[MOC] Panzer IV from Girls und Panzer

[Gray Gear]

I finally got to MOC something I wanted to build for a long time:

A Panzer IV in minifig scale, complete with the Anglerfish Team from Girls und Panzer 

The Build was quite fun, because the Panzer IV has a very angular but still not too simple of a design, which made it a nice challenge to get the shapes right. I wanted to have all the minifigures to look out of their hatches, because this way all the characters are visible and it is also how the tank is shown in the series outro. Just lucky the Panzer IV has such a nice hatch layout where every crew member has his own hatch. The Panzer IV is continuously upgraded in the Anime series, this MOC portrays the Ausf. F2 with the long 75mm gun and additional frontal protection.

The Minifigures where created by my friend bricksofmaze, he does a lot of minifigure builds on Instagram "@bricksofmaze" if you want to check him out. 

 

The Tank ist built with a full interior, to access it the turret including turret basket can be pulled and the superstructure can be removed as well:

 

Turret pull                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Gunners seat with turret motor, controls an a comfy heart cushion                                                                                             Loaders seat with ammo rack

 

Superstructure removal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hull Interior with engine bay manual transmission, driver and radio operator seat and some more ammo.

 

As you might have guessed this Tank is a display piece and is not able to drive. The tank is fixed to the base and none of the wheels can move, only the track tensioning system works 

 

Panzer vor!

[Lego Tom]

I can hear Cyndi Lauper singing in the background: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

[Davidz90]

What a fun build! Well done.

[Jay Psi]

Obligatory background music for this post.

Good to see you back @Gray Gear, you've done a great job with keeping all he hatches in check!

[Paul B Technic]

Wow, this is a great build. Not really "my thing" but I love the level of detail in this.