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Panzer IV Ausf.H,Bergepanzer.
Posted by detailfreak on Saturday, June 23, 2012 11:50 PM

                            Been tinkering with this while I should have been working the panzer III"s I"ve got going and the marder III. Oh well.......







                         Scratched the turret ring cover,and hinged the brake cover/s. R&J productions panzer IV fighting and drivers compartment. Photo-etch fenders. Chains on the hoist swapped for finer chains. Oh yea and I cannibalized the new stug F-8 kit for the winter=ketten.

                        Any comments or suggestions welcome.

 

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Posted by Reserve on Sunday, June 24, 2012 12:57 AM

Can't see a thing wrong with it so far, me. Keep going at the same level and I figure it'll be a knockout.

Mark

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Posted by malone duke on Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:58 AM

awe man awesome!!!!   i love the wood work...   and really dig the work on the crane...  i'm so glad i caught this thread cause now i know that the crane on my jag was done right...   man you might have gotten a bug going in my to do a berg something...   maybe a berg tiger if there is such a thing... be nice to pull a motor out of the afv club tiger extra late i'm gonna build for tigermans group build...

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:03 AM

Lovely looking build detail. I take it this is the Dragon kit. Nice planking as well.

malone, there was a vehicle that has been called a Bergetiger, but it was believed to have been a one off and wasn't used for recovery. There was a kit of it by CMK.

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Posted by Gun Tech on Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:15 AM

It's looking really good so far Greg!  How fragile is the boom and crane?

 

 

 

Bish

Lovely looking build detail. I take it this is the Dragon kit. Nice planking as well.

malone, there was a vehicle that has been called a Bergetiger, but it was believed to have been a one off and wasn't used for recovery. There was a kit of it by CMK.

 

Malone, Italeri also had a Bergetiger, as well as a Bergepanther. Both are OOP I think, and I scored both on E-Bay. Took me a while though, and it seems they will benefit from lots of improvements.

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Posted by deafpanzer on Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:34 AM

Chains look just GREAT!!!!!! Yes Glad you didn't use the kit supplied chains.  Wood and tracks look real good too.  Am afraid to ask how many kits have you cannibalized so far? LOL 

Andy

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Posted by detailfreak on Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:52 AM

                           The crane parts seem sturdy enough and there are extras in the box,it is Dragons smart kit I picked up as a facebook special. Deafpanzer when it comes to bashing kits and such I guess I am Hannibal the kit Cannibal. But alas the question remains,to zim or not to zim...?

 

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Posted by wbill76 on Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:04 PM

Looking very nice there Greg! Yes

My vote would be to zim it...just because of the added weathering opportunities that would present. Wink

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Posted by deafpanzer on Sunday, June 24, 2012 8:57 PM

Sorry to say... agree with Bill... zimm it!  It just brings a lot of character to any armors with zimm on.  I know you are crazy enough to do this. Wink

Look out for friend request I sent thru FB.  

Andy

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Posted by detailfreak on Monday, July 2, 2012 8:37 AM

                      More Bergepanzer tinkering,using the R&J ent. interior kit,of which I am still kind of undecided. My example seems to have been suffering from a "HOT" batch of resin or something.Fenders are Griffon as are the muffler brackets,and as always some of my personal touches.








                     As always any questions or comments are welcome. And a question to some who may have better reference materials. Where the auxiliary air cleaners used on the H removed when converted to Bergepanzers ?,if H"S were used.

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Posted by detailfreak on Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:57 PM

                         Got a bit of primer on her.



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Posted by Shellback on Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:07 PM

Looking really sharp !

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Posted by tigerman on Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:54 PM

Great work as usual Greg.

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Posted by ghostt180 on Friday, July 13, 2012 9:56 PM

Looking good keep it up. The chains really catch the eye!

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Posted by IBuild148 on Friday, July 13, 2012 10:55 PM

Hi Greg,

First this is really looking sharp.

I am building one and I really like that ring cover.

May I ask what you used for the timber and what thichness?

I am assuming you glued the strips and then used a compass to draw the circle and then cut the ring?

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Posted by Pvt Mutt on Friday, July 13, 2012 10:57 PM

That's enough of keeping the chain secret Greg.

Where did you get it and what size is it???????

I'm going to need miles of it for my Grasshopper old buddy.

Would very much appreciate the location and size info.

Tony lee

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Posted by detailfreak on Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:03 AM

                   Thanks for all the kind words and questions. First off ibuild148 that turret ring cover was assembled using the kit supplied cover as a pattern,though not followed to a "t".some scraps from the photo-etch frets was used for straps and hinges. And the cover itself is made from the sticks used to stir coffee. I spied these while at work.

                    And on to the next Q, Tony theres a model railroad guy up here that somehow captured two,two I tell ya, Kebbler elves,he now has them employed in the model railroad aftermarket producing safety chain in HO scale at forty links per inch.And already blackened to boot. Did you ever hear of such a thing ! I'll post a pic of the packaging for you when I find it ok...Oh by the way who's photo-etch set are you using for the lifting gear,assuming you are building the Dragon kit.

                   Hope I answered all inquiries as to the best of my ability.

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Posted by wing_nut on Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:49 AM

Sorry I missed the get go on this one.  Always thought these looked kind cool.  Great dio potential.  Looks great Greg.

Marc  

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Posted by Pvt Mutt on Saturday, July 14, 2012 10:03 AM

Greg i'll use the Voyager set and thanks for chain info.

Tony lee

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Posted by detailfreak on Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:52 AM

Trumpeters "Grasshopper" seems to contain quite a bit more of the hoisting gear than Dragons,although I have not looked into it at length yet.

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Posted by wbill76 on Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:39 PM

Moving along nicely with this one Greg, good to see the primer on!

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Posted by IBuild148 on Saturday, July 14, 2012 10:13 PM

Thanks Greg for the "tips" on the cover.

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Posted by deafpanzer on Sunday, July 15, 2012 8:12 AM

You and the details... match made in heaven!  Sharp and very detailed.  Can't wait to see it finished.  You still have more than 6 weeks to finish your Panzer III or you will find me knocking on your door... Stick out tongue

Hope you are feeling OK now buddy.

Andy

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