Bergepanther

[Robert E Morey]

Gunter,
I really enjoy your work on the Bergepanther. You take these kits to a new level! Fabulous work. I love all the parts you make for your models. Truly an inspiration. Thank you for taking the time to post pictures.
Best regards,
Bob

[Günter Gäbelein]

Hi,

thank you for your motivating feedback!

After a long break for working on my Wisent http://www.panther-tanks.de/WISENT/Wels2015.wmv I have started construction of the winch. Below you see the first 2 screenshots of the construction. Next I will produce the parts for mechanical assembly.





In 2 weeks, hopefully I can do a driving test with the Bergepanther.

[William Gardeniers]

Looking good will it be fully functional Günther

[Günter Gäbelein]

Hi William,

yes it will be full functional. I will use 2 stepper motors. One for driving the winch and one for the drum. So it is possible to change the speed of the drum.

[Günter Gäbelein]

Hi,

in the last two weeks I milled the first parts for the winch. Here saro some more pictures:

The bins around the winch


The bin at the front


The side bins


The stepping motors in place


The upper side (cover) of the winch




The cover in place


Winch, left side


And last but not least a movie from yesterday. First driving test
http://www.panther-tanks.de/Bergepanther/M4H023131.wmv

[William Gardeniers]

Looking good your winch parts and nice driving ground.

regards William

[Günter Gäbelein]

Hi,

I have printed some detail parts for the Panther/Bergepanther. If there is interest, please send me a PM.

Ventilator


Exhaust Fan Guard




Latch

[William Gardeniers]

Nice parts Günther

[Günter Gäbelein]

Hi William,

thanks for the comment.
After getting some additional information from my "undercover consultant" I redesigned the latches, which are more realistic for the G model of the Bergepanther.

Redesigned latch


I will send the prototypes to the caster tomorrow.

[Günter Gäbelein]

Hi guys,

this week I received the latches from the caster.

Parts for two latches


and assembled


Latch opened


Latch closed


Left side


Over the last weeks I found some time to wor on the Bergepanther:

Printed cover for drivers sight


Bracket for machine gun


Some tryings on the glacis structure and weldings


Redesigned brackets for the tools








Making of the glacis structure: 1. Adding putty


2. Linishing


3. Priming


Redesigned and printed covers for the motor hatch


Redesigned and printed oil filling plug


Opened


Same for fuel on the right hand side




Printed rear tanks


Printed tubes of the cooling system


Air filters for the HL230


And last but not least some picters of the winch

[Christian Steinhauer]

Hello Günter,

nice engineering and building.

[Iacopo Di Giampietro]

Work really incredible:
  compliments!
The only thing I can point out are the German plates that were quite smooth because profiled:
perhaps the effect the merger is more likely in the castings, such as protection of the hull MG.
Sorry for my bad English: I hope I explained.

[Fabrice Le Roux]

Hi Günter,
Fantastic work! Latches are spot-on
Look forward to seeing a video of the winch working. I have often wondered how the hinged pully looked in action.
Kind regards
Fabrice

[Adrian Harris]

That winch looks like a prop from a "Steam Punk" movie

Can't wait to see it in action

Adrian.

[Derek Attree]

Hi
Very nice work love that winch and the catches.

Derek