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Outstanding choice!
Subscribed.
Would love to see the crane build too…wink
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Outstanding, this is going to be a great build for sure.
Keep them coming Donald
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I have the Torsion Arms installed and the inside and Transmission painted.
Still working on it.
Donald
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I painted the lower hull , and installed the Wheels.
The Idler Wheel should be installed on its shaft , the shaft inserted and rotated to engage
otherwise you’re not going to get it on.
I’m working on the Track next , they are link and length.
Regards
Donald
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The Tracks are assembled , Painted , Installed , & Weathered.
Now to think about if I want to bother with the interior , as you can’t see much of it through the hatches.
Regards
Donald
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I’m not going to build the interior it’s just too much work and most can’t be seen.
Finished for now.
Donald
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Wow! This is a new Takom kit? That’s really bad.
Ken
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Donald, I feel for you, that’s unfortunate.
That’s horrible ~1.5mm or ~1/16 of an inch old school. Wow! Takom appears to have really fumbled the ball with the Panther D.
An acquiescence at model club build a Takom Panther A and had not one good word to say about the fit. I thought he was exaggerating how bad some parts failed to fit together. 
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*Nervously eyes Takom Jagdpanther and Bergepanther in corner of stash room.
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Feel sameway about the pair of Stankom, uh Takom Panther A’s in the stash…
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Some may wonder why I bother , well I hate to quit. These parts in the coming Pics. help a little bit , nah they help a lot otherwise this kit would have gone in the garbage.
I still have a few more in different variants say Berge panthers. One thing for Shure I’ll not be using the kit tracks , they suck big time. I have a bunch of RFM Track sets to use then , if when.
OK enough of the bitchen on to the Pics.
The parts trim off fairly easily not very brittle like some.
Here they are mounted.
Now to paint it all.
Regards
Donald
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Donald the Heavy Hobby parts look fantastic! Appreciate the pictures of them.
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Yeh they are really nice and the price at least when I purchased them wasn’t too bad.
The resin is a little more flexible than some out there.
You just have to be extremely careful on trimming sp you don’t cut the wrong piece.
Regards
Donald
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I just checked at Hobby Easy and they have them in stock
They are
HH35010 Tool Storage Tubes $7.14 U.S.D.
HH35008 Vehicle Tool Set $10.20 U.S.D.
HH35015 Panther Spare Track Brackets $5.99
Total $23.33 plus shipping
They even have more for other panthers.
Hope this helps
Donald
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Thank you for the link Donald. I have a crappy Italeri Panther that needs all the help it can get. Looks like Heavy Hobby parts will help.
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