Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Placemarker, as ever. Not less than three Revell 1/72 Pz.IV Ausf J, marked for one of the Panzerbrigades (ie: as sparsely as possible) for generic gaming purposes. Fair chance I might chuck a Jagdpanzer IV L/70 into the mix too, just to be sure the 25% deal is well covered as the Pz.IVs are already started. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Hoping to see you get these finished Sarge! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Looking forward to some top tips Sarge Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Looking forward to this as the j is my favourite version, especially with the mesh skirts and an ambush paint scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 30 minutes ago, badger said: mesh skirts Any idea where I could find a set or two? It needs to have the proper rails, the Thoma skirts alone won't do the trick (the rails are very different to those used with solid schurzen). I was planning on building these as fairly early versions (the Revell late exhausts are useless and I don't think I have enough Hasegawa & Dragon replacements), but probably without zimmeritt (because it's a pain).....Bloody Germans and their silly putty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Hi Sarge Only ones I ever found were part for the Thoma skirts but even those don't come with the rails. Fairly sure I have some plans somewhere so was going to scratch them from evergreen rod All the best Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Doesn't PART deliver what you need? https://www.jadarhobby.pl/part-p72020-172-side-skirts-for-panzer-iv-hasegawa-p-129.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 22 hours ago, vppelt68 said: Doesn't PART deliver what you need? https://www.jadarhobby.pl/part-p72020-172-side-skirts-for-panzer-iv-hasegawa-p-129.html Part do a set specifically for the revell kit but the mounting rails (in both sets) are flat etch whereas in reality they were round pipe. I've not seen a set that get the rails right. Just now, badger said: Part do a set specifically for the revell kit (its it's much the same as the one you link tbh), but the mounting rails (in both sets) are flat etch whereas in reality they were round pipe. I've not seen a set that get the rails right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Not sure what happened there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 8:20 PM, vppelt68 said: Doesn't PART deliver what you need? Sadly not, as @badger points out the mounting rails and their supports are wrong, they should look like this: The rails themselves should be easy enough to make, but the various supports would be a bit of a chore.....Might still give it a go though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diases Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 The mesh skirts look fantastic in the photo. Any Idea when they came into service and which marks of Panzer had them. cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I believe only later Ausf. J:s had them. That was when the Reich had become severely short of everything, even rolled iron plates. Ironically the schürzen made a hollow charge projectile shape up at optimum distance from actual tank armour and improved its penetration. V-P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 They were indeed generally only associated with the late production Ausf J.....Which the restored tank in that picture quite clearly isn't! It's at best a very early production Ausf J as it still has the cast towing eyes on the lower front hull plate, late Ausf Js omitted these and had extensions to the side hull plate, thus: My models will probably have a variety of these features, I may even add a spattering of zimmerit to one or two of them.....But there's plenty to do to them before any of that becomes an issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Hi Sarge. Just checking if there has been any progress? Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Hi again Sarge. Just wondering if there has been any progress with your project? Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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