Panzer IV 267/268

[Falckner]

Hi guys
This is my story off a two years
build on a R/C Blitzkrieg Armor Panzer IV.

It will never reach Tim Bowman amazing Panzer IV !!
wich I have followed with great interest those
last years. Tim´s great build inspired my so much
that I just had to buy one off the last IV´s just
before BKA closed down.

So bevare it will be a long and bumpy ride.

Yippe it arrived in early June 2010

After a good deal off unpacking all the stuff, Tim did a exellent review off that , my mechanics long for
some action. They will for sure have there hands full off it,but at this stage they don´t know it.

Here at work with all the hatches

And here I´m at work also

Some playing around just couldn´t help it

A lot off space ! Well that would come to change . My power plant

Ok so much for today see you

 

[Germanbilly1]

Looking good, waiting on the updates. Have fun.
GB

 

[Sixth Vanguard]

Love all the "helper" shots!
Every post showing what fellow members are doing serves as a great inspiration to me, especially vehicle posts.
Looking forward to updates.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[pepppe75]

hi Björn!!

Realy nice to se your incredble panzer built here!!!


kindest regards peppe

 

[rivetcounter]

PzIV one of my favourites, I though was going to buy one but the timing wasn’t right and I never bought one, but then I have a few other projects in line.
Keep the pictures coming.

 

[Jim Fowler]

Falkner,

Good to hear from you again! As you know, I am glad to see a fellow BKA owmer's build efforts. Looking forward to hearing more.

Best Wishes,

Jim Fowler

 

[Falckner]

Falkner,

Good to hear from you again! As you know, I am glad to see a fellow BKA owmer's build efforts. Looking forward to hearing more.

Best Wishes,

Jim Fowler

Hi Jim
Great to see that you´r active again its been a while.
Hope I keep you interested, some off the early things
you have already seen I´m afraid.
All the best from
Björn

 

[Falckner]

Some month before I actualy lay my order
for the BKA IV I made sure that I could get
all the super details from Mike Stannard.

And it arrived some short time before the IV itself

I also wanted some special parts for my mechanics.

Smoker Unit from Richie Wignall a super bloke to deal with and
a great little smoker

With out guys like Mike/Tim/Steve "Panzerwerk"/Steve Winstone/ Dave at Armorpax sorry if I forgot some one no offence I hope. It would not be the same hobby thats for sure thank you for pushing the limits for what is possible in 1/6 scale.

Some Nuts and bolts could also came handy as I took a early
decision that everything would be glued/and bolted on the vehicle
just to be sure it could handle some rough crosscountry rides.

 

[Falckner]

Some off the early problems I encounter was
that the track teeth didn´t match the roadwheels.

And that the rubber was so large it interfere with each other.

By coincidense I bumped in to a old freind off mine that had a
minilathe and I could borrow that for the entire project.

So I had to put the boys in work and they really got to it.

Some days later they where so proud off their work and they should. Only the rubber left to deal with.

 

[viaad]

That will be one nice pziv!

 

[Tigertiki]

Good mecanics you have !

Cheers

TT

 

[Falckner]

Thank you all.

Some more old news here I worked on the
turret try to make it possible to open it.
And also replace some off the broken glass fibre
L-bracket that hold the bullet catch for the Commander
Cupola.I also replace all the cast bolts

A little help from my small friends busy drilling

Tapping and quality control

Brackets for holding the turret floor

Well that has to do it for now enjoy

 

[Tigertiki]

It is clear that you enjoying this build ! So do i, so keep the pictures with the mecanics(Hans & Helmuth) coming ! Might wanna do a short stop- motion clip ?
Cheers
Attila

 

[Falckner]

Thank you Attila yes I do
enjoy the build.

Some more pictures
Road wheel assembly same formula cast bolts removed
drill and tap and some locking plates for bolts and leafsprings

Whoops who the xxxx is that?

Wheel any way the end result

Bump stop assembly, drill, tapped, and some locking compund,and working lockplates. Hope they don´t come off

Okay guys all for now.I´ll be back after the weekend

 

[Sixth Vanguard]

great stuff

 

[Falckner]

So back from the Swedish Capital where we
went to see Rain the tribute to the Beatles and the 60´s
that was a great show they put together.

Well back to some more off the early work
done on the IV.

This is a lot off bolt on performance

Changing from three (J) to four (H) returnrollers,followed Tims exellent
description

Original molded bolts

My version with brass bolts

Every bolt that dosen´t have a locknut is secured with locking compund so they wont come off going through ruff terrain.

Until next time keep you´r good work
coming all off you

 

[Germanbilly1]

Looking Great, I bet you are getting tired of all the nuts and bolts. But better safe than sorry down the way.
GB

 

[rivetcounter]

I like what you have done so far, adding bolts and removing the cast nut/bolt heads is always a good move, the PzIV is one of my favourites and I will follow this build

 

[Falckner]

Some job I did on the Commander Cupola

Casting errors

End result with Stannards locking tabs

Something I couldn´t resist just had to do was getting on with
Stannards beautiful AA-MG mount it was a pleasure to do!

Only thing I added was the gurtsack holder bolted on with some
00-90 bolts

Some more off Hans and Fritz busy replace some more
bolts on the rear deck.

What is wroong Hans ?

Not sure must be a odd thread never saw anything
like that Fritz.

Stop complain Hans get back to work we had to finish this up before the
Hauptsharführer gets back,hurry up! Or we be on the next transfer to
Russia!

Enjoy until next time

 

[Tigertiki]

I was afraid that the mecanics are gone but releived when i saw them in the last pics.. Ply they have been away for parts and screws..
Nice progress, keep up the good work.
Cheers
Attila