Many of us remember that awful gray Panzer IV that was a hybrid between a Panzer IV D and Panzer IV H...
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I had tried at one point to properly backdate one of these tanks, but it proved difficult due to the turret hatches and other details, so I gave up and realized it would be easier to forward-date the model to a Panzer IV F1 (which still had the short-barreled 75mm gun of the earlier models). This was accomplished namely by removing the turret armor skirting, changing out the front hull plating using parts from the Panzer IV that I recently modified into a Brummbar model. I then modified the commander's hatch using spare pieces.
My end result is not a perfect Panzer IV F1 as it lacks some of the smaller details, but it is something passable and far less of a mutant tank than the original 21c Panzer IV D/H hybrid was
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