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 Subject:  [Chapter] Bogie AssemblyList thread.  
  
 Date:  Dec 15, 2006
 From:  Paul A. Owen 
Bogie Assembly

I was planning on making the next chapter about cleaning up the hull and adding the various weld bead detail, but it is taking a long time. So I thought I'd show one of the bogie assemblies instead.

I usually work on a project's repetitive tasks like bogies and tracks while other parts of the project are drying, etc. I have assembled two sets of these bogies thus far. They are well detailed and go together without any problems.

Tristar have produced a fully articulated Pz. IV bogie unit such that the wheels move up/down on their own swing arm. The road wheels have separate tyres. Each tyre is embossed with the "Continental" logo and a serial number. Referring to photographs of the real thing this is a difficult detail to spot. So I suspect Tristar have this a little over done, consequently I sanded it down a bit. As you can see I mounted the tyres on this bogie with the logo inwards, I've seen this in photographs too. There is a gap between the tyre and the rim (in photo 2 & 3). This I will fill with some Mr. Surfacer.

The only "problem" I encountered was cleaning the mould line off of the leaf spring... it runs right down the middle. However after I assembled the bogies the top of the leaf spring is practically impossible to see!

The photograph show the bogie parts cleaned up but not fully assembled. The road wheels are assembled and the right side swing arm is.
 
Thread Listing 
  [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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