Progress update on my StuG III Ausf. A:



Finished with glueing parts on. Halfway through the Spade Ace metal tracks. Tracks are looking good, a bit of flash to remove and the track pin holes require very little drilling to open.

VERY nice Vegard! I have a special place for the early StuGs with those short guns.










Jeff

Thanks Jeff! I like the kit; it's easy to build and fits together pretty well.

Hi guys. Finally i have internet connection at my new home, so i can start building for this campaign. This is my contribution to the brigade. (Let's just hope i can make it in time! ).

Hi Guys there has been some great work produced here and I have bought 2 different kits to build here but the I received this kits from the Kitmakers Network for a build review

I dont have a dated start photo but you can go to this link and see that it wasnt shipped to me until June 28
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai9GqaMVA8SHdEZCVndVT2VtTHZHbXVOelNaVmRzTFE&usp=sharing#gid=11
So I hope that is acceptable, I started this built last week while I was on vacation and here is some progress shots





ran into some problems fitting the gun into the fighting compartment hope to make some more progress this weekend

Good one john and welcome to the StuG Factory! I have that kit and will love to see it get built right here!

And Sal, as long as our leader... the Great and Powerful Oz, er I mean... John has no problem with it, neither will I.

(And we won't hold it against you that it came for free from the Kitmakers Network. )






Jeff

Oz has no problem Sal !

Thanks Jeff and John

Ok guys as promised I made some more progress
I had to make some modifications to the rear of the gun and the bottom of the fighting compartment in order to get the top of the hull to fit

As you can see the cable length should be 10cm shorter buy being that this is a build review i followed the instructions


The rubber band DS track are very flimsy again

The schurzen is dry fit for now

and so is the top of the fighting compartment and road wheels

now she is read for some red oxide primer

Here's my starting pictures .. I finally got this one started ... Family and a new job (yes another one!) Have kept me away from my work bench, but finally I got a little bit done.. This is the Stug IV Last production kit and I will be blogging it in the constructive comment section ..I h will post most of the pictures there ,but I will update here everytime I add new pictures...I hope to have your input here and on the blog as well .. So here is the obligatory before shot . More pictures to follow soon.




Keep up the great work people ..

Rick

Nice one Richard! A beautiful Late StuG IV with schurzen too! I've never seen this kit before... nice! Are you painting it to match the boxart? Which looks great! I need to get a StuG IV myself soon. Maybe a Sturmgeschütz Brigade Build Campaign Part III next year?

Since my truck build is nearing completion I must decide. Do I want to finish the StuG kit I started in the first Sturmgeschütz Brigade Build Campaign (which really was the catalyst for this Campaign) or bash together a brand new kit? (this is the hard part... deciding)

So, any help? What should I do? I really want one of these ribbons!









Jeff

Hi Jeff ... Yeah well kinda ..sorta ..something like that .. It will probably be a hard edge camo scheme . As for your stug ... Do a new one and then finish the other ..lol .. Nahhhh Just do the one you feel like doing ..The more stugs the better ..

Rick

If I get this truck finished and out of the way...


Well, you know how that goes!








Jeff

Ok so I made some progress
Dunkelgelb applied

used a ripped edge blue tap to mask


and 2nd camo color



More soon

My Stuggie ready for paint:


And after primer

Trundling right along, painted and faded, ready for detail paint, Future and decals!

Nice Stuggie, Colin! Looks like I'm just a small step behind you



I think I'll be trying out chipping on this model. Never done chipping on a kit before.

Thanks Vegard! Gee, yours looks pretty familiar... It would be nice if we could get a Stuggie 'ladder' out of this - A,B,C,D,E,F,&G models to show the progression.

That'd be cool. Do we have all variants in this campaign?

I painted the rotbraun layer on my Stug this morning:

Not sure, will have to check or everyone can chime in...

Dunkelgrau painted on top of the Rotbraun color and did some chipping



First time using the chipping method and reasonable satisfied with the result. The Rotbraun color turned out to be a bit too bright, but that is easily fixed with additional weathering.

My completed Stug III

LOOKS GOOD!




Jeff

Calling it done!