Arial height , a daft question?
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Alan, I've just had a look at Panzer Tanks on Google Images, there's plenty of antennas to choose from on there.....Take your pick. Small, large, thick, thin or none at all!
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Looks a bit thick at the top?
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It always amuses me when what is right and wrong crops up particularly where armour is concerned.....
If the thing is factory fresh, then yes, it possibly should to be 'As was'. But on the battlefield, it's a brave person to state this or that wasn't fitted, scrounged, altered.
Perhaps the antenna was knocked off or broken and the crew found one from a different type of tank, perhaps not even German, and set to modifying the thing.
I'm sure these sort of things happened during all conflicts and still do....
So, I say stick on what size antenna you like Alan, Like Patrick writes, as long as it has a bit of a taper it'll be fine.......
Mind you, in the early days of our marriage, my wife and I used a coat hanger 'aerial' for our little t.v., and that worked fine too!
If the thing is factory fresh, then yes, it possibly should to be 'As was'. But on the battlefield, it's a brave person to state this or that wasn't fitted, scrounged, altered.
Perhaps the antenna was knocked off or broken and the crew found one from a different type of tank, perhaps not even German, and set to modifying the thing.
I'm sure these sort of things happened during all conflicts and still do....
So, I say stick on what size antenna you like Alan, Like Patrick writes, as long as it has a bit of a taper it'll be fine.......
Mind you, in the early days of our marriage, my wife and I used a coat hanger 'aerial' for our little t.v., and that worked fine too!
Try cats' whiskers Alan - but first ask the cat if you can have one or I'll be sending the lads round!
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or paint bush bristles ( home decorating ones !)
Good idea about brushes 
i tell you what is a good substitute is the little plastic things that attach labels to clothes, well if you cut the flat square end off they do look good and tend to have a nice bend in them
Here's a photo of an M3 Stuart I'm working on at the moment View attachment 107361
i tell you what is a good substitute is the little plastic things that attach labels to clothes, well if you cut the flat square end off they do look good and tend to have a nice bend in them
Here's a photo of an M3 Stuart I'm working on at the moment View attachment 107361
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Ooh err matron\ said:
Hi Alan
Most German tank antenna were 2m in length - equating to 57mm in 1/35 (these are tank-to-tank aerials). Command tanks etc have an extra aerial 1.4m in length - equating to 40mm in 1/35 (these were used to liaise with command and support groups, aircraft for instance)
Hope this helps
Paul
Most German tank antenna were 2m in length - equating to 57mm in 1/35 (these are tank-to-tank aerials). Command tanks etc have an extra aerial 1.4m in length - equating to 40mm in 1/35 (these were used to liaise with command and support groups, aircraft for instance)
Hope this helps
Paul