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 Subject:  Wheels are not spaced evenly on the real Pz IV...List thread.  
  
 Date:  Dec 28, 2006
 From:  Kazutaka YOKOTA 
Um, road wheels of the real Pz IV are NOT spaced evenly.

This was discovered during the (rather heated) discussion on DML Pz IV ausf E (original one) about a year ago. Until then, people thought that eight road wheels were evenly spaced on Pz IV. Published drawings, including trusted Doyle's, all indicated so too.

However, Saul Garcia pointed out that according to the known dimention of Pz IV, gap between bogies are slightly larger than the gap between two wheels on the same bogie. The difference is very small and should be 0.2mm or less in 1/35.

Thus, if you see the wheels are not evenly spaced on your kit. You may think the kit manufacturer got it right :-) Well, actually, the difference is so small in 1/35, it shouldn't be so obvious in 1/35 kit.

Do you find bogies are aligned on Trister kit so much inconsistenly? More than the reasonable(?) rendition of the uneven spacing on the real vehicle?

Kazutaka
 
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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