Panzer I Ausf. A

[Tim A.]

On the bench is my next project, the Panzer I.
I'm not sure if I could post the photograph that inspired me to build this kit for a couple of reasons. One, The image says "may be subject to copyright laws" the other is the tank is flying a pre war Totenkopf pennat and I really don't know what the group rules are on such matters.
Anyway first glance at the sprues and I'm thrilled that Takom has addressed issues like injector pin marks and the huge sprue gates directly attached to the parts. YAY!
So, let the fun begin...

 

[moon puppy]

I really don't know what the group rules are on such matters.

It's history, post it.

 

[Tim A.]

With permission these are the photos that inspired me to build the Panzer I. Both date to pre war. The colorized one states it's from '35. I'm not sure if the Panzer I 's carried the Totenkopf pennat into battle. I have seen a photo of a knocked out Panzer III with a British soldier standing on the tank holding the Pennat.

 

[moon puppy]

Hard to see how colorful they were during that time.

 

[Tim A.]

Hard to see how colorful they were during that time.

The ones that survive I've looked at varied. Black field silverish embroidered skull and border or black field with white embroidered skull with no border. Those were a bit later style of skull, though.

 

[Tim A.]

....and here we go. The kit molded MG 13 guns are nice but I just couldn't resist the brass aftermarket offering for this kit from Aber

 

[Sharkmouth]

If you wouldn't mind the Spanish Civil War, where they made their debut, it would open lots of schemes on both Nationalist and Republican (captured) sides.

 

[Tim A.]

Thanks Sharkmouth. I had thought about that, along with even doing a pre war because of the photo proof of the totenkopf pennant. Then I saw this one from the 10th panzer division. I like it because of the markings and want to try and hand paint them rather than using decals at this scale. Idk.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Nice but you simply need to make a Bison template and spray white around it. No brush marks so should be easy.

faded on PzKpfw III:

Size to fit

 

[Tim A.]

Nice but you simply need to make a Bison template and spray white around it. No brush marks so should be easy.

faded on PzKpfw III:
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Size to fit
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Excellent! Thanks!
I noticed that, even better

 

[Sharkmouth]

Click to download the PDF article:

 

[Tim A.]

Click to download the PDF article:
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..."may be in different colors"...oh no...haha.
I've pretty much narrowed my build to represent the 10th Panzer Division in France, 1940. Thanks so much for all this information

 

[Steve Ski]

This should be a nice little, big, build! Ruck On!

 

[Tim A.]

This should be a nice little, big, build! Ruck On!

There's some incredible builds of this kit out there. I hope I can do it justice!

 

[Tim A.]

Building the road wheels, return rollers, Idler wheels and the suspension.
On the real one the spoked wheels were cast aluminum. Also, I read because the Idler was on the ground it caused constant problems. I don't know what problems as the article didn't elaborate.

 

[Tim A.]

The ends of the leafspring packs didn't have the molded individual detail so I added a hit of them. I also cut off the molded nut & bolts going through the packs and replaced them with my Super Sculpey cast ones. The molded bolts looked like just little lumps after sanding the parting lines of the parts.

 

[Sharkmouth]

On the real one the spoked wheels were cast aluminum. Also, I read because the Idler was on the ground it caused constant problems. I don't know what problems as the article didn't elaborate.

Which article are you referring to? I ask since there is a lot of disinformation by self -proclaimed experts but I rely on Panzer Tracts first... This after spending a small fortune on books from various publishers.

Nice work on the wheels by Takom and your improvements!

 

[Sharkmouth]

Other schemes...

Chines PzKpfw I Ausf A captured by the Japanese:

 

[Tim A.]

Which article are you referring to? I ask since there is a lot of disinformation by self -proclaimed experts but I rely on Panzer Tracts first... This after spending a small fortune on books from various publishers.

Nice work on the wheels by Takom and your improvements!
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Nice detail pics! I'll use them to check the kit's stuff. So far it looks pretty good.
Screenshot of the homepage and article mentioning the Idler issue. It does say it caused steering problems.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Oh, Tank Encyclopedia which has quite a bit wrong and were bothered when I pointed it out and asked for their references...

This page isn't so bad but they still don't provide reference to where they got this paragraph from (click to visit):