Wow and double wow again.

Terry.

Wow Rob that PIV wreck is looking awesome can't wait to see the finished product but judging from the pics of your previous wrecks this one's gonna be just as good keep up the good work

Thank you all for the kind words,it's very motivating and I will not let you down with this one. I love building Pz IV's, I have special plans for the Dragon ausf F or G version.
I don't want to bore you guys with old pics but I came across these while searching through my cd's for more Pz IV ref's.I can sometimes get carried away when I start scratchbuilding as you can see from the pics. Even though most of the details will not be seen, I tend to build every and anything I see in ref photos.
Italeri pzjgr I with a complete interior,before the tristar and dragon kits came out.




An old Tamiya Marder II



Scratchbuilt Pz IV bridglayer using the old Tamiya PzIV ausf D.


An Italeri Hetzer conversion.



Old Tamiya kits put to good use.



I used some Italeri pzIV parts for this project.



Semper Fi
Rob

Wow Rob your work is just amazing. I have not seen many modellers including so much details in their work! If you find more 'old' pictures just post them

Brillant work here, what is the last pictures of? It looks like some kind of landing craft.
I'll keep watching this with interest.
Cheers
Robbo

some good little vechiles

your scratch building/ detailing looks ausum =]

Really nice Scratch building! It is amazing!
martyn

wow you must have the ability to set time still, how do you manage ???

amazed!

I'm not 100% certain but i think the last photo was Germany's attempt at a floating tank (a more sophisticated Sherman DD) after all there were so many secret weapons designed by the germans that never made it into full production but i still think the scratchbuilt kit looks fantastic with skills like that he should start his own aftermarket company.

Thanks guys,your too kind. The last model was the Panzerfarhe (Tank ferry) a similar vehicle to the LWS. A few of these vehicles were produced according to my referances. The running gear from the Pz IV was used on that vehicle. As far as an aftermarket company goes, I had planned that over ten years ago when I made the Pz IV transmission and the 38t engine and transmission. With model companies coming out with new kits and of almost every imaginable variants, there was no fun in scratchbuilding so I dropped that idea.
I had to take a break from the wreck today, I will try to get some more work done when I can and will post new pics.

Rob

Hey Rob

last time I pop in for this year to wish you all the best for 2009. Looking forward to see many of your wrecked builds next year.

Have a nice new years eve,

Aenea

I've done some work to the lower hull which is nearly complete except for the motor comp. I basically used plastic, copper wire, and thin aluminum sheet for the (what's left of it ) interior. Once the motor comp. is done it's on to the upper hull which will be much quicker to build. Well here's how it looks so far.








I wish you all a happy new year.

Rob

I can't wait for this build to be finished! it looks outstanding already!

Really nice work! Looking forward to the next instalment!

Martyn

I love the amount of work you're putting into this project. It looks really convincing and it'll look amazing once it's painted. Keep updating and posting, can't get enough pictures!

I can't say anything about this. Nice!

Lars

You build wrecks, awesome! Very interesting subject focus. Your scratch interiors look clean and detailed.

Thanks guys, nice to here you like it so far. I haven't had much time to work on it, but here is how it's coming along. I worked on the motor and rear plate but i'm stuck on the turret traverse motor. I thought I had ref. on it but can't find them. I've thecked the web with no luck, so if anyone has any info on the motor it would be appriciated.
I finaly glued a few of the kit parts together and will be working on the upper hull until I can build a motor.






I will post a pic of the layout I have planned for this wreck after I done some work on the upper hull.

Rob

it's gonna be a verry nice 2009 havin' your craftmanship around,I'm amazed.
do you have detailed measurements of the pieces, how do you do it?
I tried and tried but it seems like it's soo easy for you..

I'm baffled

Hei Rob,

the construction gets on and on very nice! And that you build it historical accurate, is incredible

I wish you much motivation

Thanks A.W. How is the SiG 33 coming along?

Thanks Pit, i'm hoping to have a good 2009 with some scratchbuilding projects. I use any 1/35 linedrawings I can find, but mainly draw my own up using all the ref pics at my disposal. It would be nearly impossible to get any model perfectly to scale, so I get as close to it as I can.

I spent a couple of hours on the motor comp. and upper hull to keep the build going, and here is what i've done.


I made up two exhaust pipes leading from the motor to were it exits out the rear plate to the exhaust pot. I wrapped thin gauge wire around a lenth of 12 gauge wire to simulate a flexible exhaust pipe. I used .15 thick aluminum for the cross supports under the center hatch on the engine deck.



I used .15 and .20 plastic card for the upper hull bracing. The bolt heads on the bottom of the turret ring were using a punch and die(scratchbuilt p&d). I used the same .15 thick aluminum to make the remnants of the radio frame.




Here is a basic layout of how the finished wreck will look, I not sure how I want to place the turret yet.
If anyone can help me with some info on the turret aux. motor it would be appreciated, i'm kinda stuck at this point, and can not finish the motor comp yet.

Rob

This is a really fascinating build

It's just getting better and better.

Lars

Hei Rob,

everytime I pop in, there's so much updated here Man your hard working!

I can't help you with the engine, I'm not a technical buff...

Do you attach the parts to the base you place it on, or just arrange it and put a fragile sig on it?

Regards,

Aenea

hey just chiming in with some compliments,

MAN that interior looks fantastic, if its possible to learn eye-for-detail, I've picked up alot just reading your blog. Thanks much for spending the time with us. Cheers, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next wicked good installment!