Hi,
a small scene is provided to show the damaged Panzer IV Ausf. C. With it’s final drive and right track disabled by a mine explosion. The crew, with some repair company mechanics aid, are trying to put the beast back on the line. Some essential parts have been destroyed and nothing can be done without the proper spares. It seems that’s what exactly the chief mechanic is trying to explain to the Lieutnant.
The Panzer IV is a Dragon Kit with the transmission and driver’s compartment from Trumpeter. The figures are Tank and Stalingrad.
It’s not exactly a new work but it’s something I wanted to show here. Hope you like it.
Thanks a lot.
Fantastic. Looks great from all angles and the detail captures the scene perfectly.
To many lovely details to mention but I like the oil build up in the final drive housing, very realistic and the thrown impact soil covering the fender area.
Great overall concept and execution on everything! The damage and the removed parts really stand out and the interaction is very easily understood. Nice going!
J
Hi, 18bravo!
Thanks for the good words! The mine explosion has damaged the front suspension set, the road wheels, the sproked wheel and probably one of the transmission’s final drive toothead gear. When the transmission is brocken or blocked the only way to get out of there is by shorting the tracks as they are in the picture below of the Jagdpanzer IV Lang (Zwischen Lösung), and towing the vehicle.
Fantastic work, and I know it might test the memory, but all the final drive detail is so well executed, I’m working on my own rather ambitious workshop diorama and was wondering if you can remember where/how you got the final drive sub-components. Would be a great help. Many thanks. Shane from own Under.
The early variants (Ausf. A-C at least) of Panzer IV from Dragon come with the external (external to the hull) final drive components in the kit. Don’t know where he sourced the internal stuff like the transmission.
As Shane said its a hard of memory test. When I undertook this challenge, there weren’t many kits available containing these parts. Today, the options are much better (MiniArt, RFM, and others). To simplify the explanation, I took photos of the instruction manuals from the kits (Dragon and Trumpeter) where these parts came from. I hope this helps, but as I mentioned, there are likely options available now that are far less labor-intensive and offer more detail.
