Hey guys, mind if I drop in? Still a relative noob when it comes to this hobby (even if I've been building for a year!) and only got my airbrush recently. This is my first campaign as well and I chose this as I love the Panzer IV Anyhow, here's the kit I'm working on: Tamiya's Panzer IV ausf H early production. I've actually finished building it and applied a base coat of dunkelgelb but I found several flaws and seam lines I didn't see before. Will fix this week

The next part to be accomplished on my Panzer Beob. Wg. IV model are the mountings for the wire-mesh schurzen plates. These are a lot more complicated than on the ausf. H. I removed the kit-supplied brackets which were molded onto the tubular railings and scratchbuilt my own. I also rebuilt the 1st supporting bracket on each side (connects the railing to the hull side) as the kit-supplied one was totally incorrect. The ends of the railings were drilled out with an X-acto knife to convey the hollow appearance of the rails.

Hello, respective modelers! ))
Here little update on my stug IV progress:
Camo, stuff, wheels - painted. Chipping and filter applied.
Small details highlighted.
This part of painting took me about 1.5 month))
Ready for pin wash, decals and oils.

Oleg-

Looks nice so far. Will you be adding schurzen plates to the sides?

Wow, nice work Oleg!

@Oleg: that is a really nice paint job.

@Kevin: your added detail looks like it took some time to complete. Nice job, I cannot wait to see the paint.

I did some work on my Mk IV, the kit is really easy and I needed an easy build:


Bob

Bob, I hate to tell you this but your front glacis is on backwards. The hinges for the transmission access doors should be at the front, with the vent hood opening facing rearwards.

OOPS! I need to start wearing my glasses when I work, but no biggie the saw is a wonderful tool in my hands when those specs are in place. Thanks Colin for pointing me in the correct direction, especially since I am more of a wingy thingy person.

Bob

A bit of progress to report. Tamiya panzer iv D in DAK colours with German panzer grey showing through where the Afrika yellow has chipped.







Does anyone know what colour the (air intake?) tube above the exhaust should be? Africa yellow? rust? gun metal? something else? The paint job there needs masses of cleaning up, I know, and the rusty exhaust toning down.

Cheers

Matthew

The tube would appear to be the exhaust for the auxiliary turret traverse motor, so rust seems to be the order of the day

Thanks, Richard. So I'll paint it rust. Good to know what it is now too.
Cheers
Matthew

Looks nice, Matthew. Nice worn look to the DAK paint.

Oleg, beautiful camouflage! Is it freehand or masked?

Matthew, nice job on the weathering.

I had time to do a little work on mine:



Bob

Thanks, Jesper.
Thanks, Bob. I see you sorted out your glacis orientation issue. Nice fix.

I'll post more pictures soon. I got the tracks on last night and added a wash or two.

Cheers

Matthew

Hi all,
Some progress shots:

Some simple modulation on. I decided to go a contrasting colour scheme for the quad.

Sticking a fork in my Mobelwagen:







Cheers

Beautifully crafted models, congratulations guys.

Paweł

G'day all. Need to know if this model is acceptable for the campaign? I think it is based on the Pz 4 chassis.

http://www.dragon-models.com/d-m-item.asp?pid=DRA6439

Looks like a Pz IV chassis to me.

Colin: really nice job on the camo.

I haven't had the time to update my build, plus I am finished also: Now to find the gallery and post.








Bob

Time for another Pz. Beob. update! I scratchbuilt (from plastic rod) locking pins to most of the brackets on the tubular railing (the missing ones were lost in action!):





Then I scratchbuilt the lower, fender-mounted brackets as the ones provided in the kit are inaccurate and too thick.



Then I painted these components as I like to "build a little, paint a little" so that I don't have a huge paint job at the end of the project - just my preference. Here's an overhead view of the model so far, giving a good sense of the complexity of the schurzen supporting system on the ausf. J:



The next piece of business is to make the wire mesh anti-bug screens javascript:PasteSmiley('==)') fitted to the upper hull. The mesh was provided in the kit - I scratchbuilt the frames from plastic strip.



After painting them, I dry-fitted them to the hull to see how they look - not too bad in my estimation:





Finally, I painted the interior of the exhaust stacks black with a little bit of grayish-white around the top edges to simulate ash:



And that's all for this post - thanks for looking!

All complete - thanks for a great Campaign!

Indeed. A great campaign!

Tamiya DAK panzer iv done (well, I might add a few jerry cans to the rack at the back...)!

Very nice guys!