BOOBY TRAP ! Stug III Ausf.G Early Normandy June 1944 DAS WERK 1/16

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.

The wooden board with its handle





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Welcome.
1/16th is huge. But there is more opportunity for super-detailing. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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..

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My Stug III finished put in situation on a photo that I made in Normandy during my visits to this beautiful region full of history.


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Welcome aboard Gérard.

Good looking StuG.

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Yes welcome to the site Gerard.
That’s an excellent StuGIII there. Love the camo job and the sign is a nice touch!

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Thank you for your feedback

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




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Really nice build and finish on the Stug Gérard, and welcome to the site :+1:

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thank you

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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 .



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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.

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It looks great.

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




Modification from october 1943

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