Panzer IV Ausf H

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 28, 2004 12:06 AM

I agree with Trukmo, the Academy kit is dodgy but a good cheap practice kit (thats what i bought it for) which can look good with persistence.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:53 AM

Kurt,
Way to think positive... Good deal. Oh and welcome to the forum...

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:21 AM

Looks good to me. I bought one of the Academy Panzer IV Ausf. H/J models last weekend. Interesting to me to see the negative comments on fit of the parts. Good thing the industry makes putty for filling.

I got my tank for <$20 at the LHS thinking this would be a good model to start with. I'm new to modeleing armor so I didn't want to spend upwards of $50 for a tank model to practice on. The bad fit of the parts will not prevent me from making the model, just gives me some more practice at filling and sanding.

Good job and really nice pictures!!!

Kurt

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wipw

Member since
January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:31 AM

Nice job, Rodolfo. Do you own stock in the company that makes the putty you are using? With all the putty that kit is taking, it might be a good investment! lol

Great pictures, too. Thanks for sharing them.

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wildwilliam

Member since
December 2009
From: West Grove, PA

Posted by wildwilliam on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:50 AM

RTV,
i can only hope you were hoarding some of the pics and then posting them in succession!
or did you really build all that in 7 minutes !?!?

looks like you are doing a very good job on a tough kit!
keep the updates coming.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:11 AM

Rodolfo, You are doing a great job with such a dog of a kit. The old Academy jobs are mostly bad copies of already bad Tamiya kits. You're strong for attempting it. Props to you...! It looks like it is coming along nicely, good work filling those gaps. I can't wait to see it painted up... Keep us posted

Peace
kc

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:27 AM

Looks great Rodolfo. Saw your post and had to check it out.
Glad to see you back.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:12 PM

it looks very nice, and you build at god's speed :)

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:10 PM

Looking good so far RTV

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:59 PM

looks good.

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:43 PM

I agree! It looks very good at this stage.

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tigerman

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March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:34 PM

Looking good Rodolfo. Thanks for keeping us updated.

Eric

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:22 PM

Looks good so far. How do you like the build?

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rtvmodeler

Member since
May 2003
From: Mexico

Posted by rtvmodeler on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 7:43 PM

Hello friends:

Here another pics. I added some shots on the armor, turret and lateral mufflers.

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

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rtvmodeler

Member since
May 2003
From: Mexico

Posted by rtvmodeler on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 7:39 PM

Hello friends:

Here another pics of my work in progress. Really without any novelty, the kit have some faults as: hatches, rear hull, rear chassis, lateral pipes, muzzle of the gun barrel, skirts of the turret missing, etc., this is a War, haa,haa, I know, this is a very old kit.

Regards,
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

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rtvmodeler

Member since
May 2003
From: Mexico

Panzer IV Ausf H

Posted by rtvmodeler on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 7:36 PM

Hello friends!

I am back again!. This time, I will start the build of the Panzer IV Ausf H (Academy 1/35). Blush [:I]

I will decide the version before of paint because at this moment I don't know.

Here are the first problem of the kit; the upper rear are very short for adjusting the second part, in order to correct, both parts were filled with putty. Finally for reinforce the parts, I posted glue on the surface