Ok then here she is
Been working on her for about a couple of weeks and now she is entering the finihsing stage. The pictures are very bad as I had to hurry up because the batteries of my DC were almost empty so only the third picture is sharp. I will make new pics tomorrow so consider this as a warmup.
only things I still have to do are the antennas, some decals, a little paint here and there and a dio to put her in :-) that`s all

here they are then:
crappy picture #1

crappy picture #2


the best of three


the better pics are coming tomorrow but if you have comments so far let me know.

Nice piece of work all around Robert. I'm very impressed with your track work on this kit...nicely weathered. :-)

Looking good FAUST!

Just one thing. I think you should spend more time and weather the lower hull and the area around the tracks and wheels. It looks too clean down there, but again, its just my opinion.

Cheers,

CDT Reimund Manneck
U.S. Army ROTC

Great looking STUG Faust.. I like the weathering you've done on it. The only thing that I see to add would be weathering the barrel. But like I said that is GREAT looking. :-)

Faust, I really like your 40F, the chipped white wash is very realisticly protrayed. I also like the tarp that covers the storages up. It looked real neat, and the string to tie it down. very nice touch. Detail minded, but sometimes overlooked by modellers. Very good work, Lord Faust.

Bees and Dogs will appreciate.

Dang, Robert, you ahve been a busy man. I can't even finish one model in the time you have finished your last five or so. The chipped white-wash is pretty cool, share the technique?

Rob

looks great esp the paint and the track color. but i do agree the lower hull is just too clean esp between the tracks. Those areas just don't seem to match the upper hull that well..

but this is just an opionion..
:-)

Like the model. You've done a real great job. Like the small attention to detail, like tying the tarp down. I've seen many a model that has some tarp covering equipment, but are not tied down.

Thanks for the comments so far guys.

As I alredy posted that it is not finished yet though in the comments I found things out that I didn`t really noticed all of that will be changed in the next round (this evening)

Thanks for pointing out that the hull is too clean and I will fix that though I ddon`t want it to match up with the upper hull because the tank will be stuck in the muddy roads of russia in my dio. Anyway I will touch it up as it`s way too clean.

Rob.
The chipped paint was an experiment as I have never done it before. Before I did anything with it I first read every post regarding chipped paint here on Armorama. There I read something about rubbercement. Rubbercement is a glue that is used to glue photo`s in photoalbums. the cool thing of this is that you can simply peel it off when it`s dry (it becomes some sort of rubber) so what I did was: first spray the first layer of paint. when that is dry apply the rubbercement ( I did this with a toothpick) then spray all the layers you want above it. When all the other layers are dry you simply rub with your hand along the glue and it comes loose showing the groundlayer underneath. really good way to make chipped paint plus the fact that it`s a lot cheaper then maskingfluid

The tarp is made from the transparent kitchenfoil wich I cut to size folded it, painted it put it on the model and then tied it down with khaki sewing thread that I got from my mother. It was a hard task but quite funny to do

More questions?? just ask

It looks great Faust! Very nice weathering. I love the tracks too.
Bravo!!!

Beautiful Faust!
Very nice color scheme and the tracks are great!
One thing points me in the eye: the scale of paint flakes. I don´t know about this but those flakes make it look like a...scale model kit. #:-) I mean, should they be a lot smaller in scale?
Discard this opinion if the painting is based on real reference!
Those tracks look interesting. Are they for use in snow? Who´s the manufacturer? Which kit is this?

Waiting to see this beauty finished!


Toni

Lovely model faust. I love the tracks and the extenders on them add so much to their appearance. I think Envar has a point. Most of the chips look good but the ones along the side above the wheels looka bit "constructed". The actual chips look great, but maybe a mixture of these and some painted ones in smaller areas would suit better.

Thanks guys for the comments

The painflakes in the pictures might be a bit too big but I wanted to show a vehicle that is bashed through several walls during Stalingrad. But I will touch up different areas this evening thanks for pointing that out

Envar
The kit I used is Revells Stug 40 F I looked on the revell site but I can`t give you much more information then that as I can`t find it on the revell site anymore. So no kit# though I believe it is original a Dragon kit and Revell has bought it or stolen it how you want to translate that.
The model comes with the so called Ostketten wich are normal tracks that are extended so they are wider and have more holdon in the snow so the tank won`t get stuck in the road that fast.

A beautiful kit with a brilliant fit (easy to built out of the box) and almost no filling needed as all parts fitted like they were made for it #:-) #:-) #:-)
I don`t know how the Dragon kit is (probably the same but you never know) but if you see it laying somewhere on a shelf of your local hobbyshop then buy it as it is a lovely kit to built

All you have to do is to add some smaller flaking so it will work as contrast to the bigger flakes. It will look great!

The tarp cover is just excellent, make sure to include some ultra close-ups of that!


Toni

Envar



All the honour goes to you bout that point as I took your idea of using the transparent kitchenfoil.... and it works really well

Looking good Robert. Nothing I can see wrong post more when finished.

Good job. I love the whole AFV. The chips work. I have seen larger chips on winter camo schemes. Depending on how they paint was applied it was more prone to come off easier.
The tracks came out great. I agree that the lower hull is a bit to clean, but as you put it in the diorama it will be dirtied up a bit. Afterall you have to match the hull dirt with the dio dirt/mud.

Very interesting! I have a can of rubber cement at home which I have used to glue masks on aircraft models for painting camouflage, I will have to try doing chips with it some day.

Another way of simulating chipped paint is by painting small dots and connecting them together. You can do this with either a fine brush on flat planes or a toothpick on edges. Below is a picture of a chipped tank I made:

The streaks were done by streaking a sharpened toothpick on the surface. I use a straight edge to keep them straight. To finalize I used some fine grit sandpaper or pastels to simulate rust and discoloration around scratches.The hardest part when doing cratches is not to get carried away, which I definetly did. It was a good experiment though!

Can't wait to see your Stug in the mud!

Cheers,

CDT Reimund Manneck
U.S. Army ROTC

Bombshell

I remember seeing that tank a couple of weeks ago but never came to posting on it. Really a lovely tank and I love the way the paint has come off. From this tank you can see that it`s sctratched against something. really great job.
And thanks for sharing your chipped paint technique that`s something to test with. I think it`s time to get the good ol` tiger "testing" 1 out of his garage :-) :-)

thanks dude