This is my Panzer IV H from Academy. This is for my "Getting to the Front Line - Belgium 1944" diorama. The kit is good except for the following:
1) Some amount of flash that needs to be cleaned
2) The fit between the turret, the braces and the armored plates at the turret is horrific. I have to readjust, fill, cut, etc. until it looks right.
3) The fit between the hull and the braces that holds the armored plate is also horrific. It won't align and I have to readjust, cut, fill, etc. like the thing I did with the braces.
I added few details such as restraining braces made of aluminum and battle damage. I also scratchbuilt the armored doors and their locks of the armored plates of the turret from sheet plastic. The ones in the kit is too thick and won't align.
I applied zimmeret using wood putty.
I still have to put a few more accessories on this tank. Also, I need to paint the tools and the fixed machine guns there (the one in the hole and beside the main gun) I glued there. Once this is done, I'll continue on my weathering coz I haven't completed weathering it yet.
Top left side view:

Another view:

Yet another view:

and finally, another view.

I didn't add the armor plates at the side. It would cover the nice wheel details. Besides, I've seen pics of Panzer Hs with NO armor plates on them. Shot out, I guess.
In a whim, I also ripped off the brace to add a bit of battle damage. In fact, I added a lot of battle damage to this model....peeling zimmerit, banged up fenders, dents in the hull and a big hole at the armored plate at the back of the turret.
Any comments and suggestions or violent reactions before i proceed weathering this tank? Sorry, my photography skills really suck.
Angela