@hotmail.com