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I have inventoried my pile of Panzer IV bits and pieces and will be doing this rather rare beastie captured from the Boche and returned to Blighty so our tank designers could see what they were up against. Naturally it made no difference to the quality of British AFVs. Shortly after the Tamiya Ausf J was released Mike Belcher released an Ausf D conversion which turned out to be a curate's egg. The replacement upper hull was based on the 'J' which meant track-guard tops were the later pattern not fitted to this type as new. Like all the other pieces it was very well cast and the modifications were well executed. Then came the big blow. Turns out '800' was a rather rare hybrid D/E hull with an E turret. I filled the swear jar and put it away. Last November 2017 I dug it out again as conversions mastered for the kit seemed not to fit as they should. After careful measurements of Bovvie's survivor it became apparent that the fighting compartment is 1.5mm too short from the rear to the break in the roof line. While attempting to correct this I broke the resin upper hull. I sobbed and put it away again. Rather than post images I'm uncertain of have a gander HERE. As regards painting DAK vehicles Bruce Culver put together a very useful item linked in first post on HERE. I shall start this thread with a photo of the junk I'll be starting from nearer the time.
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