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the crappy tamiya panther yet to be upgraded
airwarrior
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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2003 - 01:31 PM UTC
with italeri parts and to have a motor placed in it,well heres the panther,also first major work with an A/B so far I've just used it for dirt and mud. as always constructive criticism is always welcome,but remember I am trying to make this motorized for the heck of it!!
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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2003 - 01:36 PM UTC
Hey, the kit itself may be a POS but you did a fine job building it. Remember why you built it. I think it looks fine. I have 2 in the closet... Good job.
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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2003 - 01:55 PM UTC
Looks good, did you start with the original motorized Tamiya Panther and then try to upgrade it? I've done that with the old Tamiya M4A3E8 motorized Sherman. It now "belongs" to my 6 yr-old son Alex. I've attempted the same thing with the old Tamiya Hunting Tiger.

I get real joy out of taking the old dogs and teaching them new tricks. Best of luck.

FWIW, when painting the camo pattern on these tanks that were painted in the field, try to remember that these are 5½-6' tall men who are climbing on and standing next to the tank they are painting.
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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2003 - 02:07 PM UTC

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Looks good, did you start with the original motorized Tamiya Panther and then try to upgrade it? I've done that with the old Tamiya M4A3E8 motorized Sherman. It now "belongs" to my 6 yr-old son Alex. I've attempted the same thing with the old Tamiya Hunting Tiger.

I get real joy out of taking the old dogs and teaching them new tricks. Best of luck.

FWIW, when painting the camo pattern on these tanks that were painted in the field, try to remember that these are 5½-6' tall men who are climbing on and standing next to the tank they are painting.
I am using the side skirts from the italeri kit and the extra track links and whatever else I can stuff ont this kit,I'm making motorized cause I don't have the mulah $$$$ to get a 1/16 or even 1/35 rc kit,and who knows it ,ight even eventually become an rc tank over time,the tracks are also perfect for what I'm gonna do to it,even if they don't look scale.I also used the decals I did cause the other ones used quite dull paintjobs and I can't find pics of this anywhere so I just came up eith my own camo scheme.
airwarrior
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 12:31 AM UTC
hehehe I just noticed the "iron pony" in the backround,it was attacked by my cat
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 12:57 AM UTC
Looking good Lordetter Dave, for a youngster you are having an awesome start. Keep up the good work...

"YOUR SO MEAN.....STOMP STOMP STOMP......SLAM" #:-)
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 01:00 AM UTC

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"YOUR SO MEAN.....STOMP STOMP STOMP......SLAM" #:-)
hey thats MY chatroom line!!!! your so mean I'm going to my room!!!
STOMP STOMP STOMP SLAM!!!!!!
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