The info’ that I have is; not all Panzer IV Ausf.H were coated with zimmerit.
I will be building this model with side amour, I am not a “rivet counter” but I do not want to make a major error.
Thanks in advance for your help, I know you will[:D]…cheers…Kenny
This is true. Pz IV H production started in late spring/early summer 1943 so a small number were produced before the introduction of zim starting in Aug '43. The introduction of schurzen happened before the intro of zim and pics exist of H’s with the schurzen but not zim, so you’d have to check your markings and vehicle options depending on how concerned you are with that particular accuracy angle. HTH! [B]
Probably any H’s that were sans zimm were in the Kursk area during summer of '43; possibly some in Italy—so like Bill has stated, it would probably be a very narrow listing of units/schemes…
Hi Bill
The model is an “Academy” 1943 era with schurzen. I notice the schurzens are far too thick.
Do you know where I can get replacements ( photo etch ).
Thank you and Eric for helping out on this…cheers…Kenny
The Academy kit is a “clone” of the Tamiya kit, so if you look around for an Eduard set, you should find what you need. I will caution you though, replacing the schurzen plates is easy…replacing the mounts is a somewhat more complicated/harder task so bear that in mind. [;)]
Shurzen were originally 5mm thick – you can use some 0.05" sheet styrene and cut your own if you wish.