re: Vader’s Model Desk: Pzkpfw IV Ausf. H

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What is that mounted on the front, just under the viewing window (whatever they call the slot they looked out of).

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You mean this?



That’s a spare length of track.

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Is that a "retirement" clock in the background?

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It’s actually an anniversary clock.

I built that tank 40 years ago but not like that

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The one in my stash is SMS Markgraf. It was a König class dreadnaught.

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Saw the site of where she rests at Scapa Flow in August.

Thanks for posting here.

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Gesundheit

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Thanks. It’s easier and takes less spaces than Panzerkampfwagen.

Typical of the Grands to take a simple word like “tank” and turn it into something far more complex.

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Saw the site of where she rests at Scapa Flow in August.

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A good portion of the Hochseeflotte met their fate there when their crews scuttled their ships rather than allow them to fall into British hands.

I’ve always found it ironic the German navy chose this defiant path only eight months after it mutinied rather than sail out to face the Royal Navy in a last chance gamble to break the British blockade.

Nice work, Darth.

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Great job Why didn't they use an 88?

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The 8.8 would not fit. When the Pzkpfw IV was introduced, the concept of mounting a gun the size of the “88” was never considered.

Still, the 7.5 cm KwK40 L48 was more than capable of taking out either the T-34 or M4 Sherman from distance.

The workhorse of the Wehrmacht.

Tiger and Panthers grabbed headlines, but IVs (and to a lesser degree IIIs) did most of the hard work.

Stupid question: do you paint the pieces and then assemble, or assemble and then paint?