jknaus
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You must resist the urge to build them Ian.I have an EASY 8 that keeps winking at me as well as a late model Stug3 or a panzer 4H all in 1/16........I must be strong.
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Panzer III Ausf J. Das Werks, 1/16 scale.
- Thread starter Tim A.
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I will not be tempted...
RichB
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jknaus
Administrator
But there are some Shermans and there is a quad 50 on a half track, and Moon Puppy loves haff tracks, especially hen there is a ton of PE for it
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
YET................
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
I just have too much other stuff to get finished , including some shelf queens.You must resist the urge to build them Ian.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Who has the quad 50 on a half track?Who has the quad 50 But there are some Shermans and there is a quad 50 on a half track, and Moon Puppy loves haff tracks, especially hen there is a ton of PE for it
jknaus
Administrator
Y'all aint' right! 
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
I will pass on the overpriced Trumpy kit that is probably way wrong in the first place.
Who says?Y'all aint' right!
jknaus
Administrator
Maybe of some interest. https://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzer_III.pdf
Tim A.
Well-known member
Give in to the dark side...I have an EASY 8 that keeps winking at me as well as a late model Stug3 or a panzer 4H all in 1/16........I must be strong.
Tim A.
Well-known member
Had to step away from my regularly scheduled benchwork to do a couple of promised projects for other people. Now, back to this build. The road wheels, idlers, and return rollers would slide right of the spindles everytime I moved the kit and it was irritating the heckom out of me. I fixed this by melting a lip on the end of the spindles by heating an exacto blade. Just enough lip to grab and hold the wheel bearings. The return rollers are different so I nurled the end of the molded shafts in the rollers. A quick and dirty fix, but it works...
Heavens Eagle
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There is a slide piece in the Pak 40 that follows the barrel when it is elevated. There are 2 arms that mount to the back of the plate and the plate slides up and down between the 2 layers of the shield. The arms fit into holes on the sides of the frame under the gun and while they tended to stay, they would wiggle in and out so I did the heated blade mushroom to them as well.
Andy supposedly built test shots or full kits of these and no mention was made of problems with the wheels staying in place.
Andy supposedly built test shots or full kits of these and no mention was made of problems with the wheels staying in place.
Tim A.
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I saw Andy's videos and no, there isn't a mention of that. In the build video he has the inner wheels on with the outer ones off. I wonder if he glued the inner wheel on and just painted them attached? They would still roll because of the hub bearings.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
I guess I will figure it out when I get there.
Tim A.
Well-known member
Actually the instructions show just the inner wheels on, until the tracks are built. Then it shows adding the outer wheels. So evidently what they are telling you to do is glue the inner wheels on the shaft, you know, without telling you. I don't know. I'm going to do it my way. It would bother me having those wheels glued on right now...haha.
Tim A.
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jknaus
Administrator
Just starting the idler arms next. This thing is dragging. But I'll keep watching yours and keep on building. Man it takes a lot of space on the work bench. I dont think I'll do any more 1/16 after this one. As a matter of fact I have ordered some more 1/35 German armour to build as well as some 1/32 aircraft. I think that will keep me busy in retirement.
JAmes
JAmes
You pulling the trigger?
