Evening all, on my bench at the moment is RFM’s pretty tidy looking Sturmtiger 1:35 kit. Kit number 5035, which is the one without the full interior.
First impressions are good, there’s plenty packed in the box with lots of options.
I’m hoping that starting a thread to cover the build will give me some extra motivation to nudge the build along in a forwards direction, as opposed to sideways or backwards like most of my builds seem to flow these days 
I have a few aftermarket items to go with this one, Voyager etch set, some pre-formed Passion Models exhaust shields, and the always reliable Eureka tow cables:
I’ve recently also found that I enjoy books…. much more pleasant flicking pages over in a nice book than endless trawling of the interweb, so these two books will be where the inspiration comes from. Both are magnificent, and um also quite distracting from the task at hand….
Wish me luck and feel free to offer advice / critique.
There were only 18 Sturmtiger vehicles ever built, and all differed it seems, arguably no two were alike. Partially because they were built on second hand Tiger chassis, which in themselves had lots of variety, and partly also because the conversions differed as well.
Of the 18 built, I think there is only photos of perhaps 11 or 12, which means a modeller has a lot of free reign!
I do have a particular vehicle in mind though, the so called “Lichtentanne” Sturmtiger. As described below there is only one known photo of this vehicle, and nothing much known of it, this excerpt is from Panzerwrecks fantastic Sturmtiger book as shown previously:
One of the reasons I chose this vehicle, is it’s lack of zimmerit, which will make my life just a touch easier.
Let the build begin!
