Hello everyone,
Hello,
when you practice 1/35 and you discover for the first time 1/16 you are immediately impressed by the size of the subjects… The body of the Stug is imposing I compare it to my shoe in size 42
t was necessary to find a solution for the retain of the kit during the various assembly and painting stages. Once assembled the whole thing is heavy enough, the chassis is drilled, four nuts are glued inside, two at the front, two at the back. A 5 mm thick board will be held by four screws. In the center of the board will be fixed a wooden handle (old brush handle, piece of curtain rod…) that will finalize this adaptation.
Yes indeed, but I had to change my scale recently my view having dropped abruptly before I was working with the 1:35. the 1:16 is for me a comfort to my eyes..
The lifting hooks of the casemate are replaced by tin wire.Missing solders made in Magic Sculpt Before placing, the pots of grenade launchers will be reduced in thickness. For this I use a conical wick
The rear hook axes are improved, a pin prevents it from coming out of its location. A chain connects it to the hook avoiding losing it during the movements of the Stug III The 1 mm chain comes from Green Stuff World.
Metal rods are welded on each side of the casemate to hold back the spare tracks elements
With the track portion in place.Chassis and roadwheel :If you want to present some mud traces on the chassis, use a mix of pigment earth + white and plaster .
The brush sleeve of the cleaning brush is too long and,Does not correspond to reality. It must be reduced by 3 mm before redoing it in Magic Sculpt, in fine etched on the existing.The fastenening are made of tin foil
The cleaning brush. The sleeve is painted Revell Earth 82 with Revell Mat White 5.
I represented the “improvisation” that appeared on some Stug III Ausf.G.Som track links were welded all around the cupola.A deflector was placedin October 1943
Close view of the tank commander’s hatche.The protective pad is missing at the centre.On the kit hatch I redid it in magic Sculpt
Recovered from the eastern front, repatriated, repaired with material taken from other Stug,and repainted with a three-tone camouflage this Stug was not destroyed during the Normandy fighting. Due to a breakdown, its advance is suddenly stopped, its right track is damaged. Pressed by the allied advance he was trapped and abandoned by his crew in the sector of Sainte Mère Eglise in June 1944.
Close view of the tank commander’s heach.The protective pad is missing at the centre. At the top,the folding hatch for the passage of the episcope.
On the kit hatch, the protective pad is missing. It is made of Magic Sculpt
Rather rare this configuration for the wooden storage frame did exist on some Stug III. I reproduced this assembly with balsa. The metal fixings of the boards are made of tin foil and Evegreen profiles for the welded pastes on the hull.
