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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Looking for a good Panzer IV Ausf. J Late
vonHengest
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Texas, United States
Joined: June 29, 2010
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:21 AM UTC
I was wondering if there are any good options for a 1/35 Panzer IV Ausf. J Late?

I looked into Dragon's offerings, and it seems that they have two older releases that I believe are from the 90's.

It seems that Cyber Hobby has released a possible option in the form of a Pz.Beob.Wg. IV Ausf. J, but I don't know if this is a viable option. The parts seem so mixed that I don't know what I would be looking at, but it seems like most of the parts are from the older Dragon Panzer IV series.

I'm not wild about the Tamiya offering. No doubt it would be a nicely engineered kit for building purposes, but I do not wish to get into heavy conversion with this project.

I have been told that Dragon is working on a newly tooled release of the Panzer IV Ausf. J Late, but I don't know when it would be released nor how to verify if this truly will happen.

Thanks in advance guys

spitfire303
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Vendee, France
Joined: December 22, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 11:43 AM UTC
At this time there is no decent Pz IV J Late on the market. The old kits by Dragon... are really old kits and to get a nicely detailed and accurate model you must put a lot of work and after market items. It's better to wait if you can.
I'm sure DML is working on a new IV J late. It would be a great seller.

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