Gents I have got hold of the Italieri Stug IV, on the box art the vehicle has vision blocks around the commanders hatch yet on the kit itself none are provided. I have checked my reference books but this is a bit of a rare bird and can find no mention of one, can anyone help, did it have vision blocks?.

Yes, the StuG IV had vision blocks around the commander's hatch. There isn't much reference material out there on the StuG IV, but I tried very hard to make mine (made from the Tamiya kit) as accurate as possible by collecting everything I could get my hands on. If you care to see my effort check here: http://www.track-link.net/gallery/1510

Adam, thats a nice model my congrats.Looks like I will have to scratch build my vision blocks.sorry state when they leave important detail like that off a kit. well never mind many thanks for the help.

I've almost got mine finnished, I just need to make my DIO base then dirty it, then I'm done.
It's an alright build, or at least for me. It's my first real individual track link build


you can check it out at http://rongeorge.com/modules/Gallery/redlegsjagdpanzerIV