Sturmgeschütz Brigade Build
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 03:36 AM UTC
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Hi everyone,
thanks for the info, I might try it as a second build if
there´s time.
Paul
Side-by-side build!! That's what I hope to do, that is if nothing comes up.
I think it takes the same amount of time to glue 12 wheels on as it will take 24.
I'm going to drop in at the LHS and see if they still have those Friul's they had behind the glass. Maybe I can offer them a deal-deal.
~ Jeff
Utrecht, Netherlands
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 06:59 AM UTC
thinking very hard about joining up for this one, as i got some stug stuff lying around
but i also have a question, does anyone know of a good listing of introduction dates for certain production features for alkett and miag, preferably online?
thanks in advance
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 11:24 AM UTC
Phil matey,
What sort of rv vechile is being used to pull out the stug & IV 70??
Could be a cool diorama
Cheers Mike
P.S "Elvis" should arrive end of this week beginning of next.
On the work bench: To many started & nothing finished!!
T55 ( Libyan)
S-Boat
BRDM 2 (Syrian)
BM21-Grad (Iraqi)
Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 01:46 PM UTC
Mike matey ... well the Germans made use of other tanks but the machine which was used for the propose of towing tanks was the Famo 18ton half track ,, 5 of those were used to tow the Tiger ,,,buggered if i know how many was needed to tow the King Tiger
Be warned!!! the Famo makes a STuG look very small,its that big
Phill
I know the voices ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas
Never trust a man who left alone with a tea cozy and doesn't try it on ( Billy Connolly )
Overkill is often very understated
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 02:51 PM UTC
Lol sorry Phil mate,
I was meaning in those photos you posted of destroyed stugs & mark IV's
With what I am guessing maybe some sort of t-55 or later ex Warsaw pact country vechile
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 03:54 PM UTC
Ohhh matey ,, then you'll be wanting a T55 or T72 ARV ,,now i dont know if there is kits out there but if there is they will be resin and expensive as hell .
Finding pics is not a problem ..can get dozens of pics of that machine .
Here's some links for ya buddy
http://ampsnz.hobbyvista.com/gallery/PostWWII/Russia/T-55/T-55_arv.htmhttps://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/146982Those should keep ya worried,opps i mean happy for a little while
Phill
I know the voices ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas
Never trust a man who left alone with a tea cozy and doesn't try it on ( Billy Connolly )
Overkill is often very understated
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 07:45 PM UTC
Phil mate,
After looking at the cost of those the chat we had regarding T-35s was positivly, warehouse prices compared lol, I nearly spat my nuts out my gob & then thought how to suggest to miss's be a great little buy lol, the T55 arv i mean lol
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 07:58 PM UTC
mate your not wrong ..friend of mine wants to build up a collection of 1/35 ARV"s and he really wants a Leo1 but its gonna cost him $375NZ for it in resin
..that makes your butt pucker man in a huge way so i we are going to go nuts instead .
1/16th RC Leo1 ARV ..i'm gonna build it for him ,,can't wait to build this man
Phill
I know the voices ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas
Never trust a man who left alone with a tea cozy and doesn't try it on ( Billy Connolly )
Overkill is often very understated
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 10:32 PM UTC
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1/16th RC Leo1 ARV ..i'm gonna build it for him ,,can't wait to build this man
Phill
THAT will be fun!
I need to get off my butt and make an ARV. Those can be so cool.
~ Jeff
Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 11:42 PM UTC
Jeff ,, Oh damn skippy mate .. I have started to build something a little while ago and once i get my camera back ,,which i hope is tomorrow ,,i will put some pics on here and make you all jealous
Well maybe not jealous but thats all good ..i know you'll like it..its a STUG with a 105mm gun ..but wait and see the rest
Phill
I know the voices ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas
Never trust a man who left alone with a tea cozy and doesn't try it on ( Billy Connolly )
Overkill is often very understated
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 02:14 AM UTC
Oh boy! More pictures?!! Can you handle it?!! A StuG with ANY gun is exciting and the 105 is special to me. It was my first StuG I ever built.
~ Jeff
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 03:57 AM UTC
Hello everyone,
disaster has struck. I just found that the StuG F8 with
G side skirts and the MG15 has already been done, the guy
is called Thomas Anderson. Is it o.k. if I do a version of
the same idea, or is that a "Copyright" problem?
Paul
"Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy & try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Troop horse artillery may accompany. French cavalry is on your left. Immediate. R Airey."
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 09:18 AM UTC
Hi Paul,
I can't see why not hell for all we know most ideas may already be done some were in the world & not posted!! And we aren't Microsoft so can't see any copy right issues??
Cheers Mike
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Indiana, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 09:38 AM UTC
Modeling is an expression, and "duplicating others work" is the most extreme form of flattery one can show. As long as one doesn't claim it as their own work I see no problem replicating it as such.
Heck, I haven't done much research on hybrid StuG's and prototypes yet (if there were any) and the only ones I know of was the deception planned by Otto Skrozeny during the Battle of the Bulge with the Panzer Brigade 150 or the F/8 Flammenwerfer.
~ Jeff
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 09:54 AM UTC
While I ponder my options for a Stug (& additional stuff), I'm just wondering if anyone knew anything about the action in Hungary in December 44-January 45? I know the events in the west during that time overshadow the events in the east, but I think something like that would be pretty cool
-Conor
I'm doin' stuff. Lotta stuff.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 06:27 PM UTC
I know the voices ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas
Never trust a man who left alone with a tea cozy and doesn't try it on ( Billy Connolly )
Overkill is often very understated
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 07:20 PM UTC
Phil mate,
Very glad to see Elvis arrived & in quick time, hopefully nothing broken, the 88 stug would look interesting, so is the tank destorier gig a go??
Mike
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 07:23 PM UTC
Mike mate ,, yup it got here with no problem at all ..nothing broke and everything it totally cool .
I put forward the paper work to Gary a little while ago so from this point i'll leave it in his hands and its now up to the man
Phill
I know the voices ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas
Never trust a man who left alone with a tea cozy and doesn't try it on ( Billy Connolly )
Overkill is often very understated
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 09:19 PM UTC
Well Phill, that's neat. Really! Good to see more large scale interest here than just me.
I don't have the pictures right now (right before work and all) but I too have not only a HL StuG G to work up but I have this conversion kit from Profiline to take a HL PIII to a StuG F ... all resin kit. I have all the goodies to make it full R/C too.
Too bad we couldn't have coordinated these two builds at the same time here. Maybe in the future sort of a dueling 1/16th build? Both appear to have about the same amount of work involved.
Could be fun! And by the way ... you did make my day with the pics! Me likey!
~ Jeff
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Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 09:38 PM UTC
Too bad we couldn't have coordinated these two builds at the same time here. Maybe in the future sort of a dueling 1/16th build? Both appear to have about the same amount of work involved.
Oh i can feel a challenge coming on here and you can count me in matey ,,that would be huge fun
I scaled all that work from the same model which i put with the 1/16th one .
It started life as a RC Panzer III but due to the work needed to turn it into a STuG i had to basically destroy the RC drive system to make it all work with the upper hull ..not to worry tho ,,i never intended to drive it again anyway but its still 1/16th
Phill
I know the voices ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas
Never trust a man who left alone with a tea cozy and doesn't try it on ( Billy Connolly )
Overkill is often very understated
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 02:46 AM UTC
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I put forward the paper work to Gary a little while ago so from this point i'll leave it in his hands and its now up to the man
Phill
I hope he's not asleep at the switch again!!
~ Jeff
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 03:15 AM UTC
Hi Mike,
if that´s the way you see it, then I´ll stick with it, heck
it won´t be the 100% the same. At least now I´ve told everyone it´s not a 100% original.
Hi Phil,
nice kit that F from Dragon, it seems like a 100 years have passed since I built it. That 1/16 is fantastic, if there´s
going to be a "conversion build" in that scale I think I shall also take part.
Paul
"Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy & try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Troop horse artillery may accompany. French cavalry is on your left. Immediate. R Airey."
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 04:34 AM UTC
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That 1/16 is fantastic, if there´s
going to be a "conversion build" in that scale I think I shall also take part.
Paul
Well, we should do it in a Campaign of such for I doubt you would get too many onboard for a 1/16 build.
I just found a couple more StuGs I must have. The Cyber Hobby StuG III Ausf. E and the Tamiya Finnish StuG III Ausf. G
The later one has concrete armor and the supplemental armor made of logs and add-on armor for the lower hull. I always wanted to paint one like that, now there's one to build as well!
Plus, it has a sweet little stowage box on the rear.
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/171821&page=1 http://www.amps-armor.org/ampssite/reviews/showReview.aspx?ID=1568&Type=FB ~ Jeff
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 05:15 AM UTC
@ Jeff....
If you are looking at doing a Finnish Stug be sure to wander through THE site on them....
http://www.andreaslarka.net/ Back when I started my conversion, way before the Tamiya kit, I talked to Andreas several times. He was very helpful and would take a look at what I was doing and give me pointers to make it more accurate.
The 1/16th stuff looks good.... you guys do a 1/16th build and I might have to dig out my old Bandai Panzer IV.... although I don't remember if it is 1/16th or 1/15th...
Bob
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 07:40 AM UTC
You're right Bob, I have drooled through that site a many of times but thanks just the same.
And the Bandai? It's 1/15th. I have a couple myself.
~ Jeff
