JP IV Buddy Build -- Jagdpanzer IV L/48 July 1944 with Zimmerit Post-build Review (Dragon 6369)

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

That was a great start! I hope our videos can be a guide for all the modellers out there who want to build this kit and might wonder how to solve some of its problems. Now, on to the next component of this project, it is rather a diorama buddy build afterall :)

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you Michael! I am very excited for this project 😊

[@timtheeagle1]

I've been waiting in a hospital bed for 22 hours, waiting to have some nasty surgery...this was a nice distraction. Thanks my friend! Excellent work as always. These post build reviews are the best model videos out there in terms of what kits to buy. Please don't stop!

[@Panzermeister36]

Hey Tim! I appreciate the comment. I hope your surgery goes well :)

[@malaudisa]

What makes your channel unique is your encyclopedic knowledge of the various details that go into a specific version of a tank - from clamp types, to the length of an attachment bar or the location of the fire estinguisher. Few other modellers on YT display such knowledge, and I frankly would dread to have any of my German stuff judged by you at some model competition. Not to mention that Dragon scares me, and I still have to takle one of their kits after many years in the hobby... I think I'd rather scratchbuild before buying Dragon, but at some point I'll give them a go. Thanks for the great content and please keep it up!

[@TheLaughingBrexiteer]

Great vid Evan, thank you. It's nice to have details / kit part options explained between variants - it never occurred to me that one could make the L/70 version from this kit!

[@Hori_Ado]

I highly appreciate your attention to every detail and your knowledge. Sometimes the model companies could learn a lot from modellers about historical accuracy of the kits they produced.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you! I enjoy fixing all the little details to make the model as accurate as I can 😊 but the modelling companies don't seem to have the same interest.

[@csh5414]

Post build, with highlights is the way ahead. Thanks mate.

[@BrailleScale]

Looking great! Always a fan of your post build reviews. Very much looking forward to this buddy build

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@BasicModelling]

Great to be able to compare your build with Michaels, will follow both builds with interest, it looks like you will end up with two very different looking Jagdpanzers from the same kit. Excellent..

[@nirvana30776]

Great review mate 🙌🏻 Takom and Dragon kits r definitely premium ones 💯

[@jostscalemodelling]

Wow - thank you for this detailed (but not boring) introduction. Great look at the Dragon kit! The many detailed photo-etched parts enhance the beautiful kit even more. I wish you lots of fun and success with your buddy build! I'm really looking forward to the diorama! Thumbs up and all the best! Cheers, John

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you John! A little bit of extra photoetch can really improve the detail of the model :)

[@jessewatkins1338]

Thank you for another great review!! The tracks and zimmerit look great.

[@ajjurr]

Nice detailing and get to model making.

[@ho-2036]

I find your dragon build reviews very helpful! I very much appreciate the work you’ve done! Thank you!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@michaelsmeltzer1105]

Evan, enjoyed this review build. Lots of information on converting to the L70. I’ve got this exact kit in the build pile. I’ll have to watch Hamikar’s L48 build and see which version I want to do. I do tend to lean towards the long barrel guns. Thanks for putting this out…

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you Mike! I also like the look of the long gun 😊

[@brianhurley6289]

I have built quite a few Dragon kits with Zimm and intend to do them all. Their all brilliant.

[@Panzermeister36]

They're great! I think the only other company that has done molded-on zimmerit is Takom on a few of their Panthers, but I haven't tried those.

[@panzer-meister]

It's an excellent building review. As always, it's very precise investigation. Looking forward to your art work. Have a nice week end and stay safe carefully my friend. Cheers, NOB

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you! I always appreciate your comments 😊

[@foreverplastickits138]

*A very clean build and a beautiful model, ready for the paint!*

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@АндрейХодик]

Incredibly excellent work as always !!!!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@stephenbridges2791]

Nice. I actually like Dragon kits for just the reasons you stated. Great detail without a 30 piece hull frame, great zimmerit, etc.

[@Panzermeister36]

I agree! No if only they could spend a little more time proofreading their instructions, and didn't give us DS tracks, it would be almost a perfect experience.

[@Lt.Gruber]

Nice Work Evan. I was considering doing the L/70 out of this kit, and using the spare L/48 parts to improve on the older Dragon/ Gunze L/48 which has no Zimmerit. any bit I can avoid doing zimm on is a bonus.

[@treyzmodels422]

Off to a great start and as always informative and fun to watch!

[@Panzermeister36]

Much appreciated!

[@joesanchez979]

Great choice of colors

[@Ryker06]

Well done as usual. Good review.

[@Panzermeister36]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@robertvoss6145]

Out of the two the L48 and the L70 i prefer the L70 as it has the longer gun barrel. It just looks more in proportion . Your details with the tool clamps i found really interesting . Im really excited to see both build projects completed, its going to be a great series of videos 👍

[@BrailleScale]

Funny you mentioned this, I am totally the opposite! Haha I'm a fan of the L48's aesthetic simply because I feel like the L70 protrudes so far forward of the glacis plate. I feel like it would be awkward to maneuver and the L48 can take up a smaller display base. Thankfully for us hobbyists the Germans were able to produce so many variants of their extensive vehicle line up to keep us all happy with options haha 😁 cheers!

[@robertvoss6145]

@@BrailleScale i totally understand what you're saying and from a maneuvering perspective i agree with you, but as an ambush vehicle or tank hunter the L70 is perfectly designed. With it's low silhouette and high velocity gun , perfect for lying in wait , hidden from view firing on an unsuspecting advancing allied column 😉

[@josecesar8657]

Looking great!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@Duececoupe]

Looks great Evan! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you as always Jan :)

[@Duececoupe]

@@Panzermeister36 You're very much welcome my friend, always a pleasure! 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@derekbaker3279]

Awesome, as is the norm for you!👍👍 But, dammit, you & Hamilkar have me wanting to build BOTH versions of the Jagdpanzer IV with zimmerit! lol😁(and I think I have the Tamiya non-zimmerit version in my stash...lol...😂...I guess some of the unused Dragon parts could be added to the Tamiya kit to enhance various details? lol)

[@HerrGausF]

Nice build! Quick note regarding the box on the engine deck, the slanted version was earlier and got replaced with the straight version in mid-1944. I suppose your build falls into the transitional period and could have both, but later Jagdpanzers would all have the straight one.

[@richardhughes8188]

Cool video 👍

[@stevenpiper970]

I love their zimmed offerings too.

[@Panzermeister36]

They're always a great build :)

[@joesanchez979]

Looks great 👍

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you Joe :)

[@joesanchez979]

Great tracks

[@stevemercer952]

Very nice video and a very nice build of an interesting vehicle. Couple of questions. You said you didn't like the way the laser printed tracks fitted. Will you just remove a link or two or use another brand? Also, I think it was usual on the L/70 to have the front bogie on each side fitted with solid steel wheels to compensate for the increased weight of the gun. This wasn't the case with the L/48 vehicle so wasn't included in the kit. Is this somthing you will come back to? Big fan of your very comprehensive videos I'm looking forward to the next one!

[@Panzermeister36]

Hello Steve. With the tracks, it was not an issue of the length of the whole track run, but rather the thickness of the guide horns on each link. They're a little overly thick and so they didn't fit nicely between the tight Pz IV steel return rollers. I will save these tracks so use on a future StuG III since they fit that vehicle. As for the steel road wheels in the first bogey, you are correct for later vehicles. But this one still has Zimmerit, so it still has all rubber wheels since it's a very early L/70. 😊

[@DavidSmith-bd7he]

Great video. I've started building Dragon's 6978 kit. I bought some type 7 tracks from T-Rex but they don't fit! Do you know which Panzer IV track type get for my kit? It a Nov 1944 production.

[@Panzermeister36]

That is strange. That vehicle should use Type 7 tracks (I have the same kit). How do the tracks not fit...are they too narrow? Or is each link too short?

[@DavidSmith-bd7he]

@@Panzermeister36The Dragon drive sprocket did not fit as good as you showed in your video. Ha. So it was too wide for the T-Rex tracks.

[@Panzermeister36]

Then the Dragon sprockets must be too wide. I have Panzerwerk Design type 7 tracks for my future build of that same kit you have. I can check if they fit.

[@DavidSmith-bd7he]

@@Panzermeister36 Hi Evan, I bought a set of QuickTracks T-35024 for my Jagdpanzer IV. I'm impressed. Easy to put together, and not as fragile as the T-Rex assembling them. Cheaper too.

[@joesanchez979]

One of a kind 👍

[@twinkleonthechannel4336]

Amazing. .

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@joesanchez979]

It's unique 👍

[@steviegibson5847]

Great video - an interesting comparison with Michael. The tracks didn't fit the return rollers? Are the guide horns too thick? Looking forward to the next videos.

[@Panzermeister36]

Hey Stevie! Yeah, the Heavy Hobby tracks just didn't quite seem to fit there. They fit StuG return rollers, but the Pz IV ones are much tighter. I think I will put the tracks from the RFM StuG on this kit, and then save these ones for a future StuG with Zimmerit 😊

[@carlosbc2117]

Paint Process please!!

[@Panzermeister36]

Video will come soon discussing the painting of this and the sdkfz 250 it is paired with. But for now, I took photos of the process and are included in the presentation I did here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jauWioFmnM6Hl7c

[@thatonelithuanian]

Hi I just wanted to ask, what psi do you use with your heavily thinned paints

[@Panzermeister36]

It depends on your airbrush, but I'm usually spraying around 10 psi

[@thatonelithuanian]

@@Panzermeister36 ahh thx

[@steveo4601]

Should you let Dragon know about the faults ?

[@Panzermeister36]

They never care once the kit is out, since it's expensive to change anything or make new molds.

[@richardhughes8188]

Let's see the completion please

[@Panzermeister36]

Yes, this diorama project is still progressing 😊

[@joesanchez979]

I got my kit from Mega Hobby it's a Meng Kit

[@29waverider]

You have my sub. Hope to have skills like you in the future. If you like see my videos.

[@downthethroatmodeling]

Great update and review. Looking forward to the series. 👍👌

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!