How to Make a Cardboard Jagdpanzer WW2 German Tank

The Jagdpanzer IV was one of Germany's most powerful tanks for destroying other tanks!. being power by a 12-cylinder Maybach HL 120 TRM engine, after watching some old WW2 footage, I had to add it to my cardboard collection.

since it uses plenty of glue I thought it's just right for the Sticky Stuff Speed Challenge!

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• Elmer's shool glue (The aim of this contest)
• Amazon cardboard box's
• scissors
• Utility knife
• cutting mat, cutting surface (cutting mat is best because it does not dull blades as much)
• ruler
• pencil
• BBQ skewer
• Brown paper

To make the upper half of the hull cut out a rectangle of cardboard and cut two slits on each side as shown. bend the two thin slits down. next, cut out an isosceles-trapezoid-like shape, glue it to the front at an acute angle as shown above.

Then, make the side panels similar to the shape in the first photo. Then cut out rectangles for the top.

Be sure to look at plenty of reference images of the real model which I have provided

Make the details on top as shown above. Now is also the time to make the barrel, since my full model's length was 10 inches I rolled my barrel to be 5 inches long, save it for later in a safe place.

For any modeler, The one tool that is just as important as His/Her knife, scissor, ruler, or utility knife are there reference photos. That is also the most challenging part of the build, finding clear photos that have at least three angles from the back view as well as the front view. here I have compiled the best photos of this tank, That I used in my build.

Using a ruler make two strips of cardboard and glue them on the underside. Be sure to leave about 3 mm of pace for the tracks to rest once we have installed them later on. Add spars inside for more strength.

To form the shape of the barrel base, stick the barrel through a small rectangle, wrap it with a strip of cardboard and cut it at a diagonal angle so that it can fit onto the front of the tank. Then glue small pieces of cardboard around the barrel as shown.

Now glue long rectangles on either side for the side skirts. cut small strips of cardboard and glue them at 1-inch intervals across the side as I did in the picture.

Begin by cutting out strips of cardboard and wrapping them around a (rounded) pencil. make 16 of them. once you have made them, glue eight of them with equal spacing on a strip of cardboard.

lastly peel the top and bottom layers of a thin strip of cardboard, to reveal the middle corrugation, wrap it around the tracks. for the front and rear sprocket cut out a small circle and glue it inside the tracks as shown in the last image.

(IMPORTANT! be sure to let the wheels overlap the strip slightly)

For me, this is the most challenging and time-consuming part of my tank build... making the many small little wheels and wrapping them with thin corrugated strips, Just be patient and it will be worth the effort :)

That was a lot of work! But now you have your very own cardboard model to put on your shelf or give as a unique gift to a ww2 enthusiast. I hope you can make your own and most importantly...

Happy cardboarding!