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Hey all,
Looks like I'm about to join the ranks of being an Armortek owner. I've been hunting for a 1/6 tank for a couple months, and the new Panther-A offered was too good to pass and so I went right for the wallet's jugular and jumped into 1/6th scale with both feet.

Many thanks to Gill and Mark who answered my days upon days of emailed questions about the Armortek systems and requirements. The answers I received made the decision so much easier (barring the $ side anyways).

I doubt that my final model will be as professional and thoroughly detailed as many of the units that I have seen online and in videos (some of you are likely insane in the level of detail and period correctness put into your tanks BTW). To me this is my 40-something mid-life crisis. That is my excuse.

I'm Canadian, so be nice to me eh?

Mike -

Welcome to the Great Game !

Mark and Gill are indeed wonderful people, and their after-sales service is top notch. You'll also find that there are many, many helpful people on the Forum, so don't be shy.

As for detail, it's up to you how far you want to take it but, from my humble experience, you'll surf Google for a bit for stuff about Panthers, buy a few books, spot a few things you'd like to try, buy a few after-market bits like jacks and storage boxes ...... and then, like the rest of us, you're truly damned . And you won't just stop at one, despite the CAD exchange rate (he who dies with the most toys wins, remember !).

Have fun !

Chris

Chris Hall wrote:Mike -
As for detail, it's up to you how far you want to take it but, from my humble experience, you'll surf Google for a bit for stuff about Panthers, buy a few books, spot a few things you'd like to try, buy a few after-market bits like jacks and storage boxes ...... and then, like the rest of us, you're truly damned . And you won't just stop at one, despite the CAD exchange rate (he who dies with the most toys wins, remember !).

Have fun !

Chris

I used to be heavy into modeling and such when I was much younger (and Tamiya models were much cheaper...). That stopped roughly 25 years ago when I moved for work. (I actually had a Tamiya 1/16 Jadgpanther way back then, long since gone and destroyed by accident). I'm looking to get back into the modeling portion now that my kids are somewhat interested in tanks and such (World of Tanks video game, go figure).

I still have an old unassembled 1/35 scale Tamiya Gepard with cable RC Control and a slew of 1/72 tanks to regain my old skills upon, and to figure out how to airbrush

Hi, Mike, indeed welcome. This is the most friendly, helpful and knowledgeable community, always ready to help.

The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa has a relatively recently Panther A.

If you haven't yet found your way there, we've got a Knowledge Base section to the Forum which aims to capture our best collective knowledge as a guide - the BASIC section is intended to help those assembling the kit out of the box and the ADVANCED section is for those who feel the need to do stuff. As Chris says, the latter is highly addictive.

All the best.

Stephen

Stephen White wrote:Hi, Mike, indeed welcome. This is the most friendly, helpful and knowledgeable community, always ready to help.

Being also new to Armortek, I can endorse that 100 percent !!!! Everyone I have contacted have been welcoming and helpful beyond belief.
Met up with Peter (2009 KT) & Norbert (StuG III there on the day)in Wuppertal (Germany) in April and both handed over the controls saying "have a go".
Very useful indeed as the StuG was Futaba with one-stick control and the KT was Spektrum with two-stick control. I have gone with a combination of the two, Spektrum with one-stick control.
Mark

Hi Mile
Welcome aboard
Cheers Paul