Available
in July 2005
Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.E features 80 highlights!
1 ) Incredibly accurate shape and details
2 ) The first kit ever to include the hollowed out undercut on the turret bottom
3 ) Incorporates toothed turret ring on turret interior
4 ) Turret turntable unit included
5 ) Complete gun assembly with full detail
6 ) Beautifully detailed Kwk37 L/24 gun
7 ) Correct catcher for used ammo shells
8 ) Detailed gun muzzle
9 ) Accurate rifling inside gun barrel
10 ) Turntable with accurate floor pattern
11 ) Commander𠏋, loader𠏋 and gunner𠏋 seats included
12 ) Slide-molded co-axial MG with hollow muzzle
13 ) Full co-axial MG assembly
14 ) Mantlet view port can be modeled open/closed
15 ) Mantlet guard can be removed and gun unloaded like real vehicle𠏋
16 ) Full cupola
17 ) Vision port w/ open or closed option
18 ) Hatch can be assembled open or closed
19 ) Commander's hatch w/ interior detail
20 ) Direct sighting post can be made from supplied photo-etched parts
21 ) Storage bin can be assembled open/closed with optional lock
22 ) Signal ports can be shown open/closed
23 ) Pistol port can be shown open/closed
24 ) Two different types of spare wheel racks are offered
25 ) Side hatches can be assembled open/closed with interior details
26 ) Side hatches complete with interior details and stoppers
Upper Hull:
27 ) Driver's hatch and radio operator's hatch have interior detail and can be
28 ) Assembled open/closed
29 ) Workable driver's vision port can be opened or closed
30 ) Complete MG; with workable MG ball-mount
31 ) Headlights with clear parts inside
32 ) Transmission inspection hatches can be assembled open/closed
33 ) Final drive inspection hatches can be assembled open/closed
34 ) Steering brake inspection hatches can be assembled open/closed
35 ) Both regular and DAK type engine deck hatches available
36 ) Realistic double-layered air intake
37 ) Air intake covers have option of injection or photo-etched parts
38 ) Add-on side armor plates come as separate parts
39 ) Frontal MG armor plate with mounting brackets can be assembled in three different ways
40 ) Towing eye brackets in extreme detail with numerous separate parts
41 ) Chain on towing eye brackets made from photo-etched parts
42 ) Detailed on-vehicle tools with clasps are injection molded
43 ) Additional on-vehicle tools w/o clasps
44 ) Extendable jack with separate parts
45 ) Mounting ladder can be made from photo-etched parts
46 ) Track tools can be made from photo-etched parts
47 ) Brackets for fenders can be formed from photo-etched parts
48 ) Bolts and rivets are accurately represented
Bonus:
49 ) General Guderian figure made in DS
50 ) Realistic cacti made in DS
51 ) Metal towing cable
52 ) Towing cable heads have hollow ends courtesy of slide molds
53 ) Metal chains
54 ) Jerry cans with photo-etched parts
55 ) Decals for 9 different Panzer IV
Chassis:
56 ) High-tech one-piece slide molded hull tub means it won't deform like one assembled from several parts
57 ) The world𠏋 first kit with duel hull with and without additional side armor
58 ) Cutting edge suspension units
59 ) transmission with separate armoured cover and details on both sides
60 ) Suspension armored covers come as separate parts
61 ) Leaf spring front ends can be assembled with or without covers
62 ) Injected fenders are made to the thinnest possible dimensions
63 ) Separate front and rear fenders can be posed in a folded back position
64 ) Side fenders with pattern detail on both top and bottom surface
65 ) Metal wire for front and rear lamp electrical wiring
66 ) Fuel filler hatch open/closed option
67 ) Convenience of "Magic Tracks" for both left and right tracks
68 ) Road wheels exhibit extreme detail with separate rubber rims and hubs
69 ) Realistic parting line on rubber rims
70 ) Accurately portrayed width on rubber rims of wheels
71 ) Correctly detailed idler wheels with numerous separate parts molded with astounding delicacy and slide molded
72 ) Realistic suspension with multiple component actually works like the real vehicle𠏋
73 ) Hull bottom has full and correct details
Rear:
74 ) Idler adjuster mountings have the most accurate details possible with gear inside
75 ) Cooling drain cap with metal chain
76 ) One-piece muffler produced by slide molds
77 ) Exhaust pipe with fine detail
78 ) Taillight with photo-etched parts
79 ) Accurate smoke discharger housing
80 ) Metal cables can be made from photo-etched parts