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dragon stug f/8 early question
james-dean
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Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 - 03:40 AM UTC
i have a dragon stug f/8 early italy kit(dr6620)
but something strange about this kit is
this kit has mg shield on top .

as i know early f/8 didnt had mg shield at least it was just produced. it seems this kit depicts stug f/8 that is retropited/converted version.

but what i want to make is not retropited version but
very typical early productionstug f/8 for fall of 1942 easternfront.


if i want to make "typical" early f/8,
what can i do for this kit?
just make it without mg shied and then it is what i want?
or do something more?


rover5700
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Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 - 03:58 AM UTC
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/9632
wedgetail53
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Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 - 04:44 AM UTC
G'day James

One point to note with the early F8s was that a lot of them were intended for North Africa (and four actually made it there) so they were painted in desert yellow rather than panzer grey. However, the Axis collapse in North Africa meant that most of the desert yellow F8s never got there.

Why is this important? Because dunkelgelb (dark yellow) wasn't in common use until some months AFTER the introduction of the F8, so it is quite possible that an early F8 would have been desert yellow in amongst other Stugs which were panzer grey.

Have fun.

Regards

Rob
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james-dean
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Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 - 04:57 AM UTC

Quoted Text

G'day James

One point to note with the early F8s was that a lot of them were intended for North Africa (and four actually made it there) so they were painted in desert yellow rather than panzer grey. However, the Axis collapse in North Africa meant that most of the desert yellow F8s never got there.

Why is this important? Because dunkelgelb (dark yellow) wasn't in common use until some months AFTER the introduction of the F8, so it is quite possible that an early F8 would have been desert yellow in amongst other Stugs which were panzer grey.

Have fun.

Regards

Rob



oh yeah.
you have same idia with me.
actually the reason that i wanted to make early f8
is i also wanted make something ral8020 painted stug

i am very interested in correct color
but i have never made ral8020 tanks yet
this is my first try.


james-dean
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Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 - 04:58 AM UTC

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https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/9632


thank you for your help
but i already read it.

but only i could find about my question at the review is
also mg shield.

and i just suspect if there is more tweak point
even very minor things.
Homer0331
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Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 - 05:04 AM UTC
A North African StuG III F8.





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