Re: New Australian Jagdpanther

[JOHN PITTELLI <jplily-at-yahoo.com>]

Very nice. The shed looks more like an airplane
hangar. Please don't tell us that the last images are
in your backyard. Keep up the good work.  John
--- David Macleod <David.Macleod-at-optus.com.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have been watching your site for a while now and
> about 2 months ago I
> thought to myself, bugger all this house renovating,
> I need to build a tank.
> My wife rolled her eye's.
> I've always had a soft spot for the Jagdpanther, so
> I scaled up a drawing to
> 1/6 scale and started to hunt for materials.
> I used the Intralox MTW belting for the tracks as to
> me, this looks good and
> allows the use of suspension.
> I have made the chassis rails out of 40mm x 20mm
> aluminium channel and
> suspension arms from 20mm x 10mm aluminium bar. The
> wheels are MDF milled in
> the drill press and all moving bits run on oil
> impregnated bushings.
> Front axles run in bearings (not yet in the pics)
> and I plan to use 18 or 24
> volt drill motors for power (ala T010).
> I am still trying to find the right sort of
> extension spring for the
> suspension. Once I have these I will build the lower
> hull.  My plan here is
> to use 2 or 3mm sheet alloy 200mm wide running the
> full length of the hull
> with bends front and back, the bends being for the
> lower front of the hull
> and the back for the whole back of the hull. I'll
> use another piece of alloy
> bend to 90 degrees for each side and bit above the
> track (Mudguard?). All
> these will be glued/pop riveted/screwed together.
> 
> I'll keep you up to date with progress but the
> pressures on to build a new
> back veranda.
> 
> Oh, by the way I live in Canberra, Australia.
> 
> See the pics at http://dmac666.4t.com in the gallery
> 
> David MacLeod
> 
> 
> 
> 



                
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