Stug fest 2019, the beginning of a true legend

[BattleshipBob]

Feel your pain Simon !!

Do you mean the GB??

[AlanG]

made the crappy old Tamiya Stug IV that is totally inaccurate

Hmm i was just looking at the Tamiya kit on evilbay. What about the revell kit then?? Any good? I plan to maybe do an IV with Star decals for the Waffen-SS units

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Al, the Tammy IV is terrible, built the new revell IV, not bad but not a patch on Dragon or Tamiya. Tamiya do nice 1/48 Stugs, heard good things about them. Although not accurate the Tammy 1/35 G is a delight to build

[AlanG]

Hi Al, [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]the Tammy IV is terrible[/COLOR], built the new revell IV, not bad [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]but not a patch o[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]n[/COLOR] Dragon or [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Tamiya[/COLOR]

Eh?!

I know it's not hard to do but i'm confused

[Guest]

What about the revell kit then?? Any good?

Revell’s StuG IIIs used to be reboxed Dragon kits, 15–20 years ago anyway. If they still sell StuGs, then I wouldn’t be surprised if they still are.

[SimonT]

Al - I think Bob got carried away with his typing. The Tamiya IV is not accurate - width wrong, height wrong, wheels too narrow, wheel spacing wrong plus loads of other things.

It is however very cheap and does look Stug IV ish if you are not bothered about it being accurate

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Al

Sorry Al, meant Tamiya G or 1/48 Stugs. I think the Revell Stug IV is a reboxed Italeri. Not bad but the new Dragon's are much better but of course more expensive

[AlanG]

Cheers guys. Cheap is the name of the game for me. I'd love to buy Dragon kits but they are out of my buying structure at the moment. Besides as it'll be my first armour foray then i don't want to make a hash of a decent kit.

[BattleshipBob]

Hash, no chance Al

[Guest]

Cheap is the name of the game for me. I'd love to buy Dragon kits but they are out of my buying structure at the moment. Besides as it'll be my first armour foray then i don't want to make a hash of a decent kit.

If you want 1:35 scale, you could get an older Italeri kit of the StuG IV. Sure, it’s a 1970s kit so not up to today’s standards, but Italeri’s kits were way better than Tamiya’s back then, detail-wise anyway (fit is a little inferior, but still good).

Looking at Italeri’s web site, I see they now sell a StuG IV with:—

- FULLY UPGRADED MOULDS -
- PHOTO-ETCHED FRET, LINK BY LINK TRACKS AND METAL GUN BARREL INCLUDED -

Which I suppose will be a lot more expensive than the older kit.

Alternatively, buy 1:72 or 1:76 scale Trumpeter has a bunch in 1:72, Italeri has a few as well (some being the old Esci kits), if you want three for the price of one (almost) then Plastic Soldier Company sells quite nice wargames models that go together well but also look good (if with somewhat thick detail), and there are probably plenty of other choices.

[Guest]

Stand by the Russian Supporters Club has arrived, we come in peace though.:smiling:
Great introduction Bob. I had a list printed out of the many variations, so confusing "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"
I shall follow along and not sing any patriotic songs from the Motherland !

[Steve Jones]

You have no excuse not to join in Comrade. The Russians captured and reused many Stugs during the conflict

[Guest]

You have no excuse not to join in Comrade. The Russians captured and reused many Stugs during the conflict

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Steve hi .
Oh is this a group build now, I was under the impression that Bob was going to build as many as he could. I do have several in the stash so that's a good idea . :nerd:

[Guest]

Or build an SU-76i, since it’s basically a StuG III built with Russian parts anyway.

[Steve Jones]

Steve hi .
Oh is this a group build now, I was under the impression that Bob was going to build as many as he could. I do have several in the stash so that's a good idea . :nerd:

Sorry mate. My bad. Confused with Bobs other Stug link here