The Panzer IV Digital Library - PzIV Ausf H Painted 190816

[ultravanillasmurf]

Interesting development. I will have a look at them.

This is something that we had planned even before the missing L/48 surfaced.  The incident just pushes the date earlier.

I had not even thought of that.

Very cool, (I'm tempted to say about time someone produced turned metal barrels at this scale)

I agree. Items like gun barrels push plastic injection moulding to the limit, getting a perfect circular cross section is difficult.

[ripley]

If you do figure out how to make the 20 / 37 mm flak barrels in metal , will it mean a retool so the metal barrels slide into a hole in the redesigned  kit part or will it be up to the modeler to cut off the plastic barrel , drill a hole dead center and add part ?  Not much fun trying to drill holes dead center in small plastic bits never mind getting a 4 even on the 20mm

[ultravanillasmurf]

@Ripley: I suspect for the flak models a replacement receiver assembly would be required for each barrel.

[ripley]

Your probably right . I wonder if Rubicon could make the barrels out of hollow brass tube ( like the stuff you can find in hobby / model RR shops ) and make the muzzle cones ( 20 / 37 mm flak ) out of resin ? Some of the larger AM guys do that for 1/35 kits

[Rubicon Models]

To wrap off the whole L/48 saga, here is a Panzer IV Ausf H (280077) with the new L/48 metal gun barrel & muzzle brake (284075) accompanied by the soon-to-be release resin track with cleats painted (by Rico Chia) with a winter whitewash...











Enjpy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

That is a nice paint job.