Bill- Thanks buddy! I am glad you hate Steelers too. LOL You haven’t had a sake bomb before? Check it out…
Place it in front of you then you bang on the table with your hands so the sake shot will drop into the glass of beer. You have to drink it fast or it will explode…
I agree with your comment about the tank commander… it looks OK at farther space. I thnk I will repair the white part on the eyes… for sure I am happy with others. Can’t wait to finish them all soon!
I’ve had sake and I’ve had beer, not in that combo though. I think if I had a few of those I would explode, ha!
Fig - agreed unless you are that close, I would think they look fine (I KNOW you will tinker though)…
I have to get into figure mode soon too… I need some for two projects I am working on.
Andy The Soviets converted over 200 PzIII chassis to the SU-76i. Wartime photos aren’t that common. As far as I’ve been able to determine, only two of the vehicles still exist (in outdoor museums in Russia.) What’s interesting when you study the photos is you’ll see no two vehicles are identical. Some have cast gun mantlets-- others welded, the steel plate of the superstructures looks a lot rougher on some than others, the location and shape of the vision, pistol ports and antenna mounts varies . I guess it all depended on what factory did the re-build and what bits and pieces they had on hand at the time. Here’s a link to a photobucket album with some photos which you may have already seen:
http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a367/rundave/SU-76i/
BTW, if it were me, I’d be tempted to leave the figure as it is. Sometimes it’s hard to know when to leave well enough along. I always think of Kenny Rogers’ song the gambler: “You got to know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em” [:)]
Thanks to ogrejohn for pointing out an error in my construction. I had reversed the idler wheel adjustment brackets…since corrected:
Dave- Thanks! I think I will just add some off white paint to his eyes when I have the chance. Good info aboutnSu-76. Only 200… That explain we don’t see many pictures.
I am so glad John saw the error and brought this up with you via PM. Looks like you owe him a [B]…
Not a good day for me… My wife is not really a good driver. She backed into a fire hydrant and her car is without a rear bummer now. LOL. Say good bye to $500 for deduction and higher monthly rate. And of course less kits for me this year… [:'(]
Enclosed photos Pz III Ausf. J Initial turret - painted hatch vision glass block’s green and fitting Magic Track … Amour86
86, nice detail on the turret… I do like those vision ports too, well done!
Andy, sorry to hear about your car mishaps… Sux when that stuff happens. Ask your wife if she uses those little shiny things outside the driver side window and passenger side window No, wait, don’t ask that… I don’t want to get into trouble!
If you do fly into Spokane again let me know Andy [Y]
What ? Must of missed this …
Dave- Turret is looking real good! Agree with Bill… Dig the green visors! [Y]
Bill- LOL My wife chuckled when she read your comment. She’s cool! Bad news it’s not $500 deduction… It is now $750 deduction. Time for us to shop around for a car insurance…
Carl-Here’s what happened…
Good thing it is clean… The fire hydrant did a great job ripping off the bumper. Hopefully we only need a new vinyl bummer…
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, did she leave the bumper with the fire hydrant ? If she did at least they’ll know who it belongs to Andy …i know , not funny .[whstl] If she’s like my wife she felt bad enogh and probably cried . Poor gal …be nice .
Carl- Nah, we are OK. Accidents happen… My wife has poor dimensional view so every year she hits something small like the garage or curb but this time it’s major. Believe it or not it happened only three houses away as she was picking up the boys. It was late & dark and their driveway was long & curved. And the fire hydrant was only a feet away from the driveway. It just ripped the bummer off clean… Unbelievable.
Oh did I ever mention my wife is also a blonde?
Worked on my figures last night… I think they are finally done. Will post pictures soon…
Andy No broken hydrant with water shooting 25 feet into the air I take it? Now, that would have really been embarrassing.
Oh my boys would have loved that…
it would have looked like that! I am so glad the fire hydrant won this time…
So here is where I stand with the Stug III E (Cyberhobby kit). Major construction is done save for the fenders and tracks. The tools and periscopes need to be cleaned up and painted to be added later.
I’ve got mixed emotions about how this has gone together so far. No major fit problems, but there was some cleanup that I probably skimped on which made some of the fit a bit sloppy.
The barrel is a Jordi Rubio that dupes hooked me up with. When I first looked at it through the plastic bag, it looked like they had failed to drill out the end of the barrel:
However, when he opened the package, dupes and I realized that they had included a muzzle cover, removed in this pic and placed on the hull:
On to priming and painting and tracks… oh my…[8-|]
HA, great pic Andy
Good thing your wife rolls with such things, (did she read your post about being blonde??) Which my wife is also. She has “Sandy-isms” where she says things that are so off the wall, they deserve the “ism”… e.g. Ice cubes with the little holes in them are colder than regular ice cubes huh? Sandy-ism. i.e. blonde
Sorry about the bumper but glad it wasn’t worse
bbrownii, I don’t see a lot of flaws (?) I think it looks fine very nice Glad the barrel turned out for the best too… it all looks good!
Hey all! A lot of great work going on here. Sorry I haven’t been around in awhile. Between work, my wife, doctors appointments and the like I haven’t had much time all at once to work on the StuG. The addition of a space heater to my area should help me with getting back into it.
Some progress has been made on the StuG. I’m still working on my lighting for taking photographs, not to mention how in the heck to work the camera. Thanks to DoogsATX and his photography info I’ll try and get a better setup this weekend.
Primary painting is complete. Stowage has been added, and the tracks are in place. Still have to paint and weather some of the stowage, touch up areas, and then try and get a decent flat coat on it. Then pigments!
Here is how she stands at the moment.
Like I said. Still have a lot of little things to button up and some figures to work on (thanks to Andy [:D]).
As always comments and criticisms are always welcome!
Oops forgot to ask. . . . anyone have any good references on the periscopes, both located at and in front of the cupola? I’ve searched high and low but can’t seem to find any references as to colors etc. Thanks in advance!
Guys- Two updates last night… that’s great! I had visitors last night as our deaf school is hosting national basketball tourney. It is always great to see old friends… but I managed to sneak down to finish my figures finally. I will post pictures later today.
Boyd- Great process on your StuG… clean build! Looking forward to see more of this…
AceHawk- Good having you back!!! Everybody seems to be busy recently and I am happy to see your StuG update. Speaking of taking pictures, I bought light bulbs used by photograpgers at photograph shop and it made a HUGE difference. I am trying to remember the name of bulbs… they were $13 each! But it was worth every penny. Wondering if you have the same bulbs or not…
Roscoe Turner IMPS is only 3 months away… National AMPS in Auburn is only 4 months away!!! LOL
Y’all have a great day!
Are you referring to the drivers and commanders periscopes that can be raised out of their hatches? What info are you looking for?