Panther G (July 1944 version)

[Armortek]

This thread will feature photographs of the production parts of the 2022 Panther G (July 1944 version) as we progress over the coming months.

We are now well on our way with the Panther G production and by mid to late June we should be in a position to start assembly of the lower hull.

Suspension bars are all completed:

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So are the drive cases:

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Hull sides have only just started, so they will be running for a couple of weeks more. Shown below are the left hand hull sides.

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and the torsion bar pivots - they have undergone a re-design:

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Finally we have the second bump stop. Only just started production of these so they will run for a little while. Again this is a re-designed part.

Plus, you may have seen the video of the suspension arms being made. These are currently in production and with 16 suspensions arms per tank, they will be running for a while.

[Jae-seung Roe]

Thanks for updating the Panther G(July 1944 version ) news! So great to see production pictures and also glad to hear that production is well on its way! also Iove to see some completed Solidworks images(rendering images) of 2022 Panther G soon!

[Armortek]

Bump stops for the new Panther G. The bump stop in position 1 still needs a laser cut flange added, but otherwise parts are compete.

And shown mounted on the Panther G left hand hull side.

[Armortek]

Turning the Panther G hubcaps on one of our turning centres.

[Steve Norris]

Hi Kian.
Great video to watch, it’s always interesting watching these multi axis machines at work.
I noted it took about 2 minutes per hub cap so that multiplied by 16 hub caps is approximately 30 minutes machine time, multiply that by a production run of about 50 Panthers and that works out at 25 hrs machining or just over 3 x 8 hr days.
That’s a lot of machining for what is just a small part of the whole tank and gives a indication of where the cost of these kits is.
Keep the videos coming.
Regards
Steve

[Armortek]

Thanks Steve, always nice to receive some feedback.

Here is another video - this time of the Glacis plate of the Panther G being machined on a 5 AX machine.

[Jae-seung Roe]

Hi Kian,

Thanks for uploading production videos of 2022 Panther G. As Steve mentioned, I could see the superb level of attention to detail and also great to see some redesigned parts of 2022 Panther G. Watching CNC machine working reminds me when I did my degree show making 1:5 scale car design mock-up using 3-axis CNC back in 2005 . Back in that time the assistant manager who was operating the machine so struggled to set a starting point of machine so sometimes the tools were spinning in the middle of nowhere while the cutting oil was being sprayed...
Look forward to more production news of Panther G.

[Christoffer Ahlfors]

These look like dry cuts? How are such speeds possible without flooding?

[Armortek]

These look like dry cuts? How are such speeds possible without flooding?

We only ran without coolant for filming - otherwise the camera lens gets covered and you would not be able to see anything.

[Christoffer Ahlfors]

Yes, that's what I mean. It looks like full speed? If I go anywhere close to optimal feed/speed according to the workshop handbook on my home machine, things start to smoke and the cutter breaks.