Fantastic scratch building Pete.
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
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Fabulous modelling :smiling3:.
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Hi I'm not a 100% happy with the Burpanther in the light of day, the decking is far to oranges so I have stripped it and on the Matilda I have replace the golf tee /darlek suction cup barrels which I should have done in the first place, added cooling hole's to the M/G , and I added a radio mast which I forgot.
Hope you like the mods.
Pete.
Hope you like the mods.
Pete.
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Hi repainted the Burpanther decking and painted the barrel, M/G and radio mast .
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Just the weathering to do.
Pete.
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Just the weathering to do.
Pete.
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Gets a :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2: from me Pete.
Great upgrades and scratchy.
Great upgrades and scratchy.
G
Hi as I'm doing these mods I'll have a few bits over so I'm using the Panther turret to make a Toon Panther tank turret bunker.
The Panther Ostwallturm was a fixed fortification based around the turret from the Panther medium tank. Three versions were developed, of which two were actually used. All three used the same basic idea – a bunker would be sunk into the ground, with a Panther turret mounted on the roof. Only the turret would be visible above the ground.
Two versions of the Panther Ostwallturm was actually used – the Pantherturm I (Stahluntersatz (Steel support)) and the Pantherturm III (Betonsockel (Concrete base)), with a reinforced concrete base. Both were used in roughly equal numbers – by 25 March 1945 143 Pantherturm Is and 125 Pantherturm IIIs were in use. The third version – the Panther-Turm A (Schnelleinbau (Fast Installation)) – would have been built over a wooden bunker.
The Pantherturm I was built over a two level emplacement, 10ft 11in long and 9ft 3.5in wide. The upper level contained the fighting compartment. It was 96cm tall, and contained those parts of the turret normally found inside the hull of the Panther. It was bolted on to the top of the lower compartment, apparently without an intervening floor or roof. The lower compartment contained the living quarters for the three crew, a storeroom and the entrance way, with a ladder up to the fighting compartment. Normal access was via a long slit trench beginning forty feet behind the embedded turret.
Despite its name most of the east wall turrets that were produced were used on the Atlantic Wall, the West Wall defences of Germany and the defensive lines in Italy – only 36 went to the Eastern Front.
The Panther Ostwalturm was a very effective anti-tank weapon. It was almost invisible from a distance, and often came as a nasty surprise to advancing troops. The thick frontal armour of the Panther turret could not be penetrated by the Allied 6-Pounder or 75mm tank guns. The best way for an Allied tank to destroy the Panther turret was to hit the side armour.
Parts.
Added side arrour.
Thank you for looking in.
Pete.
The Panther Ostwallturm was a fixed fortification based around the turret from the Panther medium tank. Three versions were developed, of which two were actually used. All three used the same basic idea – a bunker would be sunk into the ground, with a Panther turret mounted on the roof. Only the turret would be visible above the ground.
Two versions of the Panther Ostwallturm was actually used – the Pantherturm I (Stahluntersatz (Steel support)) and the Pantherturm III (Betonsockel (Concrete base)), with a reinforced concrete base. Both were used in roughly equal numbers – by 25 March 1945 143 Pantherturm Is and 125 Pantherturm IIIs were in use. The third version – the Panther-Turm A (Schnelleinbau (Fast Installation)) – would have been built over a wooden bunker.
The Pantherturm I was built over a two level emplacement, 10ft 11in long and 9ft 3.5in wide. The upper level contained the fighting compartment. It was 96cm tall, and contained those parts of the turret normally found inside the hull of the Panther. It was bolted on to the top of the lower compartment, apparently without an intervening floor or roof. The lower compartment contained the living quarters for the three crew, a storeroom and the entrance way, with a ladder up to the fighting compartment. Normal access was via a long slit trench beginning forty feet behind the embedded turret.
Despite its name most of the east wall turrets that were produced were used on the Atlantic Wall, the West Wall defences of Germany and the defensive lines in Italy – only 36 went to the Eastern Front.
The Panther Ostwalturm was a very effective anti-tank weapon. It was almost invisible from a distance, and often came as a nasty surprise to advancing troops. The thick frontal armour of the Panther turret could not be penetrated by the Allied 6-Pounder or 75mm tank guns. The best way for an Allied tank to destroy the Panther turret was to hit the side armour.
Parts.
Added side arrour.
Thank you for looking in.
Pete.
Pete,
Some really nice builds. I am looking forward to the next projects.
Some really nice builds. I am looking forward to the next projects.
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Cheers John very pleased you like what I'm trying to do.
Pete.
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Thank you Paul, just hope I can pull off what I've got planed.
Pete.
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Hi got a bit more done on the Toon Panther Ostwallturm.
I used a coat of Liquitex to represent concrete.
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Added air shaft vent.
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Primed base and turret.
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Painted concrete a light grey and red oxide for the steel turret plate ring.
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The inside of just one type of these Panther Ostwallturm.
Thank you for looking in.
Pete.
I used a coat of Liquitex to represent concrete.
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Added air shaft vent.
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Primed base and turret.
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Painted concrete a light grey and red oxide for the steel turret plate ring.
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The inside of just one type of these Panther Ostwallturm.
Thank you for looking in.
Pete.
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Hi made a start on the M10 "Wolverine" Tank Destroyer .
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Rebushed boggie wheels.
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Added 1.5mm spacer to front and rear to make it the longer hull version.
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Rough mock up
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http://www.primeportal.net/tanks/dmitry_kiyatkin/m10_wolverine/index.php?Page=1
Thank you for looking in.
Pete.
Parts .
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Rebushed boggie wheels.
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Added 1.5mm spacer to front and rear to make it the longer hull version.
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Rough mock up
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http://www.primeportal.net/tanks/dmitry_kiyatkin/m10_wolverine/index.php?Page=1
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Pete.
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Cracking work Pete.
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A whole load of fantastic work Pete. Very fine.
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Pete,
Two fantastic conversions and it looks like more to come.
Mike.
Two fantastic conversions and it looks like more to come.
Mike.
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Hi Stu hope you are enjoying what I'm trying to do.
Cheers Pete.
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Hi I'm trying my best but as no one has built any of these before it go to a bit slower than normal.
Pete.
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Hi Peter and thank you, it was your posts on bunkers with are very interesting by the way that gave me the idea so I can't take all the credit for all of that build some must go to you :thumb2: .
Pete.
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