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| Subject: | [BLOG] Tristar Panzer IV Ausf. C |  |
| Date: | May 11, 2006 | |
| From: | Paul A. Owen | |
Tristar Panzer IV Ausf. C
Recently Tristar released an excellent kit of the early Panzer IV in the form of an Ausf. C. Moulded in pumpkin coloured styrene the kit features individual track-links, photo-etched parts and an excellent finesse of detail and a high level of accuracy.
Initially I thought a kit of the early Panzer IV would have limited appeal, I certainly wasn't that interested in one. After some research the subject began to interest me more. According to Panzer Tracts No. 4 there were 134 of the Ausf. C produced. This kit represents the later type, with a small rain shield above the driver's view port, which was also retro-fitted to earlier tanks. Later in their service these vehicles where retro-fitted with stowage boxes on the rear turret, additional 30mm armour plates on the hull front, a Notek lamp amongst other small details.
The Ausf. C was introduced into service in 1938. It was fielded in Poland, France, the Balkan campaign (Yugoslavia and Greece) and the early part of the Russian campaign. A few survived in service longer, in Normandy even! I have never seen one in service with the DAK in North Africa however. The specific tank that I want to model belonged to the 6th Panzer Division during the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa. These tanks typically had all of the late features and the retro-fitted turret bin.
I plan to borrow a turret bin from Tamiya's Ausf. H kit, replace the tracks with a set of the new Model Kasten 38cm tracks (I have a "thing" for kasten tracks) and use the new Aber fender kit. I also want to correct all of the small detail errors in the kit, most of these have been documented by Kazutaka Yokota in the Kits forum ( http://www.track-link.net/forum/modelling_kits/4332 ).
Tristar sent me this kit as a review sample, since I have been too busy to do a good review I thought I'd start this BLog now to document what I have been doing. Thus far I have assembled the lower hull... |
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 | [BLOG] Tristar Panzer IV Ausf. C - Paul A. Owen - May 11, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter 1] The Lower Hull - Tub Assembly - Paul A. Owen - May 11, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter 2] Lower Hull Front - short shot corrections - Paul A. Owen - May 14, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Lower Hull Front - Zusatzpanzerung [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - May 14, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter 3] Lower Hull - Rear - Paul A. Owen - May 23, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter 3] Lower Hull - Rear [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - May 23, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter 4] Fixing the Upper Hull - Paul A. Owen - Aug 19, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter 4] Fixing the Upper Hull [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Aug 19, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter 4] Fixing the Upper Hull - Chris Oldfield - Aug 23, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter 4] Fixing the Upper Hull - Paul A. Owen - Aug 23, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter 4] Fixing the Upper Hull - Chris Oldfield - Aug 24, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Hull Side Engine Vents - Paul A. Owen - Dec 9, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Hull Side Engine Vents - Photo #2 [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Dec 9, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Hull Side Engine Vents - Photo #2 - Bob layton - Dec 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Aber fenders - Paul A. Owen - Dec 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Hull Side Engine Vents - Photo #3 [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Dec 9, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . little bolts - Saul Garcia - Dec 10, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: little bolts - Paul A. Owen - Dec 10, 2006 |
| . . . Re: [BLOG] Tristar Panzer IV Ausf. C - Ian Flockhart - Dec 12, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Tristar Panzer IV Ausf. C - Paul A. Owen - Dec 12, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Bogie Assembly - Paul A. Owen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Bogie Assembly - Photo #2 [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Bogie Assembly - Photo #3 [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Bogie Assembly - Photo #4 [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . wheel spacing?? - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: wheel spacing?? - Paul A. Owen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Wheels are not spaced evenly on the real Pz IV... - Kazutaka YOKOTA - Dec 28, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Wheels are not spaced evenly on the real Pz IV... - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 28, 2006 |
| . . . . . . road wheel Continental marking - Bob Layton - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: road wheel Continental marking - Paul A. Owen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . road wheels not aligned correct???? - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 24, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Did you see this Paul????? - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 28, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: road wheels not aligned correct???? - Paul A. Owen - Dec 28, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: road wheels not aligned correct???? - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 28, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: road wheels not aligned correct???? - glenn Bartolotti - Dec 28, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Weld Beads - Paul A. Owen - Feb 11, 2008 |
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