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Wingnut I beg you to think again about TANKZONE, I refer you to the BLACKLIST, there are plenty of other dealers out there on the RECOMMENDED DEALERS list including www.welshdragonmodels.com who will sell you a PANZER 4 metal hull and all the other bits and pieces you might need, TANKZONE owes me £470 and that's from way back, AVOID!!! shaun

Yeahyeah know it aint got no eletrics shouldnt be to hard swop things over long i keep with plastic top it should complecate things to much am ripping smoke machine out once it comes to dont like the thought of a liquid near the eletrics unless i can waterproof the eletrics and omg as if the guy ripped you off that much mate thanks for the heafs up on the robber lol

Wingnut I am absolutely with you on smoke machines, I have made this point before but it is worth saying again, A properly serviced tank engine once it has warmed up will not make smoke. the last thing a Tank commander needs is to give away his position by making plumes of smoke! shaun

jarndice wrote:J don't take ALPHA to seriously, after my wife and children comes my affection for Panzer 4s, about the headlights, if you go to http://www.welshdragonmodels.com and click on Panzer 111 you will find them, they are depending, on the pz4 type you are building identical, as are a number of other bits and pieces,such as tracks, the difference between pz111 tracks and pz4 tracks is only in the number of links, cupola etc, Forgebears E-BAY site carries Panzer 111/4 spares as well. shaun

Nothing like a little ribbing to open up WO2c's affection for the Panzer IV...usually he's very reserved...and speaks mostly about his Tiger
I actually would listen to everything Shaun has to say Wingnut ..

ALPHA

wingnut46 wrote:Hi guy thanks for all the info its really helped i have found a online shop sells all the suspenion parts and the metal tub i have hat to be all nice to the misses to find out bit morr about it to lolit has all metal road idle and drive wheels says had up graded motors to i cant wait for it to come many thanks for all the help. Did you paint your panzer your self jtracks?

Yes I did the painting. It was my first try with an air brush. The camo colors are OK, but they are blended, not what other tanks here look like. I must have the purists rolling their eyes.

Here are some photos of my Panzer IV...not necessarily the blueprint you would want to follow lol....as it isn't the most detailed...I model my tanks to a different drummer so to say...I did do a mod to the front of the turret and the gun mantlet...as well as the suspension

and also modified the antenna location...utilizing the stock HL antenna



Photos are just a little before final paint

ALPHA

ps. If you compare the top photo with the bottom ...you can see the difference in the turret mantlet merge...did the mod after staring at some photos of the actual
Panzer IV

well ordered one from forgebear,will be hear next year ,so having a bash, it does seem there is a lot wrong with them, or as the latest been modified and corrected ? any way I am on board just hope I can get into it tried the tiger 1 failed ,tried the t34 failed so now this think its because of my Sherman y fronts wot wot ......

cannedheat wrote:well ordered one from forgebear,will be hear next year ,so having a bash, it does seem there is a lot wrong with them, or as the latest been modified and corrected ? any way I am on board just hope I can get into it tried the tiger 1 failed ,tried the t34 failed so now this think its because of my Sherman y fronts wot wot ......

Really????????????? ...........think you will like it Sir Canned....it's as nimble as a Sherman ...still liked working on the Sherman a little more though

ALPHA

I like your antenna detail ALPHA. Speaking of antennas, how long should they be on these tanks? Also, what do you all use for antenna wire?

Joe

jtracks wrote:I like your antenna detail ALPHA. Speaking of antennas, how long should they be on these tanks? Also, what do you all use for antenna wire?

Joe

Hey there Jt...been modding the stock HL antennas for awhile now...the one on my Panzer IV is just another version ... a realistic one would be more or less around 5 inches long...but do that only if you are running a 2.4 gig rig...My Panzer IV still has the crystal unit in it...so I still need the length...once I convert it...I will cut it

Thing is ...that's a big maybe on cutting my antenna...you see I don't do Historical replication...the story that I model my tanks after ...the "flag" tanks have banners on long antennas...so to me it looks fine long

ALPHA