Thanks MR, and its no decal, its hand painted. Got the idea from a pic in a Squadron book on the Stug. Had a whole brigade of StuGS cruising across a plain and all of them had this painted on the mantlet.
Wow Jester, this build is just fantastic. Just just a shame that you had to put some paint on the thing. I kinda liked the Metal look LOL. Love the face though. Looks very much like the girlfreind. (Typing very quick as she has a nasty habit of looking over my shoulder). Cant wait to see her finished.
…Guy
wow…scan that pic, sounds cool
Thanks Guy!! It did look kinda cool with all that metal showing didnt it!!
MR, I would but I dont have my scanner hooked up yet. Still sitting somewhere in the garage from when we moved into the new house!! It is a cool pic!
OH now—that’s something special!
That’s really a cool little touch! I’ve seen that on a couple real StuG’s but rarely in a model.
Yessir. I llllllllike it!
Thanks doog, glad you like it!
MR, you forced me to dig out the scanner and get that pic… here ya go!!
This is from Squadron’s “Sturmgeschutzen III in Action”.
Cool, you planning on Schurzen?
Nice work on replicating the boars’ head/tusk on the mantlet Jester. [tup]
MR- At this point, no. It didnt come with schurzen so I would have to track some down. Besides, why would I want to cover up these beautiful ModelKasten tracks that I am going to put on this thing!?!?![:D]
Thanks Bill, I am real happy with how it turned out!!
That looks great, Jester. You really made a beautiful model stand out, nice work!
Looking mighty fine Jester! The handpainted boar’s face really makes this one stand out!
Egads! That thing must weigh a couple of pounds with all that brass and steel on there!
So that’s why Dremel has all of the metal cutting/grinding attachments. [:D]
Looking good!
Thanks alot for the comments everyone!! Have been pulling 16’s at work the last 2 days and havent had time to check the forums[|)]
Well I actually got some modelling done this weekend. Worked on the G a bit more and got it weathered where I want it. Got some shoes on this bad boy also. All we need now are some tracks. Here are some pics, all comments and crits are welcome!
And here is one with its older brother, the F/8
Thanks for stopping by and taking a gander!!!
Interesting…what color is the camo on that F8?
Dark yellow and olive. For some reason, the camera is making the green look like grey.
Man, they look GREAT!
I love the face on the saukopf!
Get 'er DONE! [:P]
Very nice Big Boy. Made a 1st class job on her. You should name it ‘Stugzilla’ after my Future ex missus. [:-^]
…Guy
Thanks doog and Guy!! I’ve wanted to do the boars head on the saukopf ever since I laid my eyes on the pic in the Squadron book!! Stugzilla, I like it!!
Sweet work on both the Stugs Jester. Can’t wait to see them both finished. That G looks great. Looks like it was a lot of work.