My current project, Stug 3 G late.
Behind them is the crew for the 251/22. Also still in progress.
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Very impressive so far! Will be following your progress.
Cheers
Dave 
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Nice start.
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I have a question that I ask in all ignorance. Why would there be zimmerit on the hull sides behind the wheels and tracks. I would have thought it hard to get a magnetic mine in there. And why would there not be zimmerit on the top of the gun housing and the mantlet where I would think a tossed magnetic mine might stick?
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I think they covered the hull with cement and then added the attachments later. That’s why the entire hull was covered. I have some pictures where you can see that. I don’t know if I can post them here. Some are in the book “Sturmgeschütz 3 & Sturmhaubitze 42” Ostfront Warfare Series Volume 1 by Panzerwrecks.
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The Germans developed Zimmerit based on their own magnetic mines (on the assumption their enemies would have similar). German magnetic mines could not thrown; they were physically attached to the target. Since the mantlet could not realistically be reached standing on the ground, Zimmerit was not necessary, whereas the lower hull side could be reached (although doing that while the vehicle was moving might not have been easy!). On the StuG III / Panzer IV, there is quite a bit of space for accessing the lower hull side and the suspension is not that wide, unlike a Panther or Tiger for example. But of course, it was still not consistently applied to the lower hull sides, just like it was not consistently applied to the fenders, schurzen, etc.; different interpretations of instructions by different manufacturers.
As an aside, and in case you are interested, “Zimmerit” should be capitalized. It was a formal product name produced by the Zimmer AG company
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