Thanks Patrick, that saves me a job! I'll be using the same scheme on both but now I don't have to worry about matching the location of the colours on the Schurtzen to those on the main body! Am I also right in thinking that the back of the skirts (I can't be a***d to keep typing 'Schurtzen'!) would not have the camo scheme but just left overall sand coloured?
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Absolutely spot on Dave. You can also expect the schurzen to be pretty scraped up on the inside too as they were put on or removed from the hangers.
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Here's a Stug III I did (many moons ago) that shows my interpretation
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[COLOR=rgb(39,42,52)]Cheers[/COLOR]
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so glad that you did get it sorted,
,and always very good to see people,do help,out,
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First camo colours done.
Not being a colour fanatic, I picked Tamiya XF 59 Desert Yellow, XF 74 JGSDF Olive Drab and XF 64 Red Brown. I'm thinking it would benefit from a well-thinned mist coat of a lighter colour to tone them down a bit. Should I use the XF 59 or perhaps a very light grey? As for the 'dot' markings, it looks like each main colour gets dots of the other two colours at random, so that's what I'll be doing later.
The skirts were painted together - maybe they were removed and leant against a wall somewhere to get a continuous pattern? I've test fit them and overall the fit is b****y awful! Just like the real thing, so that's OK! xD
Been working on the wheels as well, but more on them later.Comment
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The skirts ...
Like I said .... b****y awful! Still, from the pics that Paul put up on Rick's STuG build, they don't look any worse than the real thing so I'm happy with them. Now to get all dotty .....Comment
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its amazing how color dose bring them to life,looks great Dave,,real do like your camo,pattern,
I do like the skirts,I paint them the same way,in most cases,as well,and real when you look at the pics,
you do see them not sitting right,I think it looks real good,very well done,
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Some more done:
I'm not sure if all the tools are in the right places (I know the cleaning rods should be on the side of the hull, not the top; but they're too long to fit between the rear of the 'turret' and the mounting bracket for the skirts). The diagrams given show them in different places and the holes in the hull didn't always match the locating pegs on the tools. Not to worry. Just about every picture of STuGs I've seen shows them to be different, so variations in the tool locations isn't going to worry me!
I didn't know whether to include this in here or on the recent post I saw about the stupid things we sometimes do. My stupid thing was to glue together all the wheel pairs before painting them! I painted the tyres black and used a drill gauge as a mask to paint the hubs and it worked beautifully. Only problem of course is that there's no way to get a mask for the inside of the tyres now they've been assembled!
So that's 40 tyres to be painted by hand then ......Comment
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Dave this is looking good so far, try a thinned down overspray of xf 60 dark yellow, I have also built this kit its in the completed armour section. Try cutting up the shurtzen and applying individual sections, paint looks good keep up the good work.Comment
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Thanks Scott. I've got some Vallejo Matt Varnish which I'll be spraying on when everything is done. I think I'll add just a couple of drops of a sandy yellow from Vallejo to blend the colours a little. I don't want to risk mixing Tamiya paint with Vallejo varnish!
I'm not sure what you mean by individual sections for the skirts? I've already cut them into the relevant sections - which is why they're all hanging lop-sided.Comment
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Ah, right. I get you. I had thought of leaving one or two pieces off and shoving them on the back as if they're going to be repaired. I'll see what I feel like when I finally put it all together.Comment
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So, like Scott suggested, one of the panels is missing due to a broken bracket. The crew have kept it with the hope the bracket can be repaired.
Just waiting on the decals from Patrick, but it's getting there.
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looking good with this one,the camo with the dots have turned out well,like your idea,
the the skirt,as well,and nice to see you tie it down,nice work,what are the decals your getting ?Comment
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