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Post by Ray Dunakin on Feb 14, 2016 23:41:32 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 14, 2016 23:46:39 GMT -5
Sweet!
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 15, 2016 0:21:43 GMT -5
First a major thank you to all for the kind words.....I think I left good karma for all.
As to this MONSTER, I know that scratch-builders know passion and joy of creating each and every part. I also believe they also know the dementia of the same......................
Here is another quick update on the wench...(that's for Dierk LOLOLOLOLOLOL)
  
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Post by dierk on Feb 15, 2016 4:08:09 GMT -5
Your passionate scratch-building dementia is bearing some tasty fruits! Stunning work and very inspiring!
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Post by vindicareassassin on Feb 15, 2016 5:27:23 GMT -5
Damn!! I love a good scratch so quite how I've missed this up until now I don't quite know.... Anyhoo, itch has now been satisfied!!
Extremely nice work,
Ironically, I was going to buy the Milicast rendition of this just after Xmas, but in the end an SV Scammel won the contest.
Keep up the awesome work!
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 15, 2016 21:01:17 GMT -5
Well, here again is an update to the winch....( I liked Wench better). Anyway one of the more interesting aspects of this build is, this winch will actually work. By that I mean, I COULD let out and then retrieve cable. Just a bi-product of the build.The other thing that I hope comes out in the pic's, is how simple things like a string of wire, or solder really brings out detail in the build.
   
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 16, 2016 0:28:09 GMT -5
Well sports fans, here is the first "real" fit test of the wench, (and I do mean wench) into the chassis. I gotta say it looks pretty good, if I do say so.
Yes there is details to add, I waitting for the gears to arrive, and clean up some parts. BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT...not bad.
   
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Post by Ray Dunakin on Feb 16, 2016 2:36:14 GMT -5
Looking good!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 6:57:29 GMT -5
Coming together nicely. 
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Post by adt70hk on Feb 16, 2016 7:26:43 GMT -5
Oh that is nice PJ!!! Brilliant!! One small favour though - please hurry up and finish it!! Having to review such amazing work on such a regular basis is starting to make me feel very inferior....  Thank you very much for sharing!! Andrew |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 16, 2016 18:39:29 GMT -5
First, thanks to ADT70hk, Ray, and dogfish for the very kind words.
So with any build, there are stages or steps. For me these form around sub-assembly's, i.e. the crane, interior, spade, and such. This weekend I worked diligently on the 40 ton winch, with some success. Now it's on to a sub-assembly I have been dreading.
So please remember this build is my "famous re-build" of the BergePanther. The original I built in the mid 1990's. Of the components I rescued and chose to reuse on this build included the 2.cm 151/20mm Cannon, which I really really liked. Of it's, (the 2.cm) components that I DID NOT like was the ammo. 20 plus years ago I lacked the skills to create the 151/20mm's ammo belts. Today I feel I am up to the challenge. (a quick note, some BergePanthers were armed with the clip feed 2.cm Flak cannon, which I am sure most of you are aware of. I chose to arm my version with the MG 151/20mm, a belt feed weapon, yes a subtle, but very important change).
  
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Post by Leon on Feb 16, 2016 19:53:24 GMT -5
Excellent work on the winch PJ!  Your doing a darn fine job. |
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Post by Ray Dunakin on Feb 16, 2016 22:08:37 GMT -5
Wow, that gun looks great!
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 18, 2016 0:52:47 GMT -5
Well the dementia has fully set in..........................
I started fairly easy and simple......Evergreen tubing, and Plasti-Struc rod. Top off the end with a Grandt line rivet. OKAY simple, well that didn't last a day. Now it's K and S aluminium tubing with Pasti-Struc rod. There will be a piece of solder running between so the rounds will hang naturally.... WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING>>>>>>>>>>
  
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Post by dierk on Feb 18, 2016 2:58:48 GMT -5
Stunning work PJ! I' lost for words...and, apparently, an 'm' |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 18, 2016 11:04:25 GMT -5
Dierk, Thanks again for the kind the very words. Just know you are now an enabler...... encouraging my dementia. 
More on the 20mm rounds to follow
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Post by vlpbruce on Feb 18, 2016 11:18:35 GMT -5
Outstanding work PJ. Keep it coming.
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 19, 2016 12:21:28 GMT -5
Keep at it PJ, you're going to be much happier in the end with the results even if it induces its fair share of swearing along the way.  |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 22, 2016 17:55:39 GMT -5
So this may not be the best location for this post, BUT it does relate to the Berge, so here we go...............................
One of the many reasons I loath IPMS mainly the Seattle chapter, is because they take themselves so gosh darn seriously, I mean the insufferable bores couldn't or wouldn't laugh to save their own lives........ Well that's just one man's opinion who been around competitive modeling for 30 plus years.....
Anyway, I have always believed a very favorable trait in people is the ability to laugh at one's self. TRY NOT to take life too seriously. After all we, (our own selves) can be the best source of laughter...you just have be willing to see the humor.
So with that, here is my ability to laugh at ME....and trust me I have been for years..LOL This picture show my latest winch as it's being created today, next to it is the winch I added 22 years ago to my bergePanther. Talk about GADDSSS ZUKES
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Post by Leon on Feb 22, 2016 19:20:22 GMT -5
You've come along way PJ! |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 22, 2016 19:29:44 GMT -5
Leon THANK YOU. Just know I'm still laughing
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 22, 2016 22:56:33 GMT -5
Holy smokes! The gun looks splendid!
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Post by dierk on Feb 23, 2016 4:45:21 GMT -5
Dierk, Thanks again for the kind the very words. Just know you are now an enabler...... encouraging my dementia.
More on the 20mm rounds to follow Glad to have been of service - it's what friends are for Sounds like the poeple in the Seattle area are decendants of people from my neck of the woods - they wouldn't know funny from a kick in the knee. Check out the German foreign secretary - you would not believe how many people around here have mouths like that...as if they've got hooks in the corners of their gobs with 2kg weights hanging off of them. Counting how many we can spot is our new past time to break up the boredom of food shopping  |
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Post by mrt51 on Feb 23, 2016 8:58:13 GMT -5
Excellent work! |
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 23, 2016 14:53:32 GMT -5
It's good to see you've made some progress over the past couple of decades PJ! |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 23, 2016 21:45:27 GMT -5
OK, here actual build related stuffffffffffffff
 
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Post by panzerjager2 on Feb 23, 2016 21:55:42 GMT -5
So I totally forgot to run my yap....imagine that LOL
I did the gears ans some detail work, I think you can see the gears in this last shot. You probably note that some of the wheels are getting painted. I've got to do this in stages to bring out details. The winch itself won't be mounted until AFTER painting of the Berge. This will help facilitate detailing and weathering. I HOPE
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Post by Ray Dunakin on Feb 23, 2016 22:30:21 GMT -5
Looking good!
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Post by adt70hk on Feb 24, 2016 7:32:14 GMT -5
Very nice PJ!! Keep it up!!!
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Post by afvfan on Feb 24, 2016 10:46:33 GMT -5
Excellent work.
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Your doing a darn fine job. 
