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Steiger Panther IV
Good Day everyone,
after more than one year of planning, having spent more than 250 hours in front of my PC I finally started working on my beloved Steiger Panther IV. Back in 2017 during a road trip I visied the Fargo Plant in Fargo, ND I got to take lots of photos in 2009 back in Australia that really helped. 11 years a batchelor and a masters degree in engineering later I was finally capable of designing one in Tamiya scale. Since I live in a metric world I used mostly 1mm, 1,5mm and 2mm sheet metal that gets welded together using my Lampert U5 welder. Lets start with the cab: Next step axles and frame. Last edited by Quad-Dog; 03-06-2021 at 05:59 PM. |
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Very nice, looking forward to following this. Were your parts cut out with a laser?
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thx guys.
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Continued with the axles. They will later on house two motors each for decent traction. Base of the cabine and part of the main frame I love the spotwelding Continued on the main frame: Done... |
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Beautiful, very nice!
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:O This is so cool! I'm not planning to do an engineering masters degree, but I can probably manage 11 years of not marrying anyone. Do you think that's enough for me to be allowed to do an awesome build like this?
Last edited by Wombii; 03-26-2021 at 09:39 PM. Reason: I didn't read properly |
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Beautiful work
I have a 1982 Panther CT-1325 that my dad bought new. It has the 3 piece front window for a wider, more rounded cab, I luv that tractor! It was a big tractor in its day & decades more advanced than its competitors... I still use it today to pull a heavy harrow with granular chemical applicator, I get a few days use from it every spring... it's gotten too small to pull anything else, unfortunately... they don't make 'em as quiet & comfortable as they use to.
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Thx guys
I´ve actually been thinking about looking into building the CT-1325 Had a little play with the 3D printer Checked the tread And checked the interior Built a few steps And put the cab on top of the frame |
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Fantastic metal work, integrated with 3D prints takes it to another level.
Nice work... |
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That's really slick!
I love how you did the chassis tab&slot thing. The printed parts are looking good
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This is AWESOME!
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Hi Kerst,
as all white parts, they are made of PLA. The tires will be casted in black silicon like material. |
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More welding:
Lets start on the backside. Just a big puzzle. done... Starting to look like a tractor |
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Thx guys. Printed parts will be replaced. I´m not satisfied with the surface of the parts. Would need too much grinding.
I´ve done some testing what tires might look like. Not 100% sure if it will be the left or the right one... |
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What is the material the tires are made from?
Kerst |
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Those parts look beautiful, and nice job on the tiny welding!
That machine is going to be a beast.
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What do ya mean "Cars are neither Trucks or Construction"? It's still scale, and i play fairly well with others, most of the time... |
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Thx Frizzen
It has to steer somehow. So more parts to be welded: |
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