panther loaders hatch

[Mark Gaier]

can someone provide details on how to build the scale rear hatch. i have seen some great pictures however i'm not sure how the latch and lock was made

[Tim Bowman]

Hi Mark

Here's a rough image of what I did. I never got any photos after I put the lever-arms in but this illustration should give you the idea and you can see one of them in the photo of the real thing.. Mine is based loosely off the real thing.

I layered Styrene on both sides to create the channel and dovetail slide for the locking bars. hope this helps




NOTE: Lever arms are not installed in these old photos




Good view of the pivot mechanism on Jacques Littlefield's. Also note the swing arm is parallel to the deck on the real thing.



regards
Tim

[Robert E Morey]

Great timing for a discussion and photos of this subject. I am in the middle of making these modifications now. I just received the dovetail cutter in the mail yesterday! Thanks for the photos guys!
Bob