Jagdpanzer IV
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scratched a bit of an interior...
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new periscopes
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3 November 2013, 20:21
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while doing some Picture research I came across this:
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a Jagdpanzer IV/L48 with modified side skirts and Zimmerit.... I had no choice, I had to build it 😉
Zimmerit was done with putty and a screwdriver, all in all I did just a few small modifications, but no aftermarket stuff
3 November 2013, 20:30
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And I promise to finish it before the end of the year...cause it´s the Deadline for the groupbuild😉
3 November 2013, 23:30
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the zimmerit came out really well i need to practice more what kind of putty are you using, Milliput ? also i dont think the skirts were modified so much as bent by falling off the road and from the back ground it appears to be in a dump so most likely done by the allies to get it off the road and then later recovered to this dump thats my thoughts on the pic
4 November 2013, 00:16
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Thanks mates
I used so called "Kombi-Spachtel" (pre mixed putty for repairing cars) thinned it with paint thinner
Concerning the skirts: i read an article about these modified version, seems like the crew bolted it on the vehicle itself, according to the article the pic is from an allied scrapyard somewhere in fance
4 November 2013, 13:30
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construction is almost done by now... went a bit crazy on the hatches (will proof that with pics later), and came to the skirts... that got me a bit thinking but i think I solved the mysterium 😉
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the normal skirts were mountet on bracket using 4 screws per mounting/8 per plate, these seem to be missing on my vehicle, but you can see the remaining holes on the firt three plates (marked with blue). The last Plate seems to lack these, so might be some kind of a replacemet.
All plates share a pair of (maybe) bolts, so this must be the way they´re attatched to the vehicle, not a nice construction, but one that worked 😉
16 November 2013, 00:31
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the bolts for the last plate are there they are located at the bend in the plates and now that you point it out i can see the extra bolt in the center of the standard 4 bolt arrangement that must be how they are further secured but again it does not make sense for the last plate as the extra bolt does not match up standard arrangement, the secret in how it was done is hidden by the skirts so it worked pretty good, now lets see some photo's of your progress i cant wait
16 November 2013, 00:49
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pehw... gonna get a long nightshift... I´m currentlx testing my way of bringing the 4 holes in the plates... guess I´d done with this in an hour or so... if I shouldn´t hear my bed crying for me😉
16 November 2013, 01:16
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currently uploading, I´m halfway through the skirts, made them of scrap clear plastic (not the best idea if your´re taking photos... thats why the´re painted).
I mainly focused on the periscope on the comaders hatch, scatched almost all missing parts... the scisors-scope comes from a nice Tristar Set SF 14z Periscope & Rk 31 Aim..pe Set (Tristar 35033, 1:35)
16 November 2013, 02:29
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well, thanks but I´m not that convinced by the look of the skirts right now... 🤔
16 November 2013, 02:46
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yeah, they look a bit goofy right now, but by the time you paint and weather them they'll look great I'm sure.......hard to go TOO wrong with them. Staying posted, thanks for the pics! By the way, how come the Germans never (that I've seen) put skirts on Panthers and the Tiger Series?
16 November 2013, 02:54
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The tigers and panthers had their own kind of side skirts and plus they really dont need them becaust of the thick armore on the side of a tiger1 and the side skirts on panthers, king tigers, and jagdtigers were suppose to help protect the running gear and internal lower hull components
16 November 2013, 02:57
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Thanks James, just ceep me motivated😉
There were skirts on the panther, but rather small ones... but you're right about the tiger I, never seen one with
But i've got no clue why ......
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16 November 2013, 03:04
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There were no side skirts cause the running gear basically covered the lower hull sides
17 November 2013, 00:40
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seems logical...
got the frst coat of yellow on, unfortunataly I had used a non-permanent marker to draw some lines before applying the Zimmerit, of course I forgot about that....now I ended up with some nice blue spots on the front hull 🤔
17 November 2013, 21:42
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Man you are just so damn good at zimm I cant wait to see the finished productn
18 November 2013, 00:59
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Spend a weekend home again... so a litte progress on the Jagdpanzer.. pre-shading done and back sides of the skirts painted... will get a clsoe finish till the end of the year....
8 December 2013, 23:44
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it isn´t really painted painted jet, but I´m almost done with the crew... taken from an MiniArt and a Tristar set (Self-Propelled Gun Crew (MiniArt 35008, 1:35) and Self-propelled Gun Crew set (Tristar 35007, 1:35))
The Tristar one is way superior, with way better and crisp detail ...and easier to paint. The MiniArt comander is a bit odd anyway (quite unusual), but better than an empty hatch 😉
29 December 2013, 22:03
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Looking good. And Self-propelled Gun Crew set (Tristar 35007, 1:35) are great figures. The same figure you used sits in my Hornisse, the rest will go into the Nashorn.
30 December 2013, 15:00
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Thanks guys,
@H K: every single Tristar kit I had was superb... and I´ve gont an eye on their other figure sets😉
30 December 2013, 15:25
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Fabian I finally found a hobby shop that sells them 😄😄😄😄😄 they have 3 of every figurenset 😄
30 December 2013, 16:28
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good to hear... I´ve recently found an online shop here which semms to have all of them...😉
30 December 2013, 16:55
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must have been this one, but a few moths earlier they had some more... en.ibg.com.pl/
30 December 2013, 17:56
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