I decided that I have to do something about the shelf of half finished models, and this is the first one.
This is the CMK/Tamiya StuG III. I effect it is the Tamiya kit, produced by CMK with addition of their own PE and a metal barrel. Very nice kit, I started it about three years ago and it ground to a halt when I had to add just the left hand side skirt brackets and skirts... Been used and abused the last few years as a paint testbed, and bears witness to my second attempt at zimmerit with putty. Not knowing better then, I added the standard pattern, rather than the waffle pattern... oh well, I'll have to build another one I suppose.. .
Skirts in the kit are plastic, and although Tamiya chamfers the edges, they are to thick. So I made them from Tomato paste tube... :-) .







cheers
Henk

Nice camo Henk. That looks like the old Tamiya Stug III to me, is it? One small little note, only StuG IV's used that style Zimmerit. Alkett used a waffle pattern, and MIAG a small square with four dots in it in a gride pattern. Also the round raised disc under the MG shild should be sanded off as its a cover plate for a close defense weapon which wouldn't be on a Stug with the front to back loaders hatch. I am no so sure you would have a co-axial MG in this early style. Other than that Nice job.

Hi John, cheers for the comments, they'll come in handy when I build another one..
I think I should put this in a "before and after" post, as in what a difference Armorama makes on your building skills. Like I said, I build most of this one a few years back, before I did much research ( relying largely on kit instructions .. ) . Since being here, My skills have been honed and my knowledge improve to no end. All the (basic) errors you have pointed out I would not now make. But I'm leaving this one as it is, I like the look of it, and the front will be stuck inside a house before long... :-) .

Cheers
Henk

Looks good for a used and abused kit Henk, nice job on the side skirks too.