Armour Dreams

[David Dunlop]

Jonathan!

Increased turning capacity?

You are not already thinking Panzer III, are you? Or perhaps an Armoured NAAFI Pastry Wagon?

David

[Jonathan Moore]

Morning David,


Sorry I didn't see your post. It's really more for work as the projects that seem to be coming my way, not military unfortunately, are getting bigger. The down side is that I will have to extend my workshop in the near future. What ever I decide to build next, if I can find the energy, will not have torsion bar suspension as it's too much of a headache and adds to the construction costs. My favourite ww2 tank would be a late panzer iv but that could be a project too far.

Jon

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening All,

I have been trying to finish the turret, all the little fiddly detail bits that I didn't have enough information for.

There's a marker attached to the hull just below the turret ring to show when the turret is facing the front that needed adding.

Whilst I had completed the wiring up to the slip ring in the base of the hull, I hadn't done anything about the wiring in the turret. The wires run from the slip ring up the leg of the commanders chair and into a square junction box attached to the turret ring behind the commanders seat back rest. Here they split, the power goes to the turret light and power socket while the wires for the intercoms continue into an adjoining junction box where the head phones and throat mike plug in.

For the life of me I couldn't find a blanking plate for the larger box so I had to make one and the plugs in the comm's box are not the correct ones but they will do for now. I tried to buy the P clips to save time but I couldn't find the right sizes so I made a little bending jig and made my own.

[Jonathan Moore]

I ran a single wire just to illustrate where the wires run.

[Jonathan Moore]

The last item for now, is a box that would contain cartridges for a flare gun, again it fits behind the commanders seat but on the opposite side to the junction boxes. The picture below is from the Tank Museums Panzer ll, it is clear from another picture of the same box that it has been bent forward and originally would have been in a more upright position as in the second picture.

That's all for tonight.

Jon

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening all,

Well, I have finished the last two items, so apart from painting and final assembly, the turret is officially complete!

One of the final items was a second internal handle for turning the turret by hand, I knew that there should have been one but I couldn't be sure what it looked like or where it went, until I rediscovered this picture on my pc.
So it was out with a hammer, a piece of bar and some heat and it was time to hit some hot metal.

[Jonathan Moore]

The second item is a strange one. Situated on top of the turret was, in theory, a periscope (circled in red) for the gun sight but in actual fact it did nothing and was there as a decoy to drawing fire away from the real gun sight that was in the center of the mantlet (circled in blue).

Obviously it served it's purpose as there are several pictures showing the results.

As the commanders head was very close to this area it must have been a very uncomfortable, if not fatal experience.
I could have just left it off but what the hell. So it's on to projects anew, like finishing the rest of the final details on the chassis.



Jon

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Moore

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My favourite ww2 tank would be a late panzer iv but that could be a project too far.

Jon

You're not the first guy to have dreams. These guys are handcrafting a full size Mk IV with a modern engine.
https://www.panzerfabrik.net/blog/categories/panzer-iv

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Jonathan

What's become of you?

I hope you are OK. More to the point though, how's the PzII?

regards
Darrell

[Niels V]

https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/35947-panze...e/23/#comments jon had taken a break but he is back here

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Niels

Thank you for that.

Glad to see he is OK and here's to hoping he updates this thread as well.

regards
Darrell

[David Dunlop]

Two different surnames???


David