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--- blog:military:models_panzer4j [2024/09/04 15:37] – john
+++ blog:military:models_panzer4j [2025/07/30 13:32] (current) – [In Progress Images] john
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 ====== Dragon 1/72 Panzer IV Ausf. J 'mid-production' tank ======
+<WRAP box half round>
   * Manufacturer: Dragon
   * Part number: 7498
   * Year of production: 2014
   * Scale: 1/72
+  * Series: [[:blog:models:military:index|Military series]]
   * Kit type: Scale model of WWII armoured vehicle
   * Vehicle: German tank
-  * Build date: ???
+  * Build date: Started July 2025
   * Price: £22.49 from [[https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/|Jadlam Models]], August 2024
+</WRAP>
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+This kit was bought in August 2024 to be displayed as part of my [[blog:models:french_armour_display|WW2 French countryside ambush]] display. It will be part of a larger set of German armour (e.g. StuG III & IV, Tiger II, halftrack, etc) travelling away from the Normandy coast through bocage country when they come under attack by allied forces.
 ===== Build Log =====
-This kit was bought in August 2024 to be displayed as part of my [[blog:models:french_armour_display|WW2 French countryside ambush]] display.
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 ==== In Progress Images ====
+**[Started construction July 2025]** - Started building the main and upper hull sections. Lovely detail on these parts.
+{{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250723170617.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250723170626.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250723170635.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250723170649.jpg?500|}}
+Upper and lower hull parts glued:
+{{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250723201718.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250723201724.jpg?500|}}
+Turret built up and turret spaced armour added (very tricky to get the brackets and curved armour panels lined up properly!):
+{{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250724135029.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250724162610.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250724162745.jpg?500|}}
+Remaining detail parts added to tank, and //schurzen// mounts glued to hull. The main skirt armour will be painted separately and then glued later, to make it easier to paint:
+{{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250724205453.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250724205508.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250724205519.jpg?500|}}
+Painted in Vallejo dunkelgelb surface primer:
+{{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250730104835.jpg?500|}}
+Road wheels and idler wheels added with rubber sections in grey:
+{{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250730135849.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:panzer_iv_j_mid:img20250730142518.jpg?500|}}
 ==== Completed Images ====
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+[[:blog:models:military:index|Back to Military series index]]