Hi all,

Im calling this one done! its been great fun.












im disapointed in the throat mics. after building and painting and installing i looked at some references and the cords are completely wrong. lesson learned.

Thanks for looking!
Gary

Nice work!! I would not worry about the mics, everyone will be busy looking at the rest of the tank and never notice. ( I did not)

Thanks Gary for sharing your build with us ! As I said earlier that your build inspired me to get this kit to go along with the rest of my Stug Family builds. I've taken lots of notes and will start soon. So, what are you going to start the New Year out with ? Tom

Hi gentlemen,

Thanks Easy8 for the props man!

Thanks Ivanhoe6! i think you will love this kit! as for my next project, im gona finish this german officer, my 1st 1/16th. then im going to build my new Staghound Mk.1 that santa brought me.


Thanks for looking guys!
Gary

Gary;

NICE StuG! Your interior came out quite well and extremely interesting - and I'll ditto others on those mics... the detail "error" is well - lost in the excellence of the whole thing, and, besides which, you actually went to the effort to put some sort of mics in! Hat's off to you, Sir! I love it! Rather inspirational and I have a couple of Dragon StuG to do, so....! And having the top removable for a display makes this more accessible. I am thinking of doing something like this for a 38(t) build... IF I can actually engineer the "top" things right!

I AM a little maybe perplexed, here, though.... sure would be a real ladyer to have been the radio operator, having to dive back and forth across that compartment!

Bob

Hi Gary. Some great work on that interior ... it looks great. I wouldn´t get too hung up on the throat mics either. The 1/16 scale figure looks great as well. Have you used the airbrush for the main colour/shadows of the uniform?

He shoots... He scores!

Great looking StuG, Gary, just like I expected. The extra effort you put in at the end with the weathering and chipping really paid off. You did indeed bring it all together into a very nicely done presentation!

I also gotta complement you on the figure: very smooth transitions with the shading and highlights on the uniform and very precise, clean brush work on the details. That guy's shaping up to be a winner too!

Happy New Year and Happy Modeling!

Out standing work Gary. On the stug and figure!

gary,

beautiful job on the stug. very profesional paint, weathering and construction. as everybody else said i would'nt worry to much about the throat mics. once again great model gary.

respectfuly yours,
nick morgan

Hello All,

Bob, John,and Nick. Thanks so much guys! i really appreciate your comments.

Frank - i brush painted the whole body then went back and softend some color shade edges and then highlighted. Thanks for the kind words man!

Mike - I again thank you for your advice and guidence on this project. it was most valuable. Oh! and by the way, your Panther...Wow!!! you have got mad skills my friend. also, with your permision, i would like to pick your brain on my future projects.

Thanks Gentlemen!
Gary

Very nice work on this one all around Gary, definitely an interior to be proud of.

We tend to be our own worst critics when it comes to detail work because we "know" all the little quirks of our "babies" as they get built. Like the others have said, don't sweat it and take pride in a job well done.

Hi Bill,

thank so much for the nice comments. i got over the troat mic issue pretty quik. i turned the stuh over to my nephew yesterday and he loved it and i am very proud to make him happy. i have finished the head of my officer and mounted it. but im gona have to put him on hold so i can start my italeri staghound mk.1.

gona replace 37mm barrel and 30cal. barrels. ill start a buid log soon.

Thanks for looking
Gary

@BBD468 - Gary,

Beautiful clean build! Nice set of photographs too!

Thanks for sharing and posting your build, keep up the excellent work. Looking forward to your upcoming build log.

~ Eddy

Thank man! i really appreciate your kind words. I have started a Staghound Mk.1 on constructive feedback. Thx again!

Gary

Glad I found this!

Hey Gary... do you have any build pics of the torsion bars or any advice? I mean A1 and A2 look alike and from what side do they enter?

I LUV your StuG here and the interior looks like a restored (or slightly used) REAL tank.

Any help or ideas you could toss my way I'd appreciate it or I'll end up pulling more hair out that I cannot afford!







~ Jeff