Fleshy,s other rebuild a panzer iv

[fleshpedler]

Here,s a few pics of the finished jack,............
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[fleshpedler]

Now moving swiftly along, the remaining tools and wheel box have been added , the wheels weathered before I fitted them to be a part of the finished overall weathered look,,some of these tools were stuck with CA and some with a hot glue gun,I feel pleased with this result before the other colours are now added and the tank then finished off with the final weathering,........
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[fleshpedler]

I decided before I added the camo I should take a few pics of her with 205 and my own tiger1.
as these are all in the dark yellow, ..........
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[Wight]

Super stuff and super detail.
Great thread,very informative.

Steve.

[fleshpedler]

Thanks Steve, I not seen any of your posts recently , are you keeping ok these days , and I shall be over on the island later this year , any chance of a meet up?. if so pm me ,thanks............
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[fleshpedler]

The time is drawing near when I shall no longer be posting on this tank, as there is not a great deal left too do, in these few pics it,s just to show that I have hidden the battle system ,so no more apple showing at battle time , I must however say that the amount of soldering and desoldering was I lot and that I may think in future about hiding another one, anyway the IR receiver was replaced with 4 new ones and these placed in the cupola , the link wire used to the base was a futaba extension
lead as this required three wires ,so made good sense ,......in front of each sensor I placed a piece of the black tower that is in the TBU, the flashing LEDs were then fitted into the rear candle holder , I have done this so that they are easy to see on the battle field , and I may also add some fibre optic wire and bring the flash forward to the drivers front vision port,I now need to tidy up the wiring (not one of my strong points )and then add the camo and final weathering ........take some final photos ,post up these last pics and -no- not have a rest but get stuck back into 205,. In test firing the front armoured port cover is removed,I have yet to distance test fire but I am sure this will be ok,.. only time will tell!............................I must take this moment to thank Grompix for his TBU disguise thread,........
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[fleshpedler]

In these two pics it shows that the hidden battle system works ,I am glad too say.......and that she runs beautifully ....................
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[fleshpedler]

This just a small update , after a great deal of thought I have decided not too paint the P4 with
the tri coloured camo that I had intended , but will now just finish by weathering her only, ...
This has come about by looking at other peoples model P4 tanks and close looking at my reference pictures , and from what I can see a great deal of the detail is lost , which in essence is what the camouflage is all about, but as I personally do not wish too lose all the work that I have put in ,, this is my decision right or wrong ,,, I should like too hear from you, what you think! ,so please post very soon and let me know your thoughts on this matter,............
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[fleshpedler]

The fact that nobody replied to my post ,then the girl is now painted ,........this first batch are pics before I started weathering the upper hull,.........
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[Wight]

Looking great before the weathering,fantastic work.
I love the panzer 4,one of my favourite tanks.
Looking forward to seeing the weathering taking shape.

Steve.