Hey everyone

Some time ago I repainted a model of mine, the dragon kit of a Jagdpanzer IV L/70 (A) dubbed "Zwischenlösung" after the war. This is the third (and hopefully last) time that i paint this model. the first two attempts were rather disappointing, which made me strip the paint for a second time and redo the build of this model completely. For this I bought several detailing sets, a new barrel and wheels, and some styrene strips and rods.



Due to my limited modeling time and some tests with figures, I've almost finished reconstructing this tank. In the meantime I've had this one for six months on my workbench, and it's about time I finish the project so i can focus on something else




I'm almost done with the side skirt netting and after that only the modelkasten tracks need to be assembled. I hope to finish that by the end of this week. I'll keep you posted

Beautiful looking!!

Steven,

that is looking fantastic the monting bars for the side skirts look excelent, difficult to get the bend on the correct , I like all your little refinements

I will look forward to the progress

Regards,

jerry

Looks good. The detailing and multi-media work is very nice, indeed. Be aware--though Tristar includes hub caps for early, mid and late Panzer IV wheels, the wheels themselves are the narrow type used with the 38 cm tracks. The tires were widened when the 40 cm track was introduced. The Dragon kit wheels aren't bad, or you could use a set from Tamiya's Panzer IV Ausf. J (Rainbow Ten in Japan sells individual Tamiya sprues).

Really nice detail work Steven.

Looks great as it is, i'd be tempted to leave the paint off it looks so good! Here's hoping you're happy with the finished result.

James

Love all the additions Steven. Great attention to detail. Still looks very clean considering its been stripped twice ... might not be as much fun stripping it the next time though
What tracks will you use?

Thanks for the comments everyone, I'm glad to say that I've finished the construction of the tank (sideskirt netting and some extra details) and that i just started on the tracks.

The tracks, Frank, will be the modelkasten 'panzer IV final' style tracks - the kitnumber is SK-27. it was rather hard to come by, but well worth the trouble. Exellent detail and easy to remove from the sprue, with little to no cleanup required. Pictures will follow ofcourse, hopefully this will be finished by the end of this week.

I do hope i don't have to strip it a third time! but concidering my last project, I think it won't have to

It's been some time since I last took up this project. I've managed to give the model the camouflage I had in mind, comments or suggestions are welcome.




before i forget, i've posted this to show the pattern i am going to use. the green stripes are quite large because some smaller brown coloured pattern stripes will be painted over them.

thanks for looking!

Looking very good - but barrels were not painted in red primer. You may want to correct that if you're concerned about accuracy.

- Steve

Hey Steve, thanks for your comment. What kind of colour would tank barrels get before they got spraypainted in camouflage colours? I wasn't aware that the red primer wasnt used on barrels prior to painting.