My PANTHER

[Michal Matata]

Finaly I continue with my PANTHER. I finished the turret without some details. I have to rebuilt the hinge of a rear door. I made a new cover of engine compartment with new hinges of engine cover,grills and hooks.

[Paul Wills]

Hi Michal,

Fantastic build and what a good eye for detail, I am watching with great interest.

Paul.

[Michal Matata]

Hi Paul,
Thank you for nice coment. The rear plate is complete ready now. I have to solve to fill the distance betwen an old plate under turet and a new rear plate. I am showing some photos of details of a complete rear part.

[Kent Wiik]

Hi Michal,

Nice work, well done!
Love your attention to details, my kind of modelling...

Just one tiny observation.
The 4 air intake grills had the slopes only on the outer sinde as seen here in the photo below.

Keep up the good work
Kind regards
Kent

[Michal Matata]

Hi Kent,

Thank you for an observation and reminder. I didn´t notice it somehow. I rebuilt it and I hope It is correct now. Thank you again and have a nice day

Michal

[Michal Matata]

Hi everybody,
I would like to wish you all the best during whole New year 2018, lot of health and peace and lot of success and fun with your models.

I continue on the rear plate. I finished the exhausted pipes with silencers and rear tools boxes. I am preparing the new version of 20 tons jack for PANTHER G and KT.

[Michal Matata]

I finnaly finished the rear plate without some small details. 20tons short jack is ready with all brackets.

[Phil Woollard]

Some nice work Michal, that's my favorite area of an AFV keep it coming. What did you use for the rivet/screw/bolt detail on the jack body? Regards Phil.

[Kent Wiik]

Hi Michal,

I enjoy your build and there is someting about a red oxide Panther thats for a fact

One tiny, tiny observation on the jack....
The bottom plate shape on 20t short was square lowered not square ribbed.
Can be seen here at the Panzer Basics site:

https://www.panzerbasics.com/index_file ... t/jack.htm

And then it is that far to big crown....but no one has yet got it right...

Keep up the good work Panther friend!

Kind regards
Kent

[Michal Matata]

Hello guys,

thank you for the comment about my jack. I will try to rebuild it. I like real details and this part I dind´t note.

I used a special aluminium glue for the casting of heads of rivets and screw. I cast it to the silicon mold.


Have a nice day

Michal

[Michal Matata]

I started to work on the front plate. I rebuild the hinges of the drivers doors and the system of the fixxing the front plate because there is a different system as the A model. I finished the doors. I used some parts from ARMOPAX and others parts I made myself.

[Michal Matata]

Hello everybody
I made new inside frames on the front drivers doors with the rubber gasket. Finally I finished the barrel holder from the bras plate. I made the chain from stainless steel. I am starting to work on the new periscops.

[Michal Matata]

I am sending few photos of my new driver´s periscope. Everything is made from brass plate. I am finishing the next one too.

[simon_manning]

very nice michal and a lot of work, a great build, regards simon manning.

[Robert E Morey]

Amazing parts! Beautiful work! Hopefully you didn't cut the links of chain on the travel lock by hand! Very nice detail parts.
Bob