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 Subject:  [Chapter 4] Fixing the Upper HullList thread.  
  
 Date:  Aug 19, 2006
 From:  Paul A. Owen 
Fixing the Upper Hull

I have attached the upper hull. The upper hull consisted of the top plate, rear deck and frames that the fenders were attached to. The side and front armour plates then are to be glued to these internal frames. Since I am using the new Aber fenders for this kit I cut off the moulded on fenders.

Without the attached fenders assembly is quite tricky, as there are less "positive" attachment points between the upper and lower hull. After much trial and error I determined that it was best to glue the front first and then the two mid attachment braces and finally, after the glue had set, the rear deck to the lower hull. I glued the top rear plate to the rear deck first.

The front glacis plate was then glued on followed by the left and right side upper hull panels. The fit is excellent overall and the resulting "hull" is surprisingly solid.

There are no sponson floors now, I'll be adding these next, I'll just make them from sheet styrene.
 
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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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