The Das Werk 1/16 Panzer J is the first large scale 1/16 AFV project for me. I started with the ideal of slightly improving the turret interior so it doesn’t look too bare with poseable hatches open. Having been led to the wonderful cache of original drawings at Bushmakow.com, the project has snowballing. I scratch built the entire turret interior, with lots of workable details like pivoting gun sight optics, coax MG ammo pouches and trigger linkages to gunner’s foot petals, gunner and commander’s seat frames, spare vision block glass holders, etc. basically the turret is going to be fully detailed. Only some of which will be visible without a tiny borescope. I clearly need help.
But I also need less psychiatric kind of help too: 
- Does anyone know if there are aftermarket transmission and engine for the Panzer III? Some reference say Panzer iii and panzer Iv had the same 6 speed synchromesh transmission and engine, and there is 1/16 panzer IV transmissions from AFV modeler. Some very late model Stug III Gs conceivably shared the transmission with late model panzer IV, but I am fairly certain that is not the case with panzer iii J, which used a 10 speed pre-select transmission.
- Does anyone know how the commander’s seat fold? I am building it with the folding seat, not the version with fixed seat with under seat storage bins
- The commander’s foot rest bar. Does that rotate with the turret? Panzer 3 doesn’t have a turret basket.