German Panzer IV Ausf H

[Daniel_Roxy]

Well. What a month it's been. A guy at work left so there's only me and the other person at my work now so feeling quite tired after work last month or so. But here's some pictures.

Tracks are really not going together we'll. They just don't seam to line up at all with the return rollers. Don't think I'll get it any better than this so I'm going to fix them on after applying some weathering to the track parts, hull and wheels.

[GazzaS]

Nice progress!

[GusMac]

Looks good to me. 👍

[Peterpools]

Very nice progress and looking very good.

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[Bomber_County]

Looking good, are they Fruil?…..

[Daniel_Roxy]

2 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

Looking good, are they Fru

I'm sorry I don't know what Fruil is. 

Do you mean like after market tracks?

If so then no they are just the tracks that came with the kit.

[Daniel_Roxy]

Well I have tryed some weathering powder (dust) interesting stuff.

Also doing normal weathering with paint

[Daniel_Roxy]

Very happy with how this turned out. 

Tracks are in need of a little touch up and weathering. But the rest of the running gear is looking amazing.

[KevinM]

On 4/3/2021 at 2:05 PM, Bomber_County said:

Never built Zvezda either so looking forward to how it goes together......

Phil does not look like the same trees in the RFI kits?Thks for the pic of the tracks.

[Daniel_Roxy]

I'm sorry I don't quite understand what your saying.

[KevinM]

4 hours ago, Gaming Dragon32 said:

I'm sorry I don't quite understand what your saying.

The trees the parts come on look just like the RFI (RyeField Models) that's a pic from my build.The comment on the tracks you showed me the orientation/direction.But having gone back and looked again they are two totally different kits in construction esp in wheels/track area.

[Daniel_Roxy]

Just a little detail now. Moving onto the track guards. (If that's there name. Sounds fitting to me)

Did have a little issue with one side being a little bent. But used a thin pice of clear vinyl to hold it closed and once pointed that shouldn't be visible

The troublesome pice.

And set

[Daniel_Roxy]

Well it's been a day. Snowed a fair bit. First true sign of Christmas.

So I stayed in stuck on some movies and did some painting

 

1 coat

2 coats

 

Painted the upper hull section.

And to finish the night off. I painted and put together the two parts of one of the MG 32s

and a spot of paint on a couple detail parts.

[Daniel_Roxy]

Moving along nicely

Details on the track guards. Some hinges.

Part of the spare wheel holder and a bracket

And starting on the upper hull.

and something of note. Atleast to me. The track guards didn't want to sit flat in there place. Glued down fine but without any glue or waight they sat like this.

[Peterpools]

Nice steady progress - looking mighty good

Keep ‘em comin

Peter

[Daniel_Roxy]

Some hatches and vents for y'all

 

[Peterpools]

Nice work and love the weather.

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[Daniel_Roxy]

Put the drivers view port and bow gunner-gun together and then in place.

some really thin and fragile bits around the driver and bow gunners hatches.And the air intakes on the sides of the engine bay.

and then made sure it all fits together nicely.

[Daniel_Roxy]

Just some small pieces. View ports and some bracket looking parts.And put together what I'm pretty sure is a jack of some kind.

And lastly started painting an Axe.

[harv]

Nice work !.....harv

[Bomber_County]

Looking great, intrigued that you paint and weather before assembly and completing the model. I haven’t tried building AFV’s that way but can see some sense in doing this way. I might try it myself, The running gear and the weathering of the hull sides is exceptional…..

[Daniel_Roxy]

Thanks. I'm quite happy with it too. I just experimented and got it how I liked it. And yeah iv noticed most people assemble to models mostly or completely before painting. And I personally don't see how you can paint everything do well when done like that. This is just the way I have learned to do things.

What I will say tho is that you find yourself repainting parts a fair bit. I hope to learn over time what parts are best painted in the process of construction and what parts after completion.

[Daniel_Roxy]

Well what a day. 

I am now a fully qualified counter balance lift truck (forklift) operator.

So what better way to celebrate than doing a little more tank.

First up a couple towing hooks. Fastened them loosely into there brackets. After gluing the 1st bracket I had to slot the hooks into place.And here's there rest of the tools

[AlanG]

Just caught up with this. Looking good. I'm in the market for a Panzer IV Ausf. H for my Normandy Bocage dio. Seen the Zvezda but never seen one made.

[GusMac]

Looking good and congrats on passing the forklift test.