1/16 scale Panzer IV

[Leon]

More nice progress Bruce!

[vlpbruce]

Thanks Leon.
I'm trying to get the courage up to dry fit everything into the hull.
I'm guessing it will be tomorrow,

[dierk]

Looking good!
At least the carpet monster should go hungry in this build.

[wbill76]

Even in large scale there's no escaping the dreaded road wheel steps. Looking good so far Bruce.

[vlpbruce]

Thanks guys.
Fortunately, I build in an area with a cement floor. Unfortunately, most of the plastic I work with is light gray, so I do spend a lot of time crawling around with a flashlight.
The wheels are really nice Bill. The tires are separate from the wheels, and are styrene.
Anyway, here we go for today.
I assembled the bogie units. The really nice thing about these is they articulate. I'm hoping that will get rid of any floating roadwheels.


I also assembled the steering brakes:




Here is the dry fit:







Thanks again to all.
I hope to have more tomorrow

[Leon]

Looking really good Bruce!

[Tojo72]

Coming along very nicely.

[vlpbruce]

Thanks guys,
I'm thinking the hull interior will be seeing paint within a week (fingers crossed).

[vlpbruce]

Hello again,
It's update time.
While I was waiting for some filler to dry, I managed to get the suspension pretty much ready to go.
Here's the test fit:



I also managed to get the dreaded tracks together. I have to say these were a dream, the pins basically just fell into place.



I'm going to be getting to detailing the hull interior, so I'm not sure when I'll be updating again (hopefully very soon).
Thanks again for looking in.

[Leon]

Everything looks like it's playing nice so far Bruce! Tracks look great.

[vlpbruce]

Thanks Leon.
So far, it has been a good kit.
There aren't many fit problems. Most of what is there seems to be correct. I will need to add a few things that are missing though. That's why they make sheet plastic and wire.

[vlpbruce]

Hello again all.
I managed to get a little bit of bench time in recently.
I got a start on the wiring (there is still a long way to go on this):



I also fixed the awful front fender hinges:
Before:


After:




I'm hoping to have more very soon.
Thanks again for looking in.

[Leon]

Wiring is looking good and nice fix on the fender hinges Bruce!

[vlpbruce]

Thanks Leon. There's still a fair amount of stuff to put on the insides, but at least this is a start.

[elco]

Not to late on the party i hope. I find this very interesting. If i ever build a big scale this will be the one!

[wbill76]

Looks like you've got the rat's nest started Bruce!

[Wes]

Looking good Brad.

[vlpbruce]

Thanks guys.
I had no idea how much wiring is in this baby until a few days ago. That's probably going to take a while, but will be well worth it.

[deafpanzer]

Nice wiring job!

[vlpbruce]

Thanks Andy.
I'm hoping to be back at it tomorrow.

[panzerjager2]

REALLY NICE

[John Everett]

Keep going!

[mrt51]

Looking great! Keep it coming.

Terry

[vlpbruce]

Thanks guys.
I'm hoping to have more to show this afternoon.

[vlpbruce]

Hello Everybody.
I finally managed to get a little bench time, and get over the mental block I was having on the rear of the radio operator's compartment.
The missing stuff (2 transformers and rack) is now made.


There is still a bit of detailing to do on them, but they're heading in the right direction.
Hopefully, I will have more soon.
Thanks for looking in.

[reserve]

One step at a time brother you're doing it justice

Regards,
Mark

[vlpbruce]

Thanks Mark.
I am hoping to have more done tomorrow with a possible test fit (fingers crossed).

[vlpbruce]

Hello everybody,
I still need to do just a little more detailing on the transformers, but at least they fit where they are supposed to:



Of course, I had to see what all of the insides looked like:




And, finally, with the front and glacis plates on:




Next up are the fenders.
Thanks again to all for looking in.

[wbill76]

Driver had to have nerves of steel with all that ammo right behind the seat! Looking good Bruce.

[vlpbruce]

Thanks Bill. I hadn't thought about it before, but you are right. The fuel tanks were also right behind the main ammo bin.