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Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 01:43 PM UTC
HobbyBoss has announced two new Panzer IV tanks and provided images of the sprues for these two offerings. The two offerings are a Panzer IV B and Panzer IV C. The box design looks different from the usual box design from HobbyBoss.
HB80131 German Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf B
The “PanzerKampfwagen IV” was developed as a 20-ton class medium support tank by Krupp-Grusion and over 12,000 units of “Pz.Kpfw. IV” were produced from October 1937 to the end of the war as a prime tank.
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.B (Vs.Kfz.622) were produced using (2.Serie/B.W.) Fgst.Nr.80201 – 80242. Only 42 of Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.B were completed from April to September 1938. As with the Ausf.A through E were armed with a short 7.5cm tank gun and MG34 in the turret. In the Ausf.B and C, a vision port and a pistol port replaced the machine gun and its ball mount in the superstructure front plate. The superstructure front plate was made from a single straight plate with the driver’s visor, radio operator’s visor in the same flat plane. An outer armored mantle was bolted to the turret front plate of the Ausf.B & C, over the internal gun mantle, covering the gaps between the internal gun mantle and the front wall of the turret. In the Ausf.B and C cooling air intake and exhaust vents, three parallel horizontal louvers and two vertical supports were designed to retard projectiles and bullet splash entering the engine compartment.
Item No 80131
Item Name German Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf B
Bar Code 6939319201317
Scale 1:35
Item Type Static kit
Model Dimension Length: mm Width: mm Height: mm
Total Sprues 49 sprues , lower hull and turret
Metal Parts copper cable
Photo Etched Parts 1 piece
Released Date 2015-07

HB 80130 German Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf C
The “Panzerkampfwagen IV” was developed as a 20-ton class medium support tank by Krupp-Grusion and over 12,000 units of “Pz.Kpfw. IV” were produced from October 1937 to the end of the war as a prime tank.
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.C were produced using (3.Serie/B.W.) Fgst.Nr.80301 – 80440. As with the Ausf.A through E were armed with a short 7.5cm tank gun and MG34 in the turret. In the Ausf.B and C, a vision port and a pistol port replaced the machine gun and its ball mount in the superstructure front plate. The superstructure front plate was made from a single straight plate with the driver’s visor, radio operator’s visor in the same flat plane. An outer armored mantle was bolted to the turret front plate of the Ausf.B & C, over the internal gun mantle, covering the gaps between the internal gun mantle and the front wall of the turret.
Only 134 of Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.C were completed from October 1938 to August 1939. In August 1939, six of the 3.Serie/B.W. chassis assembled and conversion to bridge-laying tanks.
Item No 80130
Item Name German Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf C
Bar Code 6939319201300
Scale 1:35
Item Type Static kit
Model Dimension Length: mm Width: mm Height: mm
Total Sprues 49 sprues , lower hull and turret
Metal Parts copper cable
Photo Etched Parts 1 piece
Released Date 2015-07
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Er, these are not new kits. Tristar already released them back in the late 2000s and Hobbyboss rereleases them now the former went bust.
SEP 20, 2015 - 01:47 PM
After Trumpeter/Hobby Boss acquired Tristar moulds it was a matter of time that they would re-release all their catalogue. In this case they have not even changed the box image so I doubt the kit inside would have anything new. Anyway, they are new on the market as HB and I think it is very good to have them available again!
SEP 20, 2015 - 01:56 PM
Hope hobby boss re-release the wheel sets and track sets for the panzer IV series Tristar did as they were nice sets to upgrade tamiya's older panzer IV kits.
SEP 20, 2015 - 02:13 PM
I second that wish
SEP 20, 2015 - 07:30 PM
I wonder what they are doing with Tristar's sd.Kfz.222 molds?
SEP 20, 2015 - 08:30 PM
Or... you could just get the full Tristar/Dragon kits of the tank which have have far more advanced moulding and are not much harder to build if you have decent skill?
SEP 20, 2015 - 09:11 PM
True but I already have the older kits in my stash replacing the less detailed suspension and too wide wheels saves me getting rid of the kit. Plus I like testing my scratch building skills adding the missing detail on a kit which only cost £10-15 rather than pay £50+ for a dragon kit and mess up so getting a wheel set which when released by Tristar was £8.00 isn't breaking the bank and just brings the kit more up to date with a bit of work.
SEP 21, 2015 - 12:02 AM
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