Littlefield Panther alomost finished

[Yuri D.]

Here is an interior shot of the turret:

[Yuri D.]

Another interior turret shot:

[Yuri D.]

Here is a photo of the Fu.5/Fu.2 radio system. This was my part of the project. The radios and intercom work just like they did in 1944/45. We tested communications on Thursday with the engine running, and the filters did their job. Noise could be heard, but it did not interfere with radio communications.

Yuri

[Gene]

Outstanding work

[FestungSpanien]

I am speechless, really speechless....what a superb work
Thanks for the pictures and the links
Ace

[paddywhack]

are they keeping it in its tan colour or are they going to give it a camo paint job?GREAT work though!!

[Stinch]

My hats off to the Littlefield team. Absolutely breath taking work. If only the US Army paid this much attention to the Aberdeen collection. If I had to pick a dream job, it would be restoring tanks to the high level that you all do.

Cheers
Rich

[Yuri D.]

are they keeping it in its tan colour or are they going to give it a camo paint job?GREAT work though!!

We will stay with the tan color.

Yuri

[paddywhack]

although still cool i think it would look much better in a nice camo colour! still great work!

[Yuri D.]

although still cool i think it would look much better in a nice camo colour! still great work!

Actually, this was my mistaken assumption. The Panther WILL be painted a nice camo colour.

Yuri

[f35jsf]

Hi

Congratulations for the whole crew.
Well done.
I love this Panther, because this is a part of history of my region.

And now little surprise for You:

13.10.2008 Black Nida river when Panther was recover.
(Click on photo -> fullsize)











Regards Paul.

PS
Do you have pic of fire pin of Kwk 42??

[sdkfz181]

Great job !!!

Is the turret ready are still some work to do ?

I only dont see The tube feeding to the ventilation housing on the upper deck
where it will connect to the ventilation fan motor.

And there is no TZF-12a ? Did you already find one ?
the radio looks really cool, and working condition great job !!!

But a really fine job on this panther !!! Wish other panthers in Belgium would be saved to...

[Yuri D.]

Is the turret ready are still some work to do ?

I only dont see The tube feeding to the ventilation housing on the upper deck
where it will connect to the ventilation fan motor.

And there is no TZF-12a ? Did you already find one ?
the radio looks really cool, and working condition great job !!!

But a really fine job on this panther !!! Wish other panthers in Belgium would be saved to...

The tube will be installed shortly. The TZF-12a is there, but cannot be seen because of the recoil guard.

Yuri

[the shadock]

Yuri,

I suppose that the TZF-12a is the one which was for sale at Ciney, Belgium, some months ago :



Would it be possible to have a recent picture of the entire hull, which is now equipped with the tracks? A front-left or front-right picture would be nice. I only found on the internet "old" pictures of the entire hull when it didn't have the tracks.

thanks in advance

Pierre-Olivier

[Yuri D.]

I am not sure exactly where the sight came from. I will post more photos of the hull next week, but for now, here are a few snaps from November: