The wire mesh was added late in the war. It detonates panzerfaust and similar weapons inches from the main armor. This also serves well to stick camo in.


With interchangeable barrels (200mm extra-extra-long & 240mm barrels).
I lost count at 100 parts per unit, all but the treads (Pershings had to die to make these) are made from paper, cardboard, balsa wood, brass rods, brass & aluminum tubing, heated & stretched plastic sprue, thread, etc.
2-part Ammunition has not been added yet, but will be put in yet.
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Front hatches: Brass rings, filled with putty, and edged with 3 layers of glue (to make beveled lip around hatch), brass hinges.
Spade: Plastic pen body, brass rods, and paper frame.
Gun: Aluminum tubing for main barrel sections, with brass and rolled paper parts.
Rear hull sides: Paper and cacrdboard, saturated in super glue (rock hard).
Hull: Balsa
Gun lock: Square brass tubing with brass rod inside, brass wire, and paper.
Flooring: triple-layered cardboard, paper, and plastic sheet.


Here they are with thier 60lb powder charges, and projectiles (6x that weight).

I have no idea who you can make these but you definatly get the John McGyver award for turning simple items into works of art…
Thanks. I have been called McGyver in a coupl eother sites I posted these on now. For this to be compared to McGyver, they would need to be able to fire whole cabbages at the bad guys and knock them out … oh wait, that was the A-team.
Thanks!