Stug fest 2019, the beginning of a true legend

[BattleshipBob]

Not a problem Pete

welcome papa, al god fun

Here's the competed Miniart Stug O series, its in dark grey primer. Not a enjoyable build, the small parts are well moulded but on thick sprue gates which meant either risking breaking the part or damaging it when trying to clean it up

Just noticed that the tracks are upside down, bugger!!!!!






Above you can the complex suspension, multi leaf spring, side mounted dampers and linkage arms. Imagine repairing that in the field!!

Next stop is decals, tools, exhausts then matt varnish, not going to weather it

[BattleshipBob]

Just to add, some early Stugs were not just dark grey but had brown patches. Will do some research and might do this one in scheme?? As pics are b/w can be hard to see

[scottie3158]

Bob,
That's a great build. is this one of the unarmoured prototypes.

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Scottie, yes O series.

The 2nd photo hopefully shows the 2 round hatches on the front plate. These had no armour

[scottie3158]

Thanks Scottie, yes O series.

The 2nd photo hopefully shows the 2 round hatches on the front plate. These had no armour

That's what I thought after reading your earlier introduction.

[BattleshipBob]

Have a gold star!!

[Guest]

Hi Bob found these.

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Prototype Sturmgeschutz III (0-serie) on Panzer III B chassis


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Pete.

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Pete, great pics

Got those, not that many O pics around. Its hard to spot the brown patches, thats my next job, look and look again, such fun!!

[SteveH]

Morning Bob

Nice work on the "O", and upside down tracks could simply be the result of the heavy night on the schnapps before kitting her out?

You will have to leave the schnapps alone before modelling LOL.

I think you will be OK with a single panzer grey colour, the few reference photos I have seen don't have anything that could be a camo.

There aren't many more photos than you have on the thread already.

Always up for a good stug, is there a bad one?

My last completed one was a Stuh 42.

Have a good day

Regards

Steve H

[boatman]

[COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)]Just noticed that the tracks are upside down, bugger!!!!!

Bob how can you tell that they are ?
an both sides ? an how come you never noticed it when you built it ? this is not a critisuim of your build sir
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[BattleshipBob]

Hi Steve, all Stugs are fab !!! Thanks for the comment!

Morning Chris

If you look at the front pic Pete posted then mine you will see, no idea what happened! They were a pain to make so i will blame them lol

[Guest]

Bob how can you tell that they are ?

Panzer III (and IV) tracks have a definite direction to them: the sides of the link run diagonal, and should be going inward towards the top at the front.

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You can see on this tank how they’re supposed to fit:



The bar is at the bottom of each link, and the track is “pinched” just below it because of the shape of the link below.

And here’s an example of the tracks the wrong way round:

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[Steve Jones]

If you need any help on the camo let me know. I use Vallejo Armour Brown for the patches which goes well with the Panzergrau

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Jakko

Hi Steve

Many thanks Steve

[SimonT]

I'm in Bob

made the crappy old Tamiya Stug IV that is totally inaccurate - chopped it all apart and spent ages correcting it in all directions then dropped something heavy on top of it just as it was coming up to completion :rolling:

Have a few other Stugs in the stash - Tamiya, Dragon and a Gunze Sangyo