AlanG's 1/35 Tamiya Stug IV (StuG Group Build)

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Al, welcome to the world of the stug and all those wheels :thumb2:

Off to a great start:tongue-out3:

[AlanG]

Did a bit more on it this afternoon after the F1 race. Not sure about painting the wheels then fitting them, only for them to be painted over So i've left them off and un-painted for now. Enjoying doing this build. Something totally different and out of my comfort zone.

[BattleshipBob]

Slow down man, i have only taken the lid off the box lol. I paint the tyres first then the metal of the wheel using a geometery stencil to mask off the tyres

[AlanG]

Slow down man

Not exactly much to this kit so it isn't going to take long to make it up. The painting and weathering will take longer lol

[Fernando N]

Great start Al :thumb2:.

[Lee Drennen]

Wow Alan your going at it like the mad Hadder looks pretty easy so far what a great start

[AlanG]

Well i am a bit 'radio rental' Lee so that does help :tongue-out3:

[AlanG]

On the top of the Stug appears to be a fire extinguisher. I gather that it would be painted red but my question is would it have been painted over in the camo colour afterwards? Seems strange having something painted up in camo to only have something in bright red standing out.

[BattleshipBob]

I always paint them for your exact reasons

[Guest]

On the top of the Stug appears to be a fire extinguisher. I gather that it would be painted red

See this thread:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/wwii-german-fire-extinguishers-t431355.html

Your best bet is the same colour as the rest of the vehicle. If you paint your model dark yellow with camouflage over that, chances are good that on the real vehicle, nobody would have bothered to remove the extinguisher (or any of the pioneer tools) before spraying the camouflage.

[Ian M]

Comfort zone tossed well and truly out the window.
Made a great start Al.

[AlanG]

Comfort zone tossed well and truly out the window.

Most certainly is Ian. But at least i can cover my mistakes in mud now lol

[dave]

Nice start, one of these days I will have to venture over to the dark side as well.

[AlanG]

I'm only doing it because BattleshipBob offered me triple choc cookies :tongue-out3:

[AlanG]

Anyone got a recommendation for the CHEAPEST decent oil paints (and colours) i can get from the UK via evilbay for weathering the Stug? Also need a recommendation on what thinner to use on said oils.