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[Charles A Stewart]

Good afternoon Gary.

Being a fellow panther owner and like you I bought some extras too. I built up my spare three road wheels out of curiosity and to try colours I may eventually use.

Taking into account of this mornings observations on your build, I took the opportunity to machine the rim of one of my road wheels. I think the result is worth it.

The middle one has been machined

Side on view

A real one

Hope this helps and as ever I am always open to the thoughts of the more experienced.

Cheers
Charles

[Gary Rafferty]

Good afternoon Gary.

Being a fellow panther owner and like you I bought some extras too. I built up my spare three road wheels out of curiosity and to try colours I may eventually use.

Taking into account of this mornings observations on your build, I took the opportunity to machine the rim of one of my road wheels. I think the result is worth it.
RW 1.jpg

RW 2.jpg

RW 3.jpg

Hope this helps and as ever I am always open to the thoughts of the more experienced.

Cheers
Charles

Hi Charles

Thanks for the support, that's exactly what I was hoping for
I don't have a lathe sadly so not able to machine them back.
I will see if I can find a local engineering company to machine them for me.
How's your build coming along?
And you're cheiftain is superb I would so like to get one.


Cheers
Gary

[Vince Cutajar]

Sorry Gary if I put my foot in it.
Not being familiar with the Panther wheels I assumed that you wanted to machine both sides. But now I see, as David has pointed out, that the side facing the horn has a flange. In this case, if you machine the other side should not create any problems.
I said this morning that I would be saying something really stupid!!

Vince

[Gary Rafferty]

Sorry Gary if I put my foot in it.
Not being familiar with the Panther wheels I assumed that you wanted to machine both sides. But now I see, as David has pointed out, that the side facing the horn has a flange. In this case, if you machine the other side should not create any problems.
I said this morning that I would be saying something really stupid.

Vince

Hi Vince

Please absolutely no apology needed, I massively appreciate any input as I really am struggling in some aspects building this tank and I could very easily do something very stupid and costly.
I have already made several mistakes and would really rather avoid anymore if I can help it.

Cheers
Gary

[Gary Rafferty]

Hi All

Thought I would do something a bit different today,
Trying to replicate weld beads with milliput, and playing around with the Mr surfacer 500.
It's going to take a while on the weld beads front is there an easier way?
Are any of these beads similar to the real thing?
Any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Gary

[Ed Groenenberg]

Good afternoon Gary.

Being a fellow panther owner and like you I bought some extras too. I built up my spare three road wheels out of curiosity and to try colours I may eventually use.

Taking into account of this mornings observations on your build, I took the opportunity to machine the rim of one of my road wheels. I think the result is worth it.
RW 1.jpg

RW 2.jpg

RW 3.jpg

Hope this helps and as ever I am always open to the thoughts of the more experienced.

Cheers
Charles

Hello Charles.

How did you remove the extra materian on the rim? Using a lathe?

Thanks,
Ed

[Adrian Harris]

Have a look here at the various welds:

https://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/pa ... borden.htm

They're much finer in real life, and the large horizontal welds are made up of horizontal beads, not a series of vertical puddles.

I don't know if there were differences between the welding processes in the various factories, or whether the REME built Panthers were welded the same as the German built ones.

Adrian.

[Vince Cutajar]

to make life easier when I did the weld seams on my Tiger 1 I used this cheap and cheerful kitchen tool:

viewtopic.php?p=60226#p60226

I can't remember what's it called but I know it is used for cake decorations.

Vince

[Gary Rafferty]

Have a look here at the various welds:

https://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/pa ... borden.htm

They're much finer in real life, and the large horizontal welds are made up of horizontal beads, not a series of vertical puddles.

I don't know if there were differences between the welding processes in the various factories, or whether the REME built Panthers were welded the same as the German built ones.

Adrian.

Hi Adrian

Thanks very much some cracking photos on there.
I see what you mean now.

Cheers
Gary

[Gary Rafferty]

Hi All

Another attempt..
Definitely more practice needed

Cheers
Gary

[Malcolm.Plumb]

to make life easier when I did the weld seams on my Tiger 1 I used this cheap and cheerful kitchen tool:

viewtopic.php?p=60226#p60226

I can't remember what's it called but I know it is used for cake decorations.

Vince

Bought one of these to try.
Looks very handy

[Charles A Stewart]

Hi All

In answer to Ed's enquiry, removal of material.

I did take the tyre off before going further.

Hope this helps

Charles

[Gary Rafferty]

Hi all

Crazy week work wise, made a whole lot better as I have just taken delivery of the option paks.
I decided in the end to go for all the paks.
Will go through them tomorrow.
Ordered a frsky taranis X9D and reciever, and 2 Yuasa 12v 22 amp batteries.
I already have optimate 4 chargers for my motorbikes so covered on that front.

[mark lawson]

This will help with weld lines

[Gary Rafferty]

Hi All

Gone through the all the paks thankfully looks relatively straightforward to fit. And can fit the motors when building the hull rather than afterwards.
However I hear that binding can be a problem.
Still practicing the weld beads
So I'm trying to replicate the rough cut texture on the end of the steel plates on this old swing arm.
Again more practice needed.

Cheers
Gary