Hi All
Have not been around this forum much of late being involved in 2 GBs at the moment. Building for tigerman’s Panzerjager GB and moderating The Great War GB. Here is my Cyber Hobby Stug III G with deep wading muffler completed for the TMan’s GB. 100% OOB. Great fit… even for Dragon/CH. But the instruction sheet… OMG[:S] Tamiya paint with oils washes and MIG pigments.
Comments, and critiques, as always welcome.
Marc, good seeing ya at Mosquito Con! Looks like you have another show piece here…no criticisms from me! Good work.
Holy hand grenade Batman that looks awesome!!!
One day I will be good enough…
T(h)anks
Chazzer(Scott)
I like your style of weathering …really good looking build .
Marc,
Looks awesome…one question, do you apply the pigments dry or do you apply them over thinners and let them dry?
Very good! That’s the kind of subtle look I’m working for. [Y][snWow]
Boy Marc, did you crank this baby out. Superb as always and really like the finish. Don’t forget that badge .
Very very nice! May I ask: the vision blocks atop the commander’s cupola seem painted dark yellow. Maybe re-paint those?
very nice enjoyed the pics.
Ron
Thanks everyone for all the nice comments.
Roy… that’s masking tape. I almost forgot to put it in so it figures I would forget to take it out[:S]
I just noticed one of my return rollers is loose. Some of the angles make the tracks look kinda wonky
The tracks are on backwards.
G
Nice build, paint and weathering. Don’t feel too bad about the track direction, these guys couldn’t get theirs on right either:
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-tank/stug-iii/stug-iii-1526.jpg
Or this one where one track is on right and one wrong:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/megashorts/5582978120/
Keep up the good work.
Pat.
looks good Marc,nice amount of weathering,not overdone.
Backwards? Ah crap!
It’s gonna work either way though… I mean a 1:1 tank… but I have an extra set of tracks so i guess I’ll fix it
I think that second one Pat would just go round in circles
Has probably happened to all of us at one time or another.
Straighten up that roller/track issue and you got yourself another winner.
OK now… where’s the penny?
Don’t feel bad about the tracks Marc, everyone experiences it at least once on a Pz III family vehicle! [;)]
Looks like the usual standard we’ve come to expect from things rolling off your bench, nice work on the straight DY finish. [B]
Tracks backwards…naaaa…just set up for 4 gears in revers and on forward [:|]
Looks great…hopefully you can fix your roller. Sorry I missed you this weekend…I owe you one!!
Rounds Complete!!
The rest of my reply seems to have been sent to computer heaven. I meant to add that:
#1. It has been often seen in the real world .
#2. Don’t look too close to one of my builds, cough, cough, ahem.
#3. It looks good, no matter.
G
Thanks guys Much appreciated.
Bill, it’s not until you start weathering the 1 color scheme that you realize how difficult it seems. It gets so dark looking so fast, you really need to talk yourself into, “It’s not that dark…but STOP NOW!”[:D]
Mike, sorry to say you missed a good one. Still waiting for thee totals but there was a pile of armor there. We had to do a double split of just the pre-45 category.
G, no worries. In keeping with the vane of 2 part thoughts, my 1st reaction was, “That was harsh.” but then next thought was, “Nah! G’s not like that.” I still love you. That’s in a Wayne’s World “I love you man” kinda way… not in a "let’s get coffee kinda way.[;)] Interesting though, I looked at about a dozen walk around of Pz and Stug 3s and 4s and about 40% had them backward too. Some of them looked like they came form, the field that way too.
Two reference photo’s that show them wrapped around the running gear in the direction like your model …makes me wonder why the heck did they shape the tracks like that anyway ?
