1/16 Panther Conversion

[Daniel_Roxy]

Got an interesting one here.

I got a old Heng Long Panther tank with a busted turret about a month ago.

Gun mechanism jammed and broken,mantlet cracked and split and afew other issues.

My plans are to repaint and mount a custom turret to it resembling a theoretical but never actually built panther variant.

[Daniel_Roxy]

I wasn't planning on documenting the progress of this tank so I don't have many photos.

But what I do have here is a handful showing the condition it was in after taking a dive off a washing machine 😂. And when I picked it up.

[Daniel_Roxy]

These were taken after I had stripped the turret of any useful parts and painted it red to see how the paint takes to the models plastic and how it would look.

Can also see most of the side details have been removed for painting too.

Oh and the running gear/tracks

[Daniel_Roxy]

This last set shows how it was after masking off anything needing it and covering the electrics and motors. Ready for some painting.

[Daniel_Roxy]

And my last post for this is a 1/35 scale model of the tank. I picked this up at Tank Fest at bovington tank museum a year or two ago. This is the same version that I hope to convert the panther to

And with the wonders of 3D printing and a handy free to use model kit I found online for a panzer 4 verient of this tank I got the parts for the turret printed by a friend.

[FullArmor]

Interesting. I will definitely follow.

[Daniel_Roxy]

And just like that the turret parts have arrived.even a little bag of fun bits. 

Can also see how the hull has been repainted.And is ready for the tracks to go back on. 

[GusMac]

Nice work, the new turret looks great.

[Martinnfb]

Super cool project, I will follow with interest.

Cheers

Martin