The Panzer IV Digital Library - PzIV Ausf H Painted 190816

[EarlyWarGamer]

What a beautiful kit!  Not quite early-war enough to serve in Poland, but close enough to make me very happy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

Looking good.

[tyroflyer]

With the debate about 3 versus 4 bolts and flat plate versus vision slit I neglected to add my congratulations to Rubicon. You've done well.

@EWG - The Ausf D wouldn't need too many changes to make a C to attack Poland. I hope Rubicon will give us those parts one day. Not that I've got anything against Poland!

[Jaeger]

i looked into my copy of The Panzerkampfwagen IV Book 2 from Schiffer by Spielberger, Doyle and Jenz.
On pages 143 and 144 you see the interior of the turret how the Sehklappe (vision ports) are mounted with 3 bolts on the left and four on the right, 2 top, 2 bottom..
But in Spielberger's earlier book, Panzer IV and its variants, on page 37 there is an overhead view of a Ausf. E turret with 3 bolts over both vision port covers.

[Rubicon Models]

i looked into my copy of The Panzerkampfwagen IV Book 2 from Schiffer by Spielberger, Doyle and Jenz.
On pages 143 and 144 you see the interior of the turret how the Sehklappe (vision ports) are mounted with 3 bolts on the left and four on the right, 2 top, 2 bottom..
But in Spielberger's earlier book, Panzer IV and its variants, on page 37 there is an overhead view of a Ausf. E turret with 3 bolts over both vision port covers.

We are using Spielberger's earlier book "Panzer IV and its variants" as one of the references too. We will continue to look at the 3L/4R bolt issue.  No worries!

[tyroflyer]

I continue to be impressed with Rubicon's willingness to revisit projects that are so advanced. The T-26 is another example.

[Rubicon Models]

The TS1 plastic Panzer IV had been test-assembled...









Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

That looks good.

[ripley]

Wow !

[Pinky]

Wonderful!

To repeat an earlier request - is the engine deck separate?  I would want to be able to use the louvered deck for an Ausf E.

[H0ffmn]

Rubicon answered this on a March 11th post. Third post from the bottom of the previous page,page 18.

[Rubicon Models]

To repeat an earlier request - is the engine deck separate?  I would want to be able to use the louvered deck for an Ausf E.

There is just not enough room to place such a large part onto the sprue.  Instead, we will release a resin version of the louvred upper deck when the kit is released.

[Pinky]

Rubicon answered this on a March 11th post. Third post from the bottom of the previous page,page 18.

I think that was a different question.

I'd suggest the louvred deck is more useful than some of the stowage items that have been included, but I guess that ship has sailed.  This looks otherwise like a great kit. 

[tyroflyer]

Quite some time ago I made the following suggestion. I'm sure Pinky would prefer plastic to resin. Although resin is far better than nothing. I can imagine a game with a Tauchpanzer looming out of a river somewhere on the Russian front.

I'd like consideration to be given to including these items in an expansion kit. There appears to be a lot of items that could supplement a basic Panzer IV kit.

- raised louvers (DAK) variant
- Pz Bef Wg/Pz Beob Wg
- Tauchpanzer IV
- components to create earlier Pz IV's 
- Pz IV spare wheels, tracks etc

[Pinky]

Yeah, I think most of that would be more useful than stowage items (I love stowage, but large items are best supplied in a separate set).

Never mind - we will soon have a high-quality plastic kit of 2 early Panzer IV variants.  These are good for 1940-42 (earlier if you're not too fussy), and cover France, North Africa and Russia.  Not too shabby...

Presumably there will be 3 Panzer IV kits, with the 2nd one being the Ausf F to Ausf G?