Model: Panzer IV Aust G
Publisher: Modelik, 1/02
Scale: 1:25
Format: Hardcopy
Designer: Darius Zygmanski
Seven pages on cardstock, two pages on 80gsm for formers. Instructions in Polish - 2 pages of diagrams plus half a page of text. The instructions are poor - all there is a diagram of card framework for the hull only (not the turret), some diagrams to show the construction of the wheels and a few other components and a 3-view of the model. Print quality is quite good although the light tan colour doesn't seem to match either the sand colour of the Africa Corps or the dark yellow used in Europe after Feb 1943.
The model purports to be of the 10th Panzer Division in Tunisia in early 1943. If that is so the wrong gun is used - the L/48 gun wasn't introduced until March 1943 - the correct gun would probably be the L/43 gun. There is no attempt to model the louvres on the engine deck nor the smoke candle holders on the turret front corners. The track is modelled as two bands of card unlike the choice of built up or simple track in later Modelik armour models. The suspension is simplistically modelled and isn't as nicely done as the later Modelik offerings. There is no interior to this kit - again, unlike the later Modelik kits.
This would be a reasonable kit for modellers with limited experience with armour except for the poor instructions. Don't expect fine detail from this kit - it just isn't there. It is overshadowed by the later Modeilk armour kits such as the Jagdpanzer IV and Hummel models (both originally based on Panzer IV hulls) - these are a class above this offering.
I guess for for experienced armour modellers this kit could be worked up into something reasonable but it would take a serious effort and a lot of parts from the Modelik Jagdpanzer kit.
Instructions: D
Paper quality: B
Level of detail: D
Printing quality: B
Artwork: C
Value for money: C
Skill level: Intermediate because of the instructions
Publisher: Modelik, 1/02
Scale: 1:25
Format: Hardcopy
Designer: Darius Zygmanski
Seven pages on cardstock, two pages on 80gsm for formers. Instructions in Polish - 2 pages of diagrams plus half a page of text. The instructions are poor - all there is a diagram of card framework for the hull only (not the turret), some diagrams to show the construction of the wheels and a few other components and a 3-view of the model. Print quality is quite good although the light tan colour doesn't seem to match either the sand colour of the Africa Corps or the dark yellow used in Europe after Feb 1943.
The model purports to be of the 10th Panzer Division in Tunisia in early 1943. If that is so the wrong gun is used - the L/48 gun wasn't introduced until March 1943 - the correct gun would probably be the L/43 gun. There is no attempt to model the louvres on the engine deck nor the smoke candle holders on the turret front corners. The track is modelled as two bands of card unlike the choice of built up or simple track in later Modelik armour models. The suspension is simplistically modelled and isn't as nicely done as the later Modelik offerings. There is no interior to this kit - again, unlike the later Modelik kits.
This would be a reasonable kit for modellers with limited experience with armour except for the poor instructions. Don't expect fine detail from this kit - it just isn't there. It is overshadowed by the later Modeilk armour kits such as the Jagdpanzer IV and Hummel models (both originally based on Panzer IV hulls) - these are a class above this offering.
I guess for for experienced armour modellers this kit could be worked up into something reasonable but it would take a serious effort and a lot of parts from the Modelik Jagdpanzer kit.
Instructions: D
Paper quality: B
Level of detail: D
Printing quality: B
Artwork: C
Value for money: C
Skill level: Intermediate because of the instructions