1/35th scale Vintage Tamiya Panzer IV ausf.D 

Nice kit review, I do like the vintage Tamiya armor since many still came with poly caps and easy to motorize.🙂

Nice. It's been decades since I built models.I would like to try a tank like this.

agree totally

Very nice build, John! I just finished mine, and I wonder if it's just the lighting, or something else - we both used XF63, but yours looks much more lighter than mine. Did you "dust" it with lets say Deck Tan or something? As a side note, I have to correct something: "Ausf." is the German abbreviation (only in writing, never in speech) of "Ausführung" (version/type/model/pattern), and will always be fully enunciated as such! Like in English "Mk.I" is "Mark One" and not "Em-Kay One". If it's to hard for you to say "Ausführung", just say "Panzer Four Dee". I don't wanna be wise-ass, it simply sounds funny❣

If one is after authenticity, this is a horrible kit which is full of oversimplified/non existent details and outright errors. If one is after a quick built without worries about parts fit, it’s alright. The parts engineering is what Tamiya is rightfully famous for. I tried to upgrade the kit once but failed miserably due to an oversight on my end. After that, I sold all my remaining Tamiya kits of a certain age, I think pretty much none of those pre- year 2000 kits survived this ‘purge’. You did a tremendous job on this one. I think a key is to just accept its many shortcomings, and build it for its own right just like you did.