1/35 Jagdpanzer IV L/70, 3rd PLACE. State IPMS

Looking forward to your outcome. I liked that T-62 you just finished. Are you doing the early or late version?

Nice,I just grabbed the new Dragon kit,looking forward to yours.

I'd go for the the L/70 version, looks more potent and has more character.  The three return rollers could be found on either vehicle, but is more common on the later version. (3 return rollers introduced in Sept. 1944, while production of the L/48 ended some time in Nov. '44).

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About the new Dragon L/48, it does have a few accuracy issues, the least of which is the barrel.  It is too fat as a short cut was taken by lobbing off the front end of the long gun version.  Full low down can be read here:

http://worldwartwozone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28218-dragon-6369-jagdpanzer-iv-l48-july-production-wzimmerit-most-disappointing-kit-of-2015/

regards,

Jack

Hi Eric, tigerman:

I will do the early version.

Thanks for you comments on my T62

Tojo62, I bet the Dragon kit has a lot more details and features, this is very simple no PE, no metal barrel, not huge decals.... I like this simple kit, since I can focus on a cool cammo painting and dio...still thinking...what to do.

I will keep eye on yours...VERY closely... =)

Jack, hmmm...too much info for me...heheheh...... it is going to be early version, I dont have skills to do the zimm.. I would have liked to add a PE aftermarket, but I just want a fun easy build.

Nice start on this one, we seem to be on the way to a full platoon of these soon.

garzonh

Tojo62, I bet the Dragon kit has a lot more details and features, this is very simple no PE, no metal barrel, not huge decals.... I like this simple kit, since I can focus on a cool cammo painting and dio...still thinking...what to do.

I will keep eye on yours...VERY closely... =)

Your kit looks great and I've seen your work,enjoy !!

garzonh

it is going to be early version, I dont have skills to do the zimm..

Actually, I believe the early would have been more likely to have Zimmerit (up to Sept. '44) than the late.

The early Jgdpz IV's definitely had zimmerit. Late ones were very rare to be seen in zimmerit. The pattern is typical trowel lines.

Now, Im confused....

The kit instructions for earlier version do not have zimmerit,, while the older one has...

Im building the one pictured in the top right corner (cammo) of the box art. Is it an earlier or older version?

The one without the muzzle brake, that's the L/70, the later version.

OOOOhhhhh.... Im then building the later version!.  

Thank you Bish 

No worries, and there is an easy way to tell which is which. The L/48 and L/70 refer to the length of the barrel. L/70 = longer barrel.

Fixed the title of the post...thanks again.

It can get confusing, because both the short gun version (L/48) and long gun (L70) had changes incorporated during production that could further classify them into early or late models. The main ones that both shared:

Early:

- zimmerit

- 4 return rollers

- single muffler

Late:

- no zimmerit

- 3 return rollers

- dual mufflers

-  front pair all steel road wheels (L/70 version)

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In the Wydawnictwo Militaria publication, the book deals with just the short gun version, and in chart form presents deliveries of this vehicle.   The 11th Panzer Div. took two separate deliveries in November of 1944, with 14 units arriving on the 11th, and another 6 on the 20th.

So if you want to build the short gun without zim, it is historically possible, and there would be no need to play the 'artistic license' card.

regards,

Jack

heheh...no trouble I'm actually doinig the long barrel without zimmerit... THANKS!!

Hammer time...  sorry...wrong tape...  update time...

Ok, so the fit of this kit is far than perfect. I had tons of trouble "marrying" the uppper and lower hull. As much as I tried there were huge gaps, and I did had to use a lot of my dremmel to sand a lot of the inside walls of the upper hull to make it fit...still had major gaps.

I added a lot of putty and it will take me days to sand it out, plus the place I had to add it, makes it more difficult to polish out.

Oh well, so I just had to sand out this and then move to the painting...and dio setting.

Oh yes, and almost forgot...I need to work on the individual links.... which will take me weeks... at my pace.. so yes, a weekend build, is a 2 month project for me...  

Im thinking of a dio...which if and thats a BIG if, should come out nice...have a great idea but still having the squirrell in my head working out the details...so we will see..

As always, thanks for stopping by and above all I appreciate your comments and suggestions.

Almost forgot...

It seems this tank design was succesful they kept on improving and build it in modern times..here are some pics... of 1992!!!

This kit looks to be the same as the one I recently did.  I too had some gap on the sides by the drive sprockets, but not as bad as you have pictured here.  The rear gap, check your instructions in step 22 for part no.  D7

regards,

Jack

Some nasty gaps there, but I think your getting the better of it.

Jack, you are completely right!!... 

Anyway I had a nice foundation to put the missing part in...

Thanks again.

Bish, I was able to fill in the gaps...so so...but anyway this areas will be filled with mud, or dirt, or something...

Reaper420, thank you. Yes, this is nice tank, not the kit, had tons of fitting issues.

Ok, so after some time.... 

I finally have most of the tank built...Im looking to add tons of stuff over and sides of it. Im still working on the tracks, and I will also add figures and of course a dio. So still lot to come.

I painted the cammo free hand and added a lighter, very thinned and sprayed far away to tie everything. I hand painted the "triangles" to break the cammo effect. Not sure if this was actually used but looks cool. 

Of course there will be some weathering, hopefully not too much, I always get carried away. I will try to tie my hands... 

Here it is:

That looks nice, Hugo. That scheme is plausible--there were a lot of one-offs and even some weird schemes dreamed up by crews on StuGs and other vehicles that you can catch here and there in photos.

This is good stuff. The camo is really well done and the weathering is still on the light side ;) lol

your paint job on this is great. Very nicely done!!