Jagdpanzer IV L/70A Hull
Dragon (1/35)
The Build
This Dragon kit was an older model with simpler details and construction. Unfortunately, that didn’t make it easy. There were a lot of parts that didn’t fit well, and I used a lot of filler to even out the cracks.
I basically free-
I painted it in several shades of rust red, trying to create a modulated look. I then hand-
For weathering, I made dried mud by mixing AK Interactive products and plaster, then loading an old paintbrush with the mixture and hitting it with spurts of air from my airbrush.
I then added streaks, dust, and fading to the upper hull.
History
This particular Jagdpanzer IV L/70A represents an incomplete hull with the number “715” scrawled on it. You can see it outside a factory in the b/w image above.
The L/70V or Vomag was the more iconic, low to the ground tank hunter that was preferred and meant as a replacement for the StuG III. But the Vomag required a new hull entirely, so the Germans had the Alkett production facility turn old Pz. IV’s into L/70’s by simply creating a larger upper shell for the gun. This taller, interim version became known as the A or Alkett variant. It served until the end of war, and was often seen with the wire mesh Thoma schurzen side-