JAGDPANZER IV, SS PzJ ABTEILUNG 9, OOSTERBEEK, 17TH DEC, 1944

[HERMAN BIX]

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A lively discussion about tools !!
The wire cutters are a specific topic here.

[MrChef]

Thank you, Bix! I had guessed that the handles were Bakelite, but I could not confirm so in any of the many books I have. I can see the benefit of insulating qualities, but I thought Bakelite would snap. Even I am too young to be very familiar with Bakelite.

HDP et all,

Adam Mann a known contributor in the modeling community collects artifacts and shares a bit in a video here on the wire cutters that he has-

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[Panzermechaniker]

I remember that vid when I first started. I've always kind of done the bakelite part in buff and then just rubbed orange brown on it. Oh and Mr. Bix it's really looking fantastic. I wish i could have done an L48 because the Tamiya is a great little tank for IR battling but just like the real thing the L70 barrel length is a pain in the ass

[HERMAN BIX]

I remember that vid when I first started. I've always kind of done the bakelite part in buff and then just rubbed orange brown on it. Oh and Mr. Bix it's really looking fantastic. I wish i could have done an L48 because the Tamiya is a great little tank for IR battling but just like the real thing the L70 barrel length is a pain in the ass

Thanks Mr Mechaniker and a good tip on the Bakelite handle effect.
The L/48 for me was more a situation of searching for something different !

[HERMAN BIX]

Little details getting closed out.
A tan filter over the entire thing to reduce the contrast rather than a usual wash I would have gone with.
The light shade of base coat is still evident & is now subdued & looks "together "
A wee bit of pencil on the edges likely to be exposed to crew traffic and regular wear.
Some track wash on the tools and a couple of steel helmets hung on the barrel cleaning rod mounts that the crew could access if needed.
Also added a bit of red primer onto areas of Zimmerit thats been knocked off the rear wings.
Still need to do a bit of pigment on the tracks and suspension plus get some sponge chipping on in the relevant places.
Overall happy so far with the look and feel, but it will never be a Tamiya L/70 and run as well.
But, its different enough and is a reasonable example of a fantastic Profeline conversion kit from days gone by.
Im happy to have gotten hold of it.................

[tankme]

Looking good. Well Hermanized.

[HERMAN BIX]

Looking good. Well Hermanized.

Cheers Mr Tankme, its becoming a thing eh !
I just cant leave well enough alone

[Ad Lav]

Cracking looking tank destroyer, really like the green camouflage. Nice to see something different!

I havn’t pulled the trigger on that Tamiya one yet, got some stuff to offload first.

[HERMAN BIX]

More little things.

With hatches being open as an option not offered by the Profeline conversion as they were supposed to be modeled closed ,means theres no internal fittings for them.
Loaders hatch is easy, just chuck together a handle. A bit of brass sprue and a spare PzIII vent mesh rivet & done.
The commanders one though needed the other half of a periscope and a head cushion.
The mounting ring for the periscope was made from a T72 hubcap with its guts cut out, a bit of styrene inserted into the hole and a steel washer under that to add strength & something to hold it onto the hatch with.
I made the periscope itself out of a bit of leftover styrene sanded & trimmed to size.
Bunged some TS-3 dark yellow spray bomb over it as a primer, then brush matched the basecoat shade over it.
The Bakelite(yes that stuff again) was painted with XF-9 hull red which will be darkened a wee bit with black or dark iron dry brushed on.
The head cushion and its odd shape was a bit of plastic sliced off a drawer divider that you use to pout in a kitchen drawer to keep your cutlery separated, dressed up with XF-79 Linoleum Deck Brown that I might dry brush or chip with flat black.
Still to blend that lot together with wear & tear, and usual handling degradation.

Each periscope lense was done with a base of XF-16 Flat Aluminium (thats Alooominum to you left hand drivers!) with a wash of X-23 Clear Blue over that.
Near enough for this awful child

[HERMAN BIX]

Cracking looking tank destroyer, really like the green camouflage. Nice to see something different!

I havn’t pulled the trigger on that Tamiya one yet, got some stuff to offload first.

Thanks Mr Lav, different is not easy these days !
I can say though offload away mate, you need a JgPz-IV in your life.