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INTERMEDIATE BUILD

JAGDPANZER IV/70(V) LANG

INTERMEDIATE BUILD

JAGDPANZER IV/70(V) LANG

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WONDER LINKS

J-Pak Workshop/Kaizen’s Panzer IV Lightweight Track Set (Kz-Pz-400LW)

comprised 55 styrene runners and brass rods for the track pins. The

links featured slide-moulded locating holes that enabled quick and easy

construction...it took longer to remove the links from the runners than to

assemble the tracks! Care was taken to ensure the left- and right-hand units

were fitted on the correct side, with the pins, which had been trimmed with

side-cutters, located on the inner face. Once completed, the tracks were test-

fitted and then primed with a 70-30 mix of Vallejo Black and German Red

Brown, before Lifecolor’s Dry Dust was used to build layers of encrusted dirt.

More powder was applied on both sides, as well as the interior of each link,

and then fixed in place with lighter fluid. Finally, Tamiya XF-56 Metallic Grey

was dry-brushed over each link where contact would have been made with the

road surface. The tracks were then set aside until after the main hull had been

painted and weathered.

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The kit-supplied soft plastic tracks were stapled together and tried on for size.

Although they did fit, it was felt they were slightly too tight, with

insufficient ‘sag’ between the return rollers.

 After a coat of automotive grey primer

to check for blemishes, the hull’s interior was sprayed with Vallejo White Primer.

MIG Productions’ Tool Colors Set

(A.MIG 7112), before they were

set aside.

With four poly caps and eight

styrene parts, the fully pivoting

gun mount was assembled

easily and the ‘Saukopf’ mantlet

exhibited a particularly well-

rendered texture. The single-piece

gun barrel and separate muzzle

were then built, to be added later

so as not to hinder the painting

stage. Although the kit-supplied

tracks were stapled together and

tried on for size, it was felt that

they were slightly too tight, with

insufficient ‘sag’ between the

return rollers, and were replaced

with after-market items from

J-Pak/Kaizen (see panel).

Getting camouflaged

With careful alignment and a

touch of glue, the commander’s

and loader’s hatches on the hull

roof were made to pivot in a

most realistic manner, and the

periscope hatch was able to slide

from side to side. Roof panel join

surfaces were masked before the

hull roof was painted with white

primer, which ensured a good

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