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The idea to build Syrian Panzer IV was attending my mind during last few years. I was attracted by the very unusual view of this tank with DsHKMT mashine gun, and a number of other differences from standard Pz IV. These tanks saw combat in 1956 during “Water war” and in 1967 during “Six-day war”. One of them was captured by IDF and now is exhibited in museum in Latrun. It was chosen as a prototype for my model.
I kitbashed Tamiya`s Pz IV H and Dragon`s Pz IV E to achieve maximum similarity with the original. I took from DML kit: the running gear, commander`s cupola, turret interior, stowage bin and tools. The supporting rollers and dempfers are from Tristar. I made the following syrian differences: DsHKMT mounting, tool box, transferred the Notek light on the nose, spare tracks on the glacis and tools on the sides of hull, made the track cleats flat, also added soviet cable and tank helmet. Most of the welding seams were scratch-built. The PE is from Lion Roar, fenders are Voyager, PE turret interior and barrel from Aber. Machine gun is from Tank.
The model was painted with mixture of Tamiya acrylics XF-51, XF-58 è XF-4. Then three layers of the SIN filters for green vehicles were applied. Washing was made with 502 Abt paint Shadow Brown. The chips made with Akan and Vallejo acrylics. The dust – Gulf war sand and Light dust pigments from MIG.
The following kits were used:
Tamiya 35209 - the model
Dragon 6204 – running gear, turret interior, commander`s cupola etc.
Tristar 35014 – supporting rollers and dempfers
Lion Roar 35026 – PE set
Voyager PE35017 – fenders
Aber 35A38 – PE turret interior
Aber 35L30 - gun barrel
Friulmodel ATL-27 - tracks
Friulmodel AW-05 - sprockets
Voyager - cleaning rod
Tahk A-67 - machine gum DsHKMT
MIG 35130 - Notek light
JK Resin 35008 – lifting hooks
Karaya TCR01 - cable
Voager VR-A002 - cable eyelets
Tank A-110 - wing nuts
MasterClub – nuts
Nickel tubes from Model Point
You can order the assembling of such Panzer as well as any other model at Scale Modelling Art Studio OSTRFONT!
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Wladimir Yashin
Novosibirsk 2008
www.ostfront.ucoz.ru
www.genscher.narod.ru
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