Cruiser133

So, having just finished my Tamiya JS2, and waiting on the Wizard Daryl to finish his magic on my Leo 1A4, I decided to start my Jadgpanzer IV L/70(A). I scored the upper hull from German Ebay last year which is a HL with a Imperial or Profiline(?) Jadgpanzer citadel roughly glued on. I finally had the funds to buy the Asiatam all metal PZIV lower kit and metal upper hull detail parts to finish it off. To say I was a bit disappointed is an understatement. The material used are top notch, however, the finishing work is sloppy and ill conceived. For the money I paid, this kit should go together without much hassle, but it has been a bit of a nightmare. For starters, there are NO instructions, NONE. The kit is also missing parts like the springs for the suspension and various screws, nuts and bolts. I am also missing detail pieces like the brackets to the rear tow hooks. Maybe I am spoiled by the ease and quality of my Tammy kit, but I expected more considering the outlay of cash. Unless you are an experienced modeler, which I barely qualify, and are prepared to get the Dremel out along with your spare parts bin, I say avoid this kit. I bought everything to complete the lower including tracks, idlers, road wheels, ect. The individual parts are nice, like the tracks, but overall I would have saved time AND MONEY just buying a HL PZIV lower and calling it a day. I finally figured out the mysterious metal plate with two holes is a bracket which mounts under the front hull and acts as a hold down to the lower hull. Unfortunately, the owner I purchased the upper hull from, hacked off the two posts it attaches to....

DaveBcool

That's too bad, I had been looking at those lowers for a while.
Where did you but the lower from?
Asiatam?

You're lucky to have found the Profiline upper when you did, as they are now a very rare commodity.

MAUS45

WIll you do it like this one?

Cruiser133

That is awesome, do you have more pics? Is that yours?

DaveBcool

That is very nice.
What is under the hood?

MAUS45

Sorry guys, it is 1/35, but I like the camo scheem. If I were to do on I would paint it like this one.

Cruiser133

I am almost done with it, I ordered some headlights and a tammy elevation from Jason to get her done. It is all tammy electronics, Asiatam metal lower and Profiline/HL upper. I know the rivet counters will find many issues with it, but it looks good to me with my limited abilities.....

Imex-Erik

I like it! We always need more tank destroyers around!

Max-U52

This one lives in Flint. (EDIT: It's not an L/70, it's a Stug IV), but it looks cool, and it sure kicked the crap out of that KT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ung3f0NYYvY

Cruiser133

Very cool STuG IV, I am building one of those too off a Bandai platform with Tammy internals and suspension.

Max-U52

I think the owner said this is an Asiatam kit for the Stug IV. I just thought it was cool and another tank destroyer built on the PIV chassis. Like Erik said, you can never have too many TDs.