Pak 43/41 rebuild

[Jeffrey Goff]

Bob, Simon thanks again for your kind words, well the only way I could get the barrel locking bar to function was to move both side pivot brackets 10mm backwards, this involved knocking out numerous rivets and repairing the trails, I also had to shorten the locking bar slightly, pain in the !, but there’s no point having it if it doesn’t work, started work on the barrel dampers by adding the rubber boots, also changing out all the cap head bolts for hex

Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

Made a new prototypical locking pin and handle, that fits into the cross bar

Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

Back to the build after a few days off, I wanted to change the stays that hold the shield into something more realistic, round bars with a ball joint to one end, and also add the lower one, making 6 in total, quite pleased with the result

Regards Jeff

[Robert E Morey]

Starting to look 1:1 with all the detail. Really nice!
Bob

[Jeffrey Goff]

Thanks Bob always appreciated, most of the build now coming to the end, made and fitted the stop on the chassis, made the lower container brackets on the shield and started to reassemble, still have to look at the gun sight and make the towing eyes for the wheel hubs, this is how far I got today

Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

Well I have come to the end of the build, and very enjoyable it was, the last bits I altered were the wheel bosses, so they could take some steel eyes, just cut off the machined part and replaced with a screw in boss, will bring the gun indoors tomorrow so I can take a few pictures with a full length barrel, not enough room in my shed

Regards Jeff

[Peter Quambusch]

Hi Jeff,

Very nice build!!
Just one question: Why did you paint the barrel cleaning rods "red and white"?

Regards

Peter

[Jeffrey Goff]

Hi Peter, they were already painted when I got the gun, it will not take long to change them
Regards Jeff

[Jeffrey Goff]

After Peters comment on the barrel cleaning rods, I changed them and brought the gun inside, the 25 pounder almost fits in the paks barrel length, few more pictures

Regards Jeff

[Klaus Uschkurat]

Hallo Jeffrey,
sehr schöne Sammlung die ich da im Hintergrund sehe.
ja die Pak 43/41 war schon eine Ansage für unsere Feinde,
wen die mal im Visier waren, war es meistens zu spät.
Hoffe mal meine wird auch so gut wie Deine?
Schöne Feiertage
Bleib gesund
Gruss Klaus

[Gary Richardson]

Hello Jeffrey
Thoroughly enjoyed following your build, the Pak looks fantastic, very well done.

Regards
Gary

[Robert E Morey]

Excellent makeover. One for the record books. Looks great on display with your other collectables!
Best regards,
Bob

[simon_manning]

You have whizzed through that one Jeff, excellent quality build, and always an education, regards simon.

[Jeffrey Goff]

Thanks for the kind comments guys, after a bit of juggling the gun is now in place, clearing down my work bench I have a box full of parts and bits that I replaced, kit parts, white metal and resin some broken, any good? or the bin

Regards Jeff

[Phil Woollard]

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