Well, I have fully embraced the darkside now. It started with a dare and a 1/35 half-track, and it just continues…I’ve even bought more now.
This is DML’s Sturmgeschutz IIIG in 1/72. Yes, that is 1/72 and yes, it have PE grills. I wasnt fond of the color schemes called out for in the instructions, so some looking around on the internet yielded this scheme. I liked it, and thought it would be a fun little challenge. And it was. It’s painted with Tamiya paints, dot filtered, washed, and rust streaks done with oil. I also used the paint chipping technique Doog showed along with his dot filter tutorial. This one got some heavy weathering and bragden powders. I wanted a well used tank, not a factory fresh. Anyway, comments and critiques always welcome. And keep in mind, this is my third German armor, and only my second armor EVER in 1/72.
wow,great build even if it is braille scale.i’ve got airfixs ugly tiger in the stash.but this stug is greeeat.may have to dabble in this scale a bit.the real out of place/scale item is the m.g. shield.looks as thick as the nose armor.lol
Good for you for getting addicted to the Dark Side. There is no turning back now. Fine looking StuG there. I like the ambush scheme. You might want to paint the handle of your shovel though. It should be a red-brown. Some guys here do a fantastic job with washes and such to achieve that level of accuracy for wood. Might give a fellow wingie a call: wingnut. He did a smashing job with wood on his last project.
I think it is a excellent build. Ditto what Tigerman said the shovel handle does like a bit like bare plastic. Nice catch Tiger.
I like 1/72 for some armor. Because it is quick and can be quit nice if the kit is good. (i.e. Dragon at this point.) But I prefer to stick with larger subjects, like the King Tiger and the Tiger I.
thanks everyone. Tiger, I usually do. thanks for catching that. I missed it in my scramble to complete this for the Nordicon contest yesterday. Hard to believe…but this thing was bare plastic on friday morning, and on saturday morning it was being photographed by Finescale at the contest.
Sweet…Did a great job in a couple days. I am still working on my KV1 tracks. I might even fire up my new Airbrush today. Got me a cleaning station a Hobby Lobby yesterday. Anyway. Welcome to the dark side, even so we don’t have any cookies.
