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Panzer IV with hydrostatic drive (New Connection NC3574) |
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built by Werner Kampfhofer (1:35) |
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kit The New Connection conversion consists of a one piece rear, four driving gear housings and four drive wheels made of white metal and a few PE parts. I am not spoiled very much from the moulding quality of NC, but I was convinced that nothing could go wrong with a one piece casting. What an error! One side of the part is shifted 4mm to the right, the upper part suffers from a 3mm high hunch. The whole part is littered with an incredible number of tiny airbubbles. Such a piece should have never left the factory and go to sales! My customer decided to continue, as complaints to NC are very time consuming and he did not want to do it for this item. NC suggests to use Italeri's Panzer IV Ausf H, a choice I cannot agree upon. I would have chosen Tamiya's Panzer IV Ausf H, item MM209. |
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| I superglued the rear to the kit and filed of the hunch
brutally. I filled up the holes with thinned Tamiya putty, a process which
had to be repeated 2-3 times. The recess was sanded off with steel wool.
I lot of filling and sanding is required where the resin part meets the
kit parts. Italeri's Panzer IV shows two headlight, while the original had
only one large Bosch headlight. I removed the sockets from the kit and added
aluminium foil over this area. Prior to attachment the foil had been pressed
against a photetched floorplate which was designed in the same pattern as
the fenders of the Panzer IV. The new headlight and socket cam from the spares box. The model was then detailed according photographs. NC's driving wheels lacked from missing or badly moulded rivets. I replaced them with plastic ones. According to NC instruction, the Italeri tracks should fit, as the track length of Panzer IV and Hydrostatic Panzer IV are identical ( according NC ! ). This theory does not withstand a practical try as the tracks do not fit. Also Tamiya's Panzer IV MM 209 tracks do not fit. Finally one pair of tracks from Tamiya's old Panzer IV series had the right fit. |
| Painting I used Revell Airbrush email colours. I applied a black base, followed by different shades of yellow. After the decals had been added I applied a patina from dark brown oils. Raised parts were washed with dark brown/black oils. From those still wet oils I created streaks with a brush. |
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| Conclusion I was waiting for such a conversion for a very long time but because of all shortcomings the NC conversion was a real disappointment! Normally nobody would built a kit from such trash, only return it. I plan to built such a conversion for my personal collection, but will examine the contents in advance. I only want to point out, that you should take care when ordering NC via internet and only order from such a company which would assist in case of a claim. |
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