Author Topic: Panther Vierbeiner  (Read 13210 times)

Offline Dr. YoKai

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Panther Vierbeiner
« on: March 04, 2012, 10:29:44 AM »
Which translates as "Four legged"

 


 Its the older Hasegawa kit in 1/72. Which is a very nice series, many of the later varients have
 parts for the original issue as well as the for the particular varient on the box art. This one, for instance,
 has the original turret, and additional road wheels.

 

 It needs some small details and paint...I'm leaning toward black.... ;) I'm also thinking of putting a
 remote MG or a brace of smoke/AP grenades on the lower edge of the front plate. Thanks for looking.

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2012, 11:46:33 AM »
Wow! :)
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2012, 05:44:03 PM »
how about a belly turret like those found on ww2 bombers so you can keep troops from runnin underneath an stikin a bomb on it?
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2012, 09:58:20 PM »
@ Arkon-not a bad idea, but I think the arc of fire would be kind of limited. If it were something bigger ( like
 a tiger, or Maus...) a smaller version of the Kugelblitz turret on the front plate might be interesting. I'll give
 it some thought-thanks!

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2012, 10:39:54 PM »
Cool design!

<...> so you can keep troops from runnin underneath an stikin a bomb on it?


Or some chap in an orange flight suit with grappling hook and a weapon with a blade made of focused light.... Oh, wait, that was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 02:22:05 AM »
Cool design!

<...> so you can keep troops from runnin underneath an stikin a bomb on it?


Or some chap in an orange flight suit with grappling hook and a weapon with a blade made of focused light.... Oh, wait, that was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.


 ...but it does make me think about putting it in a diorama with an intrepid young comrade in a super-aerosan...
 aiiiiiiieeeee. My brain! Too many ideas! too many ideas!

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2012, 05:20:47 AM »
Excellent building!!  :-*
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2012, 11:24:09 AM »
Later that same day...

A long, long time ago in a Great Patriotic War far, far away...







A bit of sheet plastic for the body, skis from the Mirage X-7/ Pupchen kit, and the engine from
the old Revell I-16...needs a winter whitewash and some tiny red stars.

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          In the time it took me to type this, no less.
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2012, 05:53:35 PM »
This is quite interesting, me likey...yes  :-*

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2012, 06:59:02 AM »
Great builds Dr. What did you use for the legs?
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2012, 09:42:06 AM »
 Zod-

    The legs on the Vierbeiner are sheet plastic. I wanted something ( vaguely ) approximating a real
 Panther's legs, so I cut a template, used that to trace onto more sheet, cut them and sandwiched them in
 a clamp, sanded them all to uniformity, and built them up the thickness with lengths of black strip styrene.
 ( I have pounds of the latter-we got them four to a box when we were still doing cassette duplication at
  work. ) The pivot covers are roadwheels from an old,old Fujimi 1/76 PzKw IV. The feet were built up of 
 the same black strip, and the top 'flanges' are short sections of evergreen angle iron.

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2012, 09:59:18 AM »
Yee gads -- both are so creative and cool.  Super duper   8)

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2012, 12:48:25 PM »
Craig - this is a great find - the original miniatures from "The People's Heroic War Amongst the Red Stars: The Fascist Capitalist War Mongers Strike Back"!

Seriously - this is inspired. The snowspeeder aerosan looks great, although I imagine many were turned into hamburger borscht falling off that high seat into the prop.

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2012, 02:27:14 PM »
see? evan a small 1 or 2 gun turret with a "leg interupter" gear and you could smash these capitolist pigs
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2012, 09:21:56 AM »
 Thanks for all the kind words fellas-"Red Star Wars" is being inspired, Comrade Frank!

 I spent a little time looking up Russian Recoilless guns-even in this internet age, there isn't a whole
 lot out there. But I found a couple of images that were better than than the one small image I had
 seen years ago in Infantry, Moutain, and Airborne Guns ( I think John Batchelor was the author )
 and thats what the aerosan gets for the big outboard guns. Also is getting propeller guard-cannot have
 brave young Red Pioneers being turned into Borscht ( or Piroshki filling ! ) by Glorious Soviet Teknologgy!

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2012, 07:20:14 AM »
Yowsa Doc, you never cease to amaze! I really like that little prop driven snow buggy!

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2012, 10:40:18 AM »
 Progress!

 

 Both builds are about 90% complete-The Vb gets a few wires and an mv lens for the faux IR gear, the Aerosan gets paint and the
 dio gets...snow. Barely visible below the nose of the Vb is the lower turret, from an old Fujimi PzKw II, along with a cut down
 section of the decking. Better pictures next week.

 and the basic dio set up.


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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2012, 12:17:21 PM »
Very nice! Catty enough to qualify as a four-legged Panther but kinda armoured insectiod too  :)
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2012, 05:22:37 PM »
That first pic reminds me of the saying "Better to be the stomper than the stompee."

Nice work, Doc!

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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2012, 07:40:02 AM »
That setup looks great. ;)
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2012, 06:37:53 AM »
That's class: I love it!  ;D :icon_jedi:
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2012, 10:22:15 PM »
Wow how big is all that?!  :D
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Re: Panther Vierbeiner
« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2012, 08:29:17 AM »
given the snow I guess it's HoHoHo scale ?

    Both the aerosan & walker are tops :o
                   great ideas !!