by bertmern

1:100 Panther A, G, and F Variants

I was unable to find any super consistent Panther variants to do what I wanted so I ended up making and modifying my own. I couldn't have done this without some other modelers both on Thingiverse and GrabCad. Thanks to Alainkif for his existing models with zimmermit, reference those if you choose to score these manually. Thank you to user Adam Spěvák on GrabCad for the original model I based these off. I also believe I owe m_bergman a thankyou for splitting the bodies from his panther A model for my exhaust.

These models are intended to be printed using a DLP Resin printer such as the Elegoo Mars (the one I tested this on). I do not plan to make SLA printer variants of these parts but if someone wants to do that, just DM me and I'm happy to send you parasolid files.

For assembly of these models, I recommend using superglue to fix 3mm dia. x 1mm thick magnets to the turret and body in the provided holes. Assembling the tracks can be tricky as they are actually slightly wider than the space between the hull and skirt. I had to thicken the skirts to make them strong enough to bear printing and handling so the original track thickness wouldn't fit any more. I left the tracks thick so that if you want to dremel a few of the skirt pieces off the track can be left full thickness under them and it looks more normal. That said, you will need to sand or file the top part of the track links to fit within the skirts before you glue it in place, otherwise the links will break off when you force it.