PanzerIV and 88mm Flak finished(Pic's)

heya Terry old pal

I had to come out of my hibernation long enough to tell you what a cool job you did on this one!!-- it really is extra special!!--love the weathering you do -- you really have your 'own thing' going on ---beautiful conversion bro--- tread

Wow, that is a serious piece of kit. Excellent work Terry. I just hope the guy that welded the gun on did a good job. The recoil on that beut would have been amazing lol.

...Guy

thanks man, remember Hilary doyle may be a judge......OOOOP's............

Terry 

Wow, you're right Terry--that Syrian tank does have the same backward tracks-well, I guess that it's possible that the vehicle you modelled here did as well?

Well, kudo's on the build once again--it is indeed a tremendous piece of work! I'm sure it'll "clean up" at the competitions! 

Carl I'm going to leave it. I checked around and supplied this link. There is a syrian Mk.IV on this page with similar problems.also there is the fact that the condition of the vehicle prior to conversion is unknown, therefore its mobility, usage, is pure conjecture.Remember it was found on an airfield/airport, might have been there as part of an AA battery for all I know.

I do appreciate your concerns, but I will leave it to the judges at competition, that will tell.

Thankyou again.

Terry.

http://www.achtungpanzer.com/pz3.htm#panzer4

Carl , I'm going to examine it later. Almost time to hitt the sack here with a book or DVD.

Thanks for pointingg out the errors. I'll sleep on it for a day or two.

Terry.

Thanks everybody for the kind words. Panzer88 I used the dragon Mk.IV E, and one of their flaks. The most accurate way to do it would be with the tamiya mk.IV and I think the dragon Flak 36 or 38 or something.

Anyway thanks again everyone.

Regards,

Terry.

P.S. ,Bill, I'm in the republic Of Ireland, the gun laws overhere are strict, playing with .22's in that manner could land somebody in an awful lot of trouble with the law. Ha.. Ha....

Thanks All.

If you're worried about the tracks, I'd just put a "WL" license plate on it instead of redoing the tracks.  People will see the air force tag and say "ah, air force, that explains it"

Great looking build!

Great weathering! Hate that about the tracks.

Steve 

Thanks for the comments. Panzer guy it was photographed at Pilsen airport in Czechslovakia at the end of the war.

Thanks again.

Terry.

Dre wrote:

That is, without a doubt, the coolest thing I have seen in a long time.  Amazing work and weathering... I expect to hear the crack of the muzzle blast.

I,ve never seen this veh. before I take it this is a field mod. done in N.Africa?

Teach me how to weather! LOL   

great job it looks like it's definately fired a couple of shots

Terry,

Nice to see this one cross the finish line. As doog mentioned, the tracks are on backwards, but aside from that the combination and presentation are neat. I'm not sure the extra rounds would've been left so precariously perched right at the fender's edge vs. just having the box they came in open and to hand on the rear deck, but I guess it all depends on the context you're trying to convey. Well done on the paint and finish as usual. For just a moment I thought you'd co-opted some .22 cal rounds as actual shells.

I'm gonna CRY!!

This is the coolest model I've seen in a LONG time!

Clear the workbench! I gotta make one! LOL!

Excellent paint, excellent weathering, beautiful variation of tone in the finish!--it really IS a tremendous model, Terry!

But I fear you're going to cry when I tell you this---You put your tracks on BACKWARDS!!!....I even double-checked it against photographs--your tracks are backwards!

I hope they can be switched without destroying much of the suspension and wheels?