So here are a few work in progress pictures. I haven't assembled a model in over 10 years and well let's just say I need to learn to glue again....forgot how CA glue can be.
Also, I decided to use some photo etched parts for the first time on this model just to see how it would go. Well, since these old kits needed a lot of help, I was not prepared for all the updating. Some went well some not so well as you can see by my use of the kit parts in some areas. I had some MIA parts that either fell someone and I can't find them or that during the updating with the PE, I lost the spacing needed as seen with the missing jack on the right side. I put the track link out to far but I don't want to try to remove them, it took me a while to get the PE brackets right.
Overall it has been fun and I hope to have it all together soon to prime, paint and weather. Which will include some new firsts as well. I plan to make the DAK version. I was hoping to find the Bison decal set for the DAK and the Panzer IV but it appears to be no longer in print and eBay was a bust.
Anyone that has built this one before, it is the Tamiya Panzer IV D, does the upper and lower hull just sort of sit together in the rear? I keep thinking it needs to be a better fit but not sure. And is that large gap underneath normal, kind of like the space on the Sherman?
Already have my next model ready to go for the Shoot back campaign!
Thanks,
Jeff
