Tracks and lower hull done

There's more weathering to do on the tracks and hull after the Stuggie is built

Here's some pics.





Cheers

Paul

Congrats on that hull Paul, it looks great ! Eastern Front Stug, stowage & troops entering a Ukranian village maybe..

Thanks John, Kharkov Stug III F8 with crew and an SS grenadier pointing out a Russian stronghold

Upper hull on by the weekend, then base coat on that

Cheers,

Paul

It's been so long since I posted no one probably remembers I signed up to do two Stug. III's at once in an effort to make a dent in my stash. Thanks to the extension I may just finish in time for this campaign. They are both ready for painting and weathering.







More soon.

THERE'S a trooper! In the face of adversity and a deadline he's still goin' for it!

You're farther ahead than I am.










~ Jeff

Thanks Jeff, after that the pressure's really on me to finish!

Yeah... REAL life issues got in my way so I won't finish my own Campaign BUT, I really want to thank everyone for their awesome work and to a very successful Campaign.

Not too bad for my first attempt.

Now to work on getting the ribbons out.










~ Jeff

This baby is ready for paint now (the primer is on, and I'll put the Dunkelgrau base on tonight).

The figs are done also - pics soon.

Here's where I'm at (the hatches and periscope are masked up ).







Cheers,

Paul

Wow, so fast!

Nice work on the F/8!










~ Jeff

Paul, that looks awesome. I can't wait to see it with the rest of the paint complete!

Well as of now I've only got a little bit of work left. I tried mixing AK dark mud with plaster, but I used way...way...way too much plaster, so it needs some work








This was my first stab at AK Interactive products, and I'm already hooked. The stuff stinks real bad, but the result is great and it's a breeze to work with. I actually met Ian, the President of the company (in the US) at a RR hobby show and got a tutorial in how to use it. Nice guy, made it look really easy. Anyways I should hopefully have one more post before I call this one done.

-Conor

Update pics of my entry, Dragon 1/35 StuG III Ausf.G

an update on my stug IIIG early: painting almost finished getting the track together.

My 2 Stug's are moving forward. The Cyber Hobby one is a little further along than the other kit. After I took these I sprayed it with a flat clear coat, and the decal with the name looks a lot better than in these pictures.




Still pushing to get them both done by the campaign finish date.

Here is an update on my build...

Finish the tracks and some weathering and it will be done

Great work guys !

I'm calling my Stug III F8 done.

The crew is the fantastic new Stug Crew by Evolution, the Waffen SS Grenadier is also a new Evolution figure and it compliments the Crew really well.

Here are pics of the finished "Stuggie" :









Pics uploaded to the gallery also

Now to move onto the Trumpeter E-100 for the "Super Heavy" Campaign

Cheers,

Paul

Paul,

Outstanding paint work, the figures are excellent!

Irvin

I agree... outstanding work Paul !!
Your painting job really gets the detailing on the figures & kit. Simply Fantastic !

You should enter your build on the next MOM ! You'd get my vote for sure !!!!

Thanks Irvin and John,

I'm happy with the way the Stuggie came out. I think I'll do another one soon with the "tank" winter crew and tank riders.

Probably a bit more storage on that one too when I get around too it.

"super heavy" and "paper panzer" projects first though

Cheers,

Paul

I have to agree with everyone else looks great Paul

Yikes, Paul's F/8 is awesome, and it's the figures that do it. I don't have any good crew figures in winter gear, so my F/8 will be buttoned up.

Since I last posted I finished up the lower hull. It's my first use of hairspray, and it's a pretty easy technique. The only modifications to the lower hull were to beat up some of the sheet metal parts and convert one of the winterketten links on each side to regular links. Photos often show this. The right side only needed 91 links, the left 90, even though it sags more. (Next step for armor kits: working track tensioners!) My winter camo philosophy is the crew is not going to mask off the tires when they whitewash it, but the whitewash isn't going to stay on rubber very well either.



Only one week left so the upper hull is only getting two modifications. (1)I've been thinning down the fenders so they can be bent up realistically. (2)The kit parts for the air intake screens have to go. I built frames out of styrene and used tulle (bridal veil) for the screen. It may be too coarse but it's the same as the raised detail on the kit part.

Go Ed, GO!










~ Jeff

Here are my photos of the finished StuG









A lot of great models in this campaign.

Thanks for extending the deadline, without it I could not have finished in time.

Tom

Getting close to finished on this one. Still need a pinwash and some dust and dirt.


I was really pleased with the muffler's and exhaust.




Tom, and paul you guys did awesome jobs on your builds! Congratulations.

Hi Everybody,
I worked hard these last two weeks to ultimate my project.
A little thing if I compare it with your jobs,Guys!:)
Here are my progress:











Here are pics of my StuG III finished:








I hope you like.Sorry for pictures quality.
best,
Antonio