Armortek

Hi Guys

Here are the first of my line of tank jacks that I am producing. In a effort to please everyone and their budget I am offering these jacks as assembled and as kits in three forms. A fully functional jack in metal, a static (nonfunctional) jack in metal and a resin cast jack (nonfunctional), all with correct, working, mounting brackets.

To continue with the production of these I need to get some idea of what is required by customers. The 20 Ton Long Jack has never been offered before with this sort of detail, as it fits late production Tiger 1's, Tiger 2's and early Panther Ausf A and Jagdpanther I am hoping for a high demand for them. The 20 Ton Short Jack has never been offered as a functional jack or as a resin casting, this was on all late Panther Ausf A, all Ausf G's and all late Jagdpanthers.

As I know, very well, money is short these days, which is why I cannot go into full production on these without some customer commitment. I am offering some special deals on pre-orders. If I get enough pre-orders I will have the jacks in production by the middle of September, maybe sooner.

Special pre-order rates.
1. Pay a 25% deposit now, pay the balance when order is ready to ship and receive a 10% discount.
2. Pay the full amount now and receive a 15% discount.
Pre-orders available until August 5, 2011.

Here are some pictures of the casting masters that I have already produced. These masters will be used to produce the functional, static and resin cast models.

Masters assembled.


Masters disassembled. Still to make are the gear ribs, handle (two types), crank detail and three different sets of mounting brackets for the Tiger 1, Tiger 2 and Panther horizontal mounted jack. Panther short vertical jack brackets already made.



Angled view of assembled masters.


Two types of bases.


Picture of crank detail to be included in model.


Functional jack internal gears. These are store purchased plastic gears to show how they fit together and fit in the jack body. The final gears may be metal cast or cut from high strength plastic. Please note the functional jack is not a working jack. It will operate like the real one, but will not, I do not think be strong enough to actually raise a axle arm on a all metal model tank. To do this would mean making the gearing similar to the real one, see picture of gearing for a 15 Ton Jack designed by Roland Mann. To purchase a set of gears like this will cost over a $100.00 and the jack components will have to be brass or bronze cast to make it strong enough. This would put the price of a working jack that will actually jack up a tank axle arm in the high $100's. My design is a fairly simple set of gears just to make the jack function.


Roland Mann designed gearing for a working 15 Ton Jack.


Here is a comparison picture of the long and short 20 Ton Jack. Note that the short jack has a flat top, most tank jacks have the cup style top for fitting under the axle arms which is what my short jack will come with. The jack in the picture may not have been a tank jack.


Here is a list of jack types offered and prices, these are final retail prices, you can deduct 10% or 15% from these prices depending on how you wish to pay for your order.

Tiger 1 an Tiger 2
TT49-01F Tiger 1 20 Ton Long Jack Functional w/working brackets and clamp Assembled $250.00
TT49-01FK Tiger 1 20 Ton Long Jack Functional w/working brackets and clamp as a kit $180.00
TT49-01S Tiger 1 20 Ton Long Jack Static w/working brackets and clamp Assembled $185.00
TT49-01SK Tiger 1 20 Ton Long Jack Static w/working brackets and clamp as a kit $135.00
TT49-01R Tiger 1 20 Ton Long Jack Resin cast w/working brackets and clamp Assembled $100.00
TT49-01RK Tiger 1 20 Ton Long Jack Resin cast body w/working brackets and clamp as a kit $75.00
TT49-02F Tiger 2 20 Ton Long Jack Functional w/working brackets Assembled $240.00
TT49-02FK Tiger 2 20 Ton Long Jack Functional w/working brackets as a kit $170.00
TT49-02S Tiger 2 20 Ton Long Jack Static w/working brackets Assembled $170.00
TT49-02SK Tiger 2 20 Ton Long Jack Static w/working brackets as a kit $125.00
TT49-02R Tiger 2 20 Ton Long Jack Resin cast body w/working brackets Assembled $90.00
TT49-02RK Tiger 2 20 Ton Long Jack Resin cast body w/working brackets as a kit $65.00

Panther and Jagdpanter
Pan20-01HF Panther 20 Ton Long Jack Functional w/horizontal working brackets Assembled $240.00
Pan20-01HFK Panther 20 Ton Long Jack Functional w/horizontal working brackets as a kit $170.00
Pan20-01HS Panther 20 Ton Long Jack Static w/horizontal working brackets Assembled $170.00
Pan20-01HSK Panther 20 Ton Long Jack Static w/horizontal working brackets as a kit $125.00
Pan20-01HR Panther 20 Ton Long Jack Resin body w/horizontal working brackets Assembled $90.00
Pan20-01HRK Panther 20 Ton Long Jack Resin cast body w/horizontal working brackets as a kit $65.00
Pan20-02VF Panther 20 Ton Short Jack Functional w/vertical working brackets Assembled $245.00
Pan20-02VFK Panther 20 Ton Short Jack Functional w/vertical working brackets as a kit $165.00
Pan20-02VS Panther 20 Ton Short Jack Static w/vertical working brackets Assembled $175.00
Pan20-02VSK Panther 20 Ton Short Jack Static w/vertical working brackets as a kit $120.00
Pan20-02VR Panther 20 Ton Short Jack Resin cast w/vertical working brackets Assembled $105.00
Pan20-02VRK Panther 20 Ton Short Jack Resin cast body w/vertical working brackets as a kit $85.00

Please e-mail orders to: toyrific@mindspring.com
Include your mailing address and note if you wish to pay in full or by deposit.

If you have any concerns or questions, please call or e-mail me. Tel: 702-523-1172.

Regards
Mike

Hi Mike,
Nice looking jacks. But I'm a little confused. Which jack would be on a early Panther G (May-Aug44)? The Panther short 20 ton you say was Dec 44 onwards? Would it be the 20 ton long?

Thanks,
Bob

Hi Bob

All Panther G's had the short 20 Ton Jack mounted in the vertical postition according to my reference books, the confusion you had was the way I worded to listing in the picture of the real jacks, I have changed the wording so it should read better, it was the Jagdpanther that was fitted with the short 20 Ton Jack in Oct 44, I had original listed Dec 44, which I have now corrected.

All of the information I post is taken from reference books, which may have wrong information or I misread it. Sometimes takes a second eye to see these mistakes.

I also made a mistake on the long 20 Ton Jack fitted to the Tiger 1, this was not introduced until Jan 44 and therefore would not be on Mid production Tiger 1 as I originally stated, also corrected.

Regards
Mike

Hi Guys

Finally got the gearing done for the 20 ton jacks. Now I can proceed with finishing them.

Mike