Small Scale Military Headquarters

This is one of the easier conversions you can do on the IV chassis. The superstructure is cut from .080 styrene, patterned from the 1/35 Tamiya kit. The gun is made from a ping pong ball, a piece of 1/2" I.D. PVC pipe, and a section of a Sharpie marker with the end beveled with a file while chucked in a drill press.

Looks good. Clever trick using the Sharpie for the barrel.

nice....i love a good brumbar.

Looks great as usual Gary. I can't wait to see it finished.

Mark

Looks !

Excellent as always, can't wait to see her in full trim.

Gary, Its looking great! Which Panzer IV did you use the metal or plastic?
I've been working on a Brumbar on and off for the last year. I get into it and then a honey do list shows up. Anyway I started with a die-cast Panzer IV (plastic would have been faster) and seem to be at about the same point you are but without the side armor. Just tonight I put the hinges on the doors...top and rear and the commanders hatch. I've found that the hinges #43103 from Houseworks look and work well for 1:18th scale.
Well Take Care and keep up the good work.
Normandy

normandy wrote: Just tonight I put the hinges on the doors...top and rear and the commanders hatch. I've found that the hinges #43103 from Houseworks look and work well for 1:18th scale.
Well Take Care and keep up the good work.
Normandy

You dirty rat! Now I have to get some of those hinges and make my doors functional.
Does your gun rotate? Mine only elevates.
My IV is plastic.

gary1930 wrote:

normandy wrote: Just tonight I put the hinges on the doors...top and rear and the commanders hatch. I've found that the hinges #43103 from Houseworks look and work well for 1:18th scale.
Well Take Care and keep up the good work.
Normandy

You dirty rat! Now I have to get some of those hinges and make my doors functional.
Does your gun rotate? Mine only elevates.
My IV is plastic.

Hey Gary . What is House Works ? Can you give us pics of the hinges ?

pickelhaube wrote:
Hey Gary . What is House Works ? Can you give us pics of the hinges ?

http://www.miniatures.com/hbs/global/In ... sp&P=43103

these might be even better for 1:18:


http://www.miniatures.com/hbs/global/In ... asp&P=4242

gary1930 wrote:

pickelhaube wrote:
Hey Gary . What is House Works ? Can you give us pics of the hinges ?

http://www.miniatures.com/hbs/global/In ... sp&P=43103

these might be even better for 1:18:


http://www.miniatures.com/hbs/global/In ... asp&P=4242

Man can these come in handy. Can you smell that ? That is my brain at work thinking of the many ways these can be used.`:shock: Not the fires in Cali.

Some of the Ace Hardware stores have these little guys for sale.

Mark

Gary, those look like the hinges. The trick is to carefully glue the hinge to the tank and have it still work.
The gun does rotate and elevate. I used Evergreens Strip Styrene item# 148 (.04 x .188") to hold the gun in place, which also allows the gun to move. I'll take some pics.
If I had a few more Panzer IV's I'd like to try a Wirbelwind and Ostwind Flakpanzers.
Kamikaze, thanks for the heads up on the Ace Hardware. I was getting these hinges from a local hobby shop but like most of them, he has closed shop.

Take Care, Normandy

Gary,
it looks great so far.
Hun