Hi everyone I am having some problems with the IR stowage box for my panther G. Mostly,that I cant figure out what the latch is supposed to look like, I am using the Alliance Model Works PE.

The instructions show:


I can not figure out how the assembly using part B64 is supposed to be in relation to the other parts.

I have looked through my reference material and searched extensivly online and can't find any good pictures of either the real thing or a model of this box, or even a decent drawing.

If anyone has built this PE set, has a good pic of what it should look like, I would appreciate any help.

Thank you
James

Maybe this will help.

I have found several photos of the IR equipment box, but none are perfectly clear enough to see the latch in perfect detail.

However, on the (now defunct) Panther El-Mito website, there was this graphic which shows a good and reasonable (IMO) estimate of what the mechanism looked liked.

The AM-Works detail parts were a pretty fair interpretation when the set was designed, and I think that they could be modified to look more like the El-Mito graphic. In the end, though, I'm not sure that anyone can say with 100% certainty what all the details of the box were.



HTH,

This 1/16th scale one looks quite convincing to me :
http://www.panther1944.de/community/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=335&start=420

http://www.panther1944.de/community/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=335&start=450

and so is the 1/16th scale tank it's fitted to I may add

Frenchy

Thank you for the references guys, its a big help. Much appreciated.

James