"Pete's Toon Factory" The End

[Guest]

Hi my next toon to the slaughter will be the Panzer IV.

Box art.
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Parts.
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Will be adding some detail to the road wheels.
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I will be doing some modifications to the side armour I will try and replace it with wire-mesh so-called “von Thoma” mesh shields as side protection.
Will have to remake hangers they are tubular not square as supplied.
Will all so be changing the exhaust to the late one (as above)
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Will remove lower hangers
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Thank you for looking in.

Pete.

[scottie3158]

Chair pulled up mate.

[Guest]

Chair pulled up mate.

Hi Paul you are most welcome as always,l sit anywhere no one's turned up yet, to tell you the truth I thought I'd already built this one it was buried under a pile of Sherman's so I'll try to up my game on this one.
Pete.

[papa 695]

Just caught up Pete, don't know how I missed them some great work.

[Jim R]

Hi Pete
Another one to enjoy. You must have all the toons they make now - at least all the ones with tracks :tongue-out3:
Jim

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Pete
I'm actually starting to like these toons!

Really like the sherman memorial, very nice.

The Panther turret looks good, one point - wouldn't the soil be banked up in front of the bunker, especially considering the amount which would have been excavated?

Peter

[Guest]

Morning Pete
Good work on the memorial Sherman turret. Do I detect the possibility of 'zimmerit' as well on the IV as well ?
Cheers, Mike.

[Guest]

Hi Pete
I'm actually starting to like these toons!

Really like the sherman memorial, very nice.

The Panther turret looks good, one point - wouldn't the soil be banked up in front of the bunker, especially considering the amount which would have been excavated?

Peter

Hi Peter this might help.

Panther Ostwallturm
Panther towers have been installed in solid fortifications since the end of 1943. Some of them were Panther series towers, but most were specifically designed for this function as revolving cannon towers. The dome was replaced by a hatch and the ceiling of the tower was reinforced with a 40 mm thick armor, which was to withstand artillery shells up to 150 mm. Armor Producer Dortmund Hoerder Hüttenverein completed armor for 112 Panther Ostwallturm by the end of February 1944. The second order was placed at Ruhrstahl's armor for the 155 Panther Ostwallturm, completed by August 1944. The towers were assembled at Demag-Falkansee, supplied 98 Panther Ostwallturm towers by the end May 1944 and production continued at 15 pieces per month. Two different placements were used one of the welded steel box called Pantherturm I (Stahluntersatz) and the other with a reinforced concrete base was known as the Pantherturm III (Betonsockel). Wa Prof. Fest IV used a drawing from November 30, 1944 for the Panther-Turm A (Schnelleinbau), which shows the location of the Panther Ostwallturm in the fortress. The location of Pantherturm I (Stahluntersatz) was done in two parts. The top section, 960 mm high, was the equivalent of a tank combat area, and the tower was mounted in a 100 mm thick roof. Ammunition was stored around the tower. The sides were 80 mm thick, had no floor. This top box was assembled by Krauss-Maffei in Munich. The lower part of the box was a crew room with heating and an electric generator powered by a DKW engine. The large entrance door was protected by a trench, the box also had a small escape hatch. The steel sides were 70 mm thick. The bottom box had no roof, was covered by the top box. March 26, 1945 was deployed a total of 268 Panther towers.


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Pete.

[Guest]

Just caught up Pete, don't know how I missed them some great work.

Hi Ian thank you very much.
Pete.

[Guest]

Hi Pete
Another one to enjoy. You must have all the toons they make now - at least all the ones with tracks :tongue-out3:
Jim

Hi Jim yes I have, as I said to Paul I thoughtI had already built this one it was buried under a pile of Sherman's.
Pete.

[Guest]

Morning Pete
Good work on the memorial Sherman turret. Do I detect the possibility of 'zimmerit' as well on the IV as well ?
Cheers, Mike.

Evening Mike cheers, as for 'zimmerit' you are joking, I'll leave that to people who are more skilled than I am and know what thay are doing.
Pete.:smiling4:

[stu1664]

Looking forward to this one Pete!

[Guest]

Hi got a bit done today added some details to the wheels.

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I used the original hangers, rounded the square bar, removed the spikes and thinned everything down .
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Cut out the major part of the side armour plate, cut out mesh to fit , added support strutts and filled the top and bottom slots.
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Cut off lower hull hangers.
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Drilled out the end of the hangers to make it look like it's tubing.
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Thank you for looking in hope you like it.
Pete.

[Guest]

Cracking work. You sure have an eye for detail and a way of making things look "just right" :thumb2:

[scottie3158]

Pete,
This is aiming off to be another great build. The skirts are the nuts.