"Pete's Toon Factory" The End

[Guest]

A whole load of fantastic work Pete. Very fine.

[Guest]

Pete,
Two fantastic conversions and it looks like more to come.
Mike.

[Guest]

Looking forward to this one Pete very original & Toon version as well :tongue-out3:

Hi Stu hope you are enjoying what I'm trying to do.
Cheers Pete.

[Guest]

Cracking work Pete.

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.

[Guest]

Great use of a spare Panther turret. Good work.

Peter

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.

[Guest]

A whole load of fantastic work Pete. Very fine.

Hi Peter and welcome to my toy factory,I'm very pleased you like them, thank you.
Cheers Pete.

[Guest]

Pete,
Two fantastic conversions and it looks like more to come.
Mike.

Hi Mike cheers for dropping in, two down and who knows how many is left .
Pete

[Guest]

No bench work for the next 2 days off to RAF Duxford Daks over Normandy tomorrow and on the 6th down to Portsmouth for the D-Day celebrations.
Hopefully we'll have a lot of pictures.
Pete

[Snowman]

Fab work Pete!:thumb2:

[JR]

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.

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Thank you for looking in.
Pete.

Pete. Did the crew have to pump the air like in my" Dusty Bin " I did a few years back ?
Wolverine one coming on well .:thumb2:

[Guest]

Hi now I'm calling these two finished.

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Hope you like there new look.
Pete.

[Guest]

Fab work Pete!:thumb2:

Cheers Gavin I'm getting there slowly.
Pete.

[scottie3158]

Pete,
excellent, bring on the next offerings.

[Guest]

Pete. Did the crew have to pump the air like in my" Dusty Bin " I did a few years back ?
Wolverine one coming on well .:thumb2:

Hi John this might answer your question.

The concrete sub-structure was a standard construction (Regelbau 687) built by the Organisation Todt (OT). It required some 175 m3 of concrete and approximately 10 tons of steel to reinforce the structure. When finished the bunker was slightly higher than the surrounding ground. This was to enable the construction of an angled apron of concrete, which was designed to prevent enemy fire from penetrating the bunker and to prevent blast damage to the loose soil around the turret when the gun fired.
The bunker itself had three rooms. The room directly below the turret housed a motor that operated the hydraulic rotation mechanism in the turret. Using this the turret could be traversed at six degrees per second. The motor also powered a compressor, which provided compressed air to flush out the barrel. Behind this room was an ammunition storage room which was capable of storing 450 rounds of 75 mm ammunition. The room below the turret that housed the motor was linked by several wooden steps to an ante-room. This was home to a generator and a battery which provided power for lighting, to operate the turret fan and for the electrical discharge. It also doubled as the crews living quarters and was fitted with a stove, but no beds. The smoke from the stove, together with the exhaust from the motor, was vented outside by means of a chimney. A door linked this room to a staggered entrance at the rear of the installation that led to a communication trench.
Pete.

[papa 695]

Great work Pete.