DML Vorpanzer IV Complete 5/30

Nicely done, you also did a good job on the crew which really sets it off.

Mark

Great color. I love it!

Now get yourself a large sheet of poster-board about the same shade of that concrete, curve it up and take the picture in the same location at the same time of day.

          It'll really "POP" then.

any tips on building this one? It has been mocking me in my stash for almost a year now.

Thank you guys,

Bill,as I said your blogs have been great for me

Erik,new steps were installed last summer,yes he di a once job with them,wood is mm wood with a wash

Andy,they are magic tracks,painted base coated with burnt umber,gently washed with your new favorite company's track wash,as we're the streaks by AK

Nice work buddy!  I dig the streaks across the hull.  What did you use for the tracks?  Sorry if I forgot...

Great brick work.

Congrats on conquering that intimidating kit. I like the wood work and the tracks have great sag to them.

Nicely done with the added figures Anthony, congrats on getting this one across the finish line!

that is a thing of beauty right there. I hope mine turns out just as good.

Finished up today,thanks for looking and all of your support

Anthony C

Figures will be a nice addition to this one!

Man, you flew through this kit. Once you tweak your weathering out, you're going to have a sweet build. Like the muffler.

My Panzer IV is just about done,just have to tweak the weathering and add the turret doors and figures.Only issues I had were the gun barrel and a problem fitting the tracks all the way into the drive sprockets.

I put on the basecoat,painted the tools,painted and weathered the tracks.Next up,more detailing,adding spare tracks and markings.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Anthony! However the DML kits usually include two different types of end caps (one plain and one with bolt detail) and of course should also have the styrene barrel option if you feel like trying to fix it. Sorry I can't offer any more advice than that!

Gotcha Bill thanks,I can blame the vague Dragon instructions,or perhaps my own inattention,but everything is glued and I don't think it's coming apart easily Hopefully it won't detract from my build overall.

PS it looked good to me looking at it before,but now that you pointed it out,the barrel does look odd to me now, oh well thanks

Anthony,

Everything looks great but you've got an issue with the barrel recoil sleeve. There shouldn't be a gap between it and the mantlet, the two are supposed to connect together smoothly and the barrel stick out from the opening, like this:

The issue is likely with the metal barrel and how it interacts with the whole assembly. You have to add the extension to the recoil housing and then slip the barrel through to get it right...if you slip the extension over the aluminum barrel, it doesn't come down far enough and you get the gap that's present on your build. Hopefully this is something you can still fix before painting!  

Phil_H

 

tigerman:

I've got a friend who has the same kit. He said he opened the box, slammed it shut and hid under his bed in the fetal position.

 

There's almost the same number of parts in one suspension bogie on this kit as there are for the entire suspension (including wheels) on the old Tamiya Pz.IV ausf.D kit...

That doesn't sound very fun.

Anthony, you're just whipping through this build so far. The track sag looks great too.

I have this same kit sitting on my bench, it's next in line. I have to admit, when I first opened the box it scared the heck out of me. I feel the time has come for me to venture in to this bad boy. Yours is looking great.

This is a nice looking kit, like those big 1000+ piece kits.  Your construction looks great and you did it rather quickly.  Look forward to the paint.

Oh Boy, looks like you took care of those gaps

Get on with the painting, we're waiting.

Tony lee

Lovely looking build Tojo. Will be nice to see some dark grey on it.

This one is finally ready for paint,Magic tracks and all.assembly had a lot of parts but fit was good and build was not difficult.Granted,I couldn't deal with the smallest pieces of PE,but I am happy with the outcome so far.

 A journey of a 1000 parts begins with attaching part C2 to part C3.

1,000 part kits is what got me started in armor  You still glue 'em one part at a time.   A very Looong time.

The ones you've done so far look real nice.

Glad the build log is helping you out, the Vorpanzer kit was DML's "correction" to their original Pz IV E "Super Kit" release in terms of the errors with the sprocket/final drive position and a couple other accuracy issues. The Super Kits are a challenge in terms of the parts count, no question about it, but they do build up with some nice detail in the end. Look forward to seeing this one get painted!

Thats looking good. Nice to see some early Pz IV's on here. I will be inetersted to see how you get on with the AK. I am going to try these at some point myself, including the Pz Grey.

AKI Panzer Gray Mod set  Steppin Out

Tony lee

Tony,I picked up the AKI Panzer Gray Modulation set,I will try to give that a shot

tigerman

I've got a friend who has the same kit. He said he opened the box, slammed it shut and hid under his bed in the fetal position.

There's almost the same number of parts in one suspension bogie on this kit as there are for the entire suspension (including wheels) on the old Tamiya Pz.IV ausf.D kit...