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 Subject:  [Chapter 2] Lower Hull Front - short shot correctionsList thread.  
  
 Date:  May 14, 2006
 From:  Paul A. Owen 
Lower Hull Front - short shot corrections

I glued on the glacis plate (part no. A-10). It fit well but due to some "short-shot" problems with these (and all) very early production kits the "lip" is missing from the top of the front plate and the sides of the front plate need more definition.

Referring to the photograph... I add a strip of 0.015" styrene along the top of the front plate, this brings it up to the level of the glacis and leaves the weld bead recessed. To the side similar strips were added too. I also added strips of 0.010" styrene along the sides of the glacis. This was more to prevent a gap from being visible when the fenders are finally installed. After all this set it was carefully sanded flush.

The 30mm face-hardened "Zusatzpanzerung" (supplementary armour) which is included in the can be added to the front. This does cover up most of the work.

Note: Tristar told me the following: "This is the injection problem at the first lot order because some grease fill into the mold during production. The plastic cannot run through the molding so that the lower hull front armour plate is little bit lower. This is not the problem of the mold and this is quite difficult to found out during production period.".
 
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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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