Here's my Dragon Stug III F8.

I'm "getting stuck into it" now



Cheers

Paul

Awesome Paul! Looks like a great kit too.

After we open gifts I will jump on my StuG as well.


Merry Christmas friends!










~ Jeff

I like the look of the Stug F8 kit with winter track. I'll be interested in seeing how it turns out and maybe I'll have to pick one up after Christmas with some of that wonderful Christmas money.

Good Luck.

Kevin

Remember me? Didn't think so. lol
It's been a log time, but I've finally got back into my Stug IV project again. A lot of progress in only a few days Photos soon. Anyone know of a good resin tank crew out there? I need 2 figures for mine.

Thanks

-Conor

Hi Kevin,

It's a great looking machine , and some of the reference pictures from Kharkov '43 really are great motivation to build this kit with the winter tracks.

I have the great looking NEW Evolution resin Stug crew figs on the way too

Cheers,

Paul

Great builds in this tread.

Since there is a two month extension I might jump in with a StuG III G late version. Currently away from my models over the Christmas holidays, but ready to get started soon.

Hi Conor, your the new guy in here aren´t you
nice to see you back, here a set of fig´s that are quite
sweet to say the least:


Paul

Welcome Jesper! Better get at it soon, 2 months will fly by!

And glad to see you back Conor! I must finish mine now too, thanks to Gary for the extension!










~ Jeff

It's good to be back. I was surprised to see the extension, maybe I'll finish this campaign...

Paul I did look at that kit, and it would be great if the Stug wasn't already done up for the Russian winter

I think evolution made a kit recently...

-Conor

Paul,

I just picked up a copy of "Images of War" all about the Stug and it has some great reference photos. It gave me the inspiration to buy the older Tamiya Stug B and some PE to go along with it. That may have to be the next project after I'm done with the Maultier I've got going now.

thanks
Kevin

So this is where I'm at now. Whitewashed twice, a little bit of weathering, schurzen attached, schurzen mauled, decals & what not, stowage, and I'm making my own crew member. He's from Dragon's Panzer crew at Kursk, and a LOT of Tamiya putty. He's not quite done yet though.



















At the end of the tunnel, there is a light. Not a very bright one, but I'll take what I can get. I'd say I'm 3/4 of the way there. I've got more weathering and painting of the stowage to do, then finish the crew member. What should I do about the tracks? They've got a metallic base coast, and I haven't done much else. I want to darken it a bit more. The whole tank still seems a bit too bright. Any ideas?

Thanks

-Conor

Have you added an burnt umber oil wash yet? If not, I'd recommend that you add one since that will help darken the overall color while bringing out some of the details. Then add some pin washes to further bring out details.

Good luck.

So far I only started a pin wash in a few places. Never tried a burnt umber wash yet, any tips for it? I don't want to screw anything up hahaha

Thanks

Conor

Conor - That is some serious weathering, looking good!

I have decided to call my StuG finished:



Nate

I usually try to start with a really "watered down" version of the oil wash and then slowly build up the oil on the lower areas of the tank and in the cracks and crevasses until you reach the desired look.

Good luck.

thanks.

Here is my finished project, did some weathering though have not yet mastered the oil weathering as of this moment. Added a metal barrel, thanks for the assistance in assembling it. Extra boogie added to right side. Since there were no decals I scrounged for some and added the StuG. Abt. 201 unit badge.Was an excellent idea for the campaign. We should try this again some time in the future.

Some awesome looking StuGs guys!

I'm so proud of all your hard work!










~ Jeff

Here is where i am currently.
It's been a while since i did any actual work on the StuG itself. I want to add mud, but i haven't been motivated lately. I have been working on the crew figures that came with the kit.
I am not happy with the fig in these pics.

I was hoping to get to my Sturmgeschütz back in December. Good thing this campaign was extended.

It's the old Imperial Series StuG F/8 with winterketten. It's been sitting in my stash for about 15 years.

I've got other irons in the fire, so this is strictly an OOB build. I will probably swipe a couple regular Pz.III/IV track links from another kit, as photos usually show gap-toothed winterketten. I am not expecting to wow anybody--it's my first armor build in 6 years.

Hope you're a speed builder Ed.

I doubt I'll get back to mine.










~ Jeff

Here's the chassis. I primered the trees all with rattlecan Krylon red primer, which goes on really smooth and seems a pretty good match for the red primer seen on wehrmacht AFVs, followed by Krylon grey primer, which looks like a scale-effect panzergrau. (Actually, a lot of scale effect, as in braille scale.) I painted over partially with Model Master panzergrau, which is substantially darker. A little of the grey is worn away to reveal primer--I don't know of any photographic evidence for this, and it seems from references that panxergrau was pretty good quality paint that wore well, but it stands to reason. Winter camo will be going over that anyway.


I thought it might be a good idea to add actual rust to the mufflers, and got some from my '92 Jeep Cherokee, which is a rich source of the substance, and sifted it though a 120-mesh sieve, but ended up stippling them with a mix of browns and rust reds to get something like the desired effect. I also hollowed out the exhausts with a #55 drill bit. There were some fit problems (this being originally a Gunze kit from way back when) with the towing lugs on the rear of the track tensioning assemblies, and while the wheels & sprockets have alignment pins built in, I had to consult references for the alignment of other parts. (And, egad, look at those trailing arms for the road wheels! Not only molded onto the hull, but overly thick like they were afraid they'd break off.)
I'm not sure why modelers want wheel masks, as painting tires doesn't seem difficult to me--just use a liner brush and thin the paint, then relax and exhale as you paint, like you're firing a rifle. Weathering covers a multitude of sins, too.
This is on track to be done well before the end of February, since this build will be OOB except for cutting the extensions off a couple winterketten and it will be buttoned-up.

Couple of progress pics. It's been six years, so I had almost forgotten how much fun it is to work with individual link tracks. (actually wasn't all that frustrating)
Got the right side assembled, now the left. The wheels are just test fitted (except the sprocket is now one with the tracks), so I can whitewash them and finish painting the tracks. I'm still having to think about what's the best order to do these things in.

Beat up the sheet metal box around the mufflers and applied whitewash. My first attempt at hairspray technique. I have never seen any photographic reference about whitewash on the bottom of the hull, but speculated that crews might want it under the forward hull.

You're the man thinking indy links are fun but the progress and the results are GREAT!!


Nice work everyone!

Mine STILL is untouched and now will be slated for the next "Get R Done" Campaign! Especially my TD project too. Did I mention that I spent almost 70 bucks on it?










~ Jeff

On what project ?