Ye olde Tamiya Jagdpanzer IV L/70

[Guest]

YES Paul full images are better as the thumb nails are a bit blurred on my p/c
chrisb

Will do some editing tomorrow:thumb2:

[Guest]

My German dictionary says Capsule/case/container. For ‘cartridge‘ I have ‘Patrone’. :hungry:

Patrone is a complete round of ammunition, Hülse is the case only. In English, the case is known as the cartridge case because that’s what it is: the case part of the complete cartridge

So you agree that there should be no cartridge bag then? :smiling5:

I never claimed there had to be one I just pointed out that, it being a cloth bag, one could have been there because it wouldn’t interfere (much) with elevating the gun.

[Guest]

Nothing much today - well a lot of work for little gain…

The kit gun travel lock was all wrong in shape, dimension and lacked detail



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so I scatched one - took all day…

also added head light cable which was pretty easy


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The skirts have been thinned out re-scribed and/or separated and undercoated as well as most of the kit.

I had to fill in some bolt recesses and redo.

Thats all for now. Thanks for watching

[Guest]

Hi fellow meddlers of magic in the realm plastic another tiny update. I’m hoping to crack on with the painting soon. The odyssey continues…

Added front fender supports and finished off head light.



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That‘s all for now! See you all soon! :nerd:

[Mini Me]

Looking good Paul :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

That's good off to a very nice start!

Andrew

[Jim R]

Cracking work going on here. A pleasure to follow your progress.

[Guest]

Thanks Jim! I am greatly enthused by your and everyone else’s encouragement but strangely also also a little nervous!

[Guest]

That's good off to a very nice start!

Andrew

Thanks Andrew! Let’s hope the same for the finish!

[Guest]

Thank you Mini Me!

[rtfoe]

Good to see the old Lang being updated Paul. I too get nervous near the finish line as the painting either compliments or destroys the hard work put in. Don't worry too much, I think its going to look good. Most armour do unless its in pink, yellow, purple or blue. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Wabble

[Guest]

Hi guys. Hopefully will be back soon. I was hovering floor last week when I heard the unmistakable rattle of plastic/metal disappearing up the hose. I thought to myself ‘hah! No hiding for you guys’ but then had some doubts.
Anyway a few days later I dropped some tins of paints I was sorting that went under a little trolley I have.
Whilst gathering up the pots I discovered some plastic. Scraps? I thought. On closer inspection I realised with horror it was the tattered remains of the scratch built gun lock i painstakingly built over several hours :surprised: :tears-of-joy:I swore! :angry:Then quietly reflected on this incident. Obviously I feel very deflated but I can rebuild the ‘lost’ parts.
Sometimes we get hit by these little modelling hiccups. See you all very soon with hopefully some more progress:nerd::thumb2:

[scottie3158]

Paul,
Some nice scratchery, the improved gun crutch looks very good.

[Guest]

Just another quick update:

I really wanted to do some painting but I’ve had so much deliberation with my sources, inaccuracies to deal with and some brute hacking and slashing. I must commend Tamiya for their past efforts - back in the day they were light years ahead and one of the only brands to go to - as Airfix back then looked like it had been moulded from clay (Aside from their now very dated 1/24 aircraft)

I digress. I still have a little more to do before the paint starts spraying. Many of the tools are completely wrong both in dimensions and placement. I managed to scrounge some parts from my spares.

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You must excuse the unfinished look - some parts still need a little clean up. The tow pin was missing as was the coolant top and chain. The rear flaps were brutally hacked off because they were way too long, inaccurate and to make way for some replacement parts.

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here you can see the spare track rail and some of the custom tools and their repositioning. It doesnt look much but I had to check up on a lot of contradictory sources: the track rail can be shorter, the spare antenna rods were way too short and the lug holes had to be filled in (many others as well) The starter crank was too short by far - I just added a bit on. You can make out the replacements. The spade is yet to be fitted - the kit one is way too short. I’ll be getting a new Jack from somewhere. The wrench on the front fender was for an earlier version so lug holes filled in.

The rear light (yet to go on) was also a PITA because even the scale drawings only show one type whereas Tamiya supply another. I was about to scratch the new type when I finally spotted the type supplied. These things were often knocked off in combat (as were the rear flaps)

Riveting now done.

The scissor scope will really make the profile a little more interesting. The exhaust muffler needs to be done right - my first attempt!:smiling6:
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Thats it for now.

[Guest]

Nice work, you’re clearly improving the kit a lot. The one thing I’m wondering about is why you don’t just take a more modern kit that’s more accurate already? Or perhaps you like the work you have to do here?