Pz III New Build

[Stephen White]

A couple of shots from TankFest:





The trench system made for some interesting running but the stones were lethal on tracks if you were unlucky.

Regards

Stephen

Stephen

[Stephen White]

Yeovilton Air Day, 11 July 2015:





Now if Mark could only develop an additional function which delivers a powerful electric shock to prying public fingers.......

Regards

Stephen

[Steve Stuart]

Would it be possible to fit a Tazer to fire through a gun barrel?
Or have an addition vocalization on the Sound Card, "Don't Touch!".
Steve

[Armortek]

As we all know, Stephen has been instrumental in helping Armortek attempt to break a world record in recent weeks. However, it seems that very quietly in the background, he has set a record of his own. This post has now had in excess of one hundred thousand views! Congratulations, that must be a record for this forum.

Gill and Mark

[Stephen White]

Thanks Gill and Mark. When I finished the build, it was at about 60,000. I'd no idea these build logs take on an afterlife. If it's been of interest, then it's been worthwhile. It's not a record I've set - that was done by everyone who's viewed it. Thanks to all who took the trouble to look.

The Pz III is a wonderful model, which allows so much detail, as Iacopo and David have shown. It's also a great runner. Thanks Mark for engineering a fine kit and Gill, for giving me first refusal on a cancelled order way back when. Now look what you've done!

All the best.

Stephen

[Stephen White]

The Pz III Ausf N at Tiger Day VII, 29th Apr 17. The Tank Museum had asked for us to bring models related to Tiger 131. This model represents the Ausf N commanded by Major Hans Guenther Stotten, who won his Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves in command of Pz Regt 8 in the tail end of the fighting in Tunisia. He was in action at exactly the time Tiger 131 was captured and was actually not far away.



Some pics from the day:



Enjoying the Denny Knife Edge:









This thread has now had 130,000 hits, which is double the total when the build finished. Amazing that there is still interest. Thanks for looking.

Stephen

[Phil Woollard]

I could do wonderful things with that Pz III, I like it a lot!

[Stephen White]

Thanks to everyone who followed this build thread.

Yesterday, I had final notice from Photowhatsit that if I failed to pay their ransom, they would unilaterally suspend their service in 30 days. Since it is HMG's policy not to pay ransoms, I can only follow suit with a very respectful:

I'm busy extracting the photos but with 4500 over this and the Cent and Comet threads, I'm not sure I've got the stamina to upload them all again. A fair few people have followed the build threads. Thanks, if you want to save a copy, now's the time.

All the best and thanks for following.

Stephen

[Tim Page]

Hi Stephen, If it helps, Ive just saved this entire post locally, 1 page at a time as a 'Webpage,Complete'.

I went to page 1, did a right click & selected Save As.
I then selected the location for it tpo be saved & this then created a folder with all photos and text for each page.
I now have all 41 pages in seperate folders and it only took about 10 mins to do.
Cheers
Tim

[Adam Osga]

Stephen,

If you only knew how many times I reference your build thread on a given week. I appreciate all the detailed photos and progress posts that you made here!

Adam

[Stephen White]

Thanks Adam, kind of you to say so. Makes it worthwhile. As Phil Woollard said, it does take a lot of effort but this Forum is about sharing ideas and skills. It adds so much to owning a one sixth model and the sense of community here is unique to Armortek. The historical research is also a big part of the enjoyment, if you’re so inclined.

This year will be the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of The Kasserine Pass, where Hans Guenther Stooten won his KC mit Eichenlaub.

Stephen

[Stephen White]

The end of an era. My Pz III is now safe in the hands of a new owner. To celebrate its moving on, I've uploaded a video of the build on YouTube:

Some more "stills":

Thanks to everyone who has viewed this thread and commented over the last ten years.

Stephen

[Stephen Mason]

What a great video Stephen and a truly amazing piece of engineering on your part. A true scale model of the original in every respect. Something to be very proud of.
Your posts are always educational and a real pleasure to read. Keep up the good work.

Steve

[Jeffrey Goff]

Superb model Stephen, it brings back memories
Regards Jeff

[Vince Cutajar]

Great model Stephen. Never thought you would sell it.

Vince