A 2nd serving of Stugies oohh man Jeff do you know how to upsize a treat or what!!!



Mike

Hi all. This is my kit, the Gunze Sangyo Stug 40 Ausf G. Everything will be OOB except for the barrel. I will use the metal one provided by Italeri for the Jgdpanzer IV/L48. Enjoy your builds everyone.

I should get a metal barrel for mine. I hate 2 piece barrels.

Hi guys !

John that's an old Ausf.G, are the tracks any good ?
Congrats on Karagounis goal, it was a great match !

@Marc

Me too, I think metal gun barrels should be a standard for every companies..

Almost forgot, here's my Stug IV.
Started yesterday afternoon.

But took the pics a few minutes ago





Pretty old and crude, comparing to Dragon or Trumpeter's actual kits, but I hope it will turn into a nice kit !

What is it? repackaged old tamiya kit?

It's from Italeri. Kit nr. 6223
I think it's a repackaged, since it's from 2003, but decals & parts look very 90ish

John the kit is an old Dragon kit reboxed. The tracks are on sprues but (fortunately?) only two places attached on the sprue for every link. They also have a lot of sink marks. They will take some extra work, but they are well detailed i think and can look good.

Thanks on the football game remark! It was a very welcomed result! The only good thing that happened in a long time......
I saw you started building your kit. I hope you have a most enjoyable build. Italeri kits are old but can give very nice results.

Marc i agree with you, they should all give metal barrels in their kits, or at least one piece plastic items attached on sprues from front and back end. That can spare us from too much trouble..... On the other hand what would the aftermarket boys do then?

Hey ya guys ,, well made a wee start on my STuG III H model and decided to add a couple of things ,, like white metal road wheels and return rollers ,,no idea who made them ,,got these and a pile of other bits and pieces from a large box of model bits of brought on the net ..
Here's the start date pic

and now a couple of where i am at the moment with this kit




By tonight this thing is be alot more built

Phill

I got started on my 1/48 frankenstein stug F. Also sanded all the wheels

Phill,

You making it into a howister version??

Greg looking good you guys are making me get itchy fingers lol

Cheers Mike

Hey Mike .. No mate ,, wont be turning this into a Sturmhaubitze ,,its gonna remain as you sent it to me ..well slightly gonna remain the same
Wait and see what i'm gonna do ,,think you gonna like it

Phill

Production has started.
I gave all the parts a bath and started assembling the lower hull. Nothing picture worthy.

Phill,

My friend I shall watch & enjoy with bated breath

Mike

Thanks Mike and hope yu get to that scratch soon


Here's one side of the winteketten done - took the whole time watching The Bridge at Remagen. I love the Tamiya tracks, but this aftermarket variety from WWII productions is nice. Every 5th link has the ice cleats if you bring out the microscope lol

Greg nice start. I really like the winter tracks. Are you going for a worn out winter tank?

I like those tracks! You say they are Tamiya brand, so they came in the kit?

I need to check out a 1/48th kit JUST for the tracks. Very nice and a nice start too.









~ Jeff

Greg,,, Mate that little beauty is looking pretty cool ,,still knocks me back at how detailed these 48th scale model are ,,those tracks alone look brilliant

Here's some more pics of where mine is at right now ,added some PE and there's still a heap of that to go yet ,,
Tracks are one ..magic tracks .not a problem





One of the hatch covers was missing from the kit so i made a couple of new ones our of copper plate and brass nuts .



More to follow soon


Phill

Phill,

Looking really good sit your flying along!!! I still have to order the other two sets I need to start mine!!

Cheers Mike

Thanks Mike ..but remember matey thats just the basic building so far ,,wait till i start going slightly nuts on it .. I gotta thank Jeff for this campaign idea of his ..i'm really enjoying myself
Hell gotta thank you too ,,pretty clear why too aint it ?


Phill

Phill,

Mate I would agree with that many thanks to Jeff for starting such a great campaign idea as this!!!

Lol as for me better than sitting in a box doing nothing lol

Mike

Thanks guys. As soon as I get a few moments to sit down, I'd like to enjoy this great Campaign idea too! It all started Friday and now I'm on the road everyday. I did have time to put together a little PE ... but for another Campaign and not this one!

And play around with some Government work too.








~ Jeff

I am really getting into Stugs again thanks to this campaign!

John - will be a slightly worn whitewash with some mud I reckon. I like to do a small base and a figure

Jeff - the tracks are WWII Productions. The Tamiya kit tracks will go to replace the vinyl Bandai ones for that kit. I was trying to say the Tamiya link and length tracks are so much easier to assemble then these single link aftermarket resin ones by WWII Productions.

Phill - can't wait to see what you do with your stug. You're blowing my mind with the early hull and late pig mantlet

Thanks Greg! I will keep them in mind as I need a 1/48 tank to sit next to all my planned 1/48 aircraft. That all started with the AURORA Heli and those tracks won't fit on any of the armor I have in the same scale.

Also, you guys don't have to take a picture of that days newspaper with your unbuilt kit. I know we do want an unstarted kit here but I trust you guys, so relax and just start building!

I think the dust should be settled by tomorrow so I can have at it with my kit and the planned changes.








~ Jeff

Greg, that is looking really cool dig the winterketten

Phill mate are the two little sun roofs on the back kiddie carriers lol

Jeff sir sounds like you planning no good which is great!!!

And por little ol me is still busy trying to accessiorising lol...god that sounds bad!!!

Cheers Mike

I running into some bad flash on one of the sprues.