Armortek

Thanks for the comments. It's good to get an exchange of info going.

Jim: yes, opened up the holes but also followed the real thing and used smaller bolts on the lower holes (M3 at the top and 7BA at the bottom).

Lawrence: I'd like to say I was clever enough to use a mold but no, I shaped them by hand using Milliput. I did cut a profile from scale drawings just to give me a rough guide but it was basically a question of judgement by eye. Sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear!

Regards

Stephen

Lawrence

I joined the upper hull plates using two reinforcing pieces held by bolts tapped into the plates and cut off flush with the surface.

I had the same problem with the bend in the rear top plate. I cut off the rear overhang and replaced it with an aluminium plate machined to scale shape and thickness. See my earlier posts.

Best regards

Stephen

Thanks for the info. I guess I will just have to dig deep and find my inner sculptor self! :')

Update with the engine decks and supensions complete, interior in red primer.









Regards

Stephen

Very, very nice Stephen! Everything looks great.

Kind regards
Tim

Great looking hull Stephen. The details you've added are excellent. It will really come alive when you put the tracks on!

Thanks Bob - I've been concentrating on tidying it up for the Open Day and putting on some detail. I've just put all the hex head bolts on the shock absorbers, eight on each. So work has stopped for the moment on re-profiling the road wheels and making new hinges for the transmission hatches.

Gill has organised beautiful weather for the Open Day as ever so I'm looking forward to a wonderful day.

All the best.

Stephen

I've Lawrence Godson to thank for realising that the transmission hatch hinges should be a lot bigger that those in the kit. The Jenz and Doyle drawings and pictures of the Bovington vehicle confirm it. The first took me a couple of hours, some work on the mill and a lot of hand filing and sanding to get the final result.









Regards

Stephen

Wow Stephen!
Those are great. You should rent one to one of our parts sellers to make a mold and castings for all of us to buy :')

I will second that suggestion! And, also add the starter cover as another part to consider for replication too.

Good idea !! Maybe Stephen can work in with , Dave Dibbs on this one . This way it will be good for all of us !!!!! Dale

More hinge stuff:



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Regards

Stephen

Very nice hinges. Well done. They look beaut!

nice work stephen,always good and interesting. regards simon manning

Very nice Stephen

As far as producing them for others, I could be wrong but they sure look like the correct hinges for the Panther and Jagdpanther rear deck's engine hatch as well. Maybe?

Excellent progress
Tim