Pak 43/41 rebuild

[Jeffrey Goff]

Working on the frontal armour I thought it was a good time to make the barrel lock/steady, as the kit one is a bit plain and non functional, still a few adjustments and the bottom brackets to make

Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

Hinges made and barrel steady fitted, also made the metal box for the notek light, just the fittings for the two spades to do plus the spades

Regards Jeff

[simon_manning]

Too Good, your build shaming us all, regards simon.

[Jeffrey Goff]

Your too kind Simon, bit more done, both spades made and fitted, toying with making the rear Notek convoy light, the hinge barrels for the folding flap are less than a mm so a bit fiddly, the rest is quite straight forward, should be able to fit a light, battery could be housed in one of the boxes on the trail

Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

Well I managed to make the hinges on the Notek convoy light, now I know it works I can clean the metal work and paint it, that’s enough playing around, back to the build next

Regards Jeff

[Gary Richardson]

Fantastic work, the detail is superb. Your attention to detail is an inspiration and is making me re evaluate what I want for my Tiger.

Regards
Gary

[Jeffrey Goff]

Thanks for the encouragement Gary, have some fun with the tiger
Had a few days away so back to the build, trying to add all the small details to the trails and chassis so I can progress with the gun platform, made and fitted not sure what to the outside of each trail, anyone know there function, also put some base colour on the lower chassis

Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

Still playing around with the convoy light, I made the two metal storage/tool boxes and fitted them to the trails, as I had already put bulbs in the Notek, I used one of the boxes for a 9v battery and switch, the cable will be routed through a metal conduit on the bottom of the trail

Regards Jeff
Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

Made and fitted hinges and clasps to the storage boxes, just need to replace a couple of resin bits that have broken then the trails are finished

Regards Jeff

[simon_manning]

Some nice work going on here jeff, The winter evenings allow a bit more time spent, very nice, regards simon.

[Jeffrey Goff]

Thanks Simon always appreciated, I had to replace a couple of items on the trails, first was straight forward the three cups for the ranging poles, the other was the retaining catch for the towing arm, as I wanted this to be functional it meant reducing the length of the towing arm, all done, next is the gun platform

Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

Well I was going to start the shield and gun platform, but looking at the towing arm I shortened yesterday, it was not good, so made a new one in steel and brass

Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

I put some of the sub assemblies together to check if it fits ok, still needs fettling on the rear barrel lock bar, or I move the hinges backwards, also need to reduce the thickness where the end of the trails join

Regards Jeff

[Robert E Morey]

Incredible makeover! Excellent.
Bob

[simon_manning]

Excellent job Jeff, from a Model to a scale replica, always an education to what can be done, regards simon.