"Accurizing Your Panzer IV/70 (A)" Topic

I'm finally making progress in generating some accurate tracks for the Panzer IV/70 (A) in its most typical configuration with four steel-rimmed roadwheels.

Starting with the Plastic Panzer IV Ausf H tracks from Battlefront, I've scratch-built a roadwheel that I've been able to cast multiple copies of:

I cast it as a tube so it would act as its own sprue in the resin and I could just cut it to a custom thickness to match where I've carefully removed the roadwheels from the plastic tracks.

I plan to use the fenders from the Battlefront Panzer IV Ausf J kit and then turn around and use the spare tracks from the Panzer IV/70 (A) for the Panzer IV Ausf J (as the idler on the Ausf J plastics is dead wrong).

More on the conversion at the blog: link

More on the vehicle itself: link

Hey, that's really great! I am far too lazy to ever do something like this, but I am impressed with your desire fir total accuracy :-)

Seems there are a lot of people that are lazy in this hobby now.just be bothered todo very much. Just wait for others to do the work

Somtimes stuff just needs to be done. Even when no one else understands why :-)

A future project is attempting a 100% steel wheel version for the very late Brummbar, but I think I have to find a way to make the 3 return roller version work for that one – I really with BF would fix the idler on that one…

wer'nt just the first 2 wheel stations steel?

Not on the Panzer IV/70 (A) – the Panzer IV/70 (V) often had just the first two steel (or none steel) – but the (A) generally had four or rarely none (initial production vehicles only).