is there a kit with the skirts?
pzk4
Feb 04, 2008
17 Replies
The ones on the sides and around the turret? Yeah, quite a few of those.
Pat
on 2/3/2008 11:15 PM snipped-for-privacy@some.domain said the following:
Yes. I have one. It's an Italaerie (old spelling) 1/35 Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. (H). Kit # 218. Shurzen (shields) around the hull and turret. It's at least 25 years old.
formatting link
halfway down the page.
which? mins just has the turret.
thanks
I'm pretty sure Tamiya did one also. Monogram had one in 1/32nd scale back in the early 1970s, and DML almost has to have one considering their plethora of Panzer IV kits.
Pat
That's odd; most of the time they had both mounted. I did find a photo from around the time of the Battle Of The Bulge with just the turret set mounted though:
formatting link
's some pictures of what one looked like with the side armor:
formatting link
they are supposed to do is cause bazooka rounds to detonate before they hit the hull of the tank. IIRC on some of the last Panzer IVs the side screens were made of wire screen, not solid metal sheet.
Pat
Here's the Tamiya one:
formatting link
's the perforated mesh side armor plates I mentioned:
formatting link
also had these for the armor around the turret.
Pat
no skirts on the tamy i have. just the mounts. that's why i'm looking.
thanks
same box i have for the tamy, but no skirts for the side.
Eduard had both standard and mesh Shurzen:
formatting link
sorts of info on the plates over here:
formatting link
a pinch, the side plates could be made out of sheet styrene fairly easily.
Pat
Did you buy it new in a sealed box?
Pat
i want to build another that comes with skirts for definite.
yep. only thing i can figure is if they were on a solo sprue. but all the turret stuff was there. i want to do a more candid with some damaged and one missing with the rails bolluxed, too.
on 2/4/2008 5:17 PM Pat Flannery said the following:
The reason there are no side skirts on that one is because the tank has the track extenders for snow and soft ground, and the side skirts cannot be mounted.
thanks, bill.
on 2/5/2008 12:10 PM snipped-for-privacy@some.domain said the following:
The widened track on the Mk 4, and others, was called 'Winterketten' (winter track). It may have also been called 'Ostketten' (east(ern) track) which was used on the eastern front and also all Tiger tracks. I don't know if there is a definitive difference between the two, although they look different.
Join the Discussion
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Didn't find your answer?
Ask the community — no account required