Author Topic: The Panzer IV Digital Library - PzIV Ausf H Painted 190816  (Read 187015 times)

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Test Shot Sample 180310
« Reply #255 on: March 10, 2018, 11:32:59 pm »
A glimpse of what you will be expecting from our brand new Panzer IV plastic kits... test shot details from one of the Panzer IV turrets!



Enjoy!
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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Test Shot Sample 180310
« Reply #256 on: March 10, 2018, 11:50:00 pm »
That looks really good . I would swear that was a larger scale model , the  parts are so well detailed. Well done Rubicon

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Test Shot Sample 180310
« Reply #257 on: March 11, 2018, 12:09:25 am »
Yeah, this looks great.  Can't wait to see the rest!

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Test Shot Sample 180310
« Reply #258 on: March 11, 2018, 01:58:37 am »
Excellent. You are going to spoil Ripley's fun though, no hatches to open out ^__^.

Of course, there is always the detail inside the turret.

Will we get crew to hang out of the open hatches?

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Test Shot Sample 180310
« Reply #259 on: March 11, 2018, 05:16:20 am »
Some guys sitting in the turret doors would be great , can always use more crew figures  ;D .

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Test Shot Sample 180310
« Reply #260 on: March 11, 2018, 12:45:45 pm »
Somebody has probably got a better reference than me but I've been counting rivets! My Chamberlain and Doyle shows a picture of Ausf D turret with two rivets above and below the forward side vision port. Not the triangular pattern above it shown here. Perhaps there is another explanation, different suppliers of the turret maybe. Quick search gives me images of Ausf E with both variants but haven't come across any D's with the triangular pattern. No big deal I think Rubicon have done a good job and something the pedantic can address (if it is wrong for a D)

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Test Shot Sample 180310
« Reply #261 on: March 11, 2018, 01:31:03 pm »
According to Spielberg, that's correct.  It looks as though the triangular bolt pattern is a feature of the revised turret from the Ausf E onwards.

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Test Shot Sample 180310
« Reply #262 on: March 11, 2018, 02:23:35 pm »
Squadron/Signal Panzer IV shows 3 bolts  in triangle pattern above the gunners solid side visor , and 4 on the loaders slit visor , 2 above , 2 below . It's shown like that on all turrets with side visors A - G  . Can't find any pictures with 3 on the loaders side in any of my books



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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Pz4 Early TS1 180311
« Reply #263 on: March 11, 2018, 02:42:36 pm »
It is time to post details of our TS1 for the early production Panzer IV... still lots of engineering revisions had to be done on the individual parts, but we have seen an overall quality improvement from our original Panzer IV kit.  We have included over 10 stowages as extra so that you can customise your ZUG and make them look different!

BTW, some parts are not used with this kit, so no need to make wild guesses!  LOL!!!

























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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Pz4 Early TS1 180311
« Reply #264 on: March 11, 2018, 04:05:06 pm »
Nice.

Have you a set of water bottles in the stowage?

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Pz4 Early TS1 180311
« Reply #265 on: March 11, 2018, 04:55:00 pm »
Think you've cleared up the three/four bolt issue ripley. However I see pictures of Ausf C with a flat plate on the port (gunners) side without obvious bolts. This isn't relevant to Rubicon's kit.

It does, as you say, indicate all variants should have four bolts on the starboard (loaders) side.
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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Pz4 Early TS1 180311
« Reply #266 on: March 11, 2018, 08:27:56 pm »
This is a great looking kit. It could be even better with the option of having the engine compartment open,with separate doors,including the slotted vented tropical doors as an option.
  The detail on the kit is great!! It's not far from going to the next level, from a wargamers kit to a true scale kit in the quality of the molding. It's been brought up about the lack of detail on the outside section of the rear track  in the past,with the molding limitations. But couldn't you just make the rear section of track a separate detailed piece,with the same level of detail as the front??
  It seems a shame that such a nice kit couldn't be taken up a notch to the next level with just two additional pieces

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Pz4 Early TS1 180311
« Reply #267 on: March 11, 2018, 09:42:18 pm »
@ripley
- we will double check on the 3L/4R bolt issue.

@hoffmn
- re: engine hatches - that would be difficult because of the "extra" thickness of the plastic wall to make the model more durable.
- re: track details - we will not move away from a single piece track design but will continue to explore different manufacturing methods.

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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Pz4 Early TS1 180311
« Reply #268 on: March 11, 2018, 09:58:54 pm »
Work in progress of test assembling the Panzer IV sprues, not perfect and some parts still need tweaking but getting there!
Will try to get this painted too!









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Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Pz4 Early TS1 180311
« Reply #269 on: March 11, 2018, 11:08:46 pm »
Its looking good guys . Like the added stowage , not that I don't have enough of my own  , but more is MORE !  ;D The only things that jump out at me , and to be fair , lots of companies get it wrong ( or totally miss it ) , and   its stuff that's easy for a modeller to fix so , to me its not a deal breaker .as mentioned  the 3 bolts on the loaders side and the gunner's side should be a solid flap , no vision slit ( Pzr III was the same ) . From what I can find  only early A' s had vision slit on both sides ( pre production ) . Like the choice of wheel hubs as there are pictures of tanks with both , nice option
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