My inspiration…
the build…
After paint and oil wash…
More to come soon!!!
TOM F.
09-10-08
MORE TO COME WHEN I ADD THE FIGURES.
Tom
[tup]
That’s one more fine lookin Stug man.
Tony
That looks awesome! Very well done. The only thing that I see that I don’t like is the color of the tracks. They look way too rusty to me. Great job on everything else though, the construction looks amazing. How did you do the zimm?
WOW, man! Outstanding! That’s a lot of work in there!
I agree about the track color–a drybrushing of metallic gray would make them a little more realistic–they look as if the StuG’s been immobile for days. I would also say to get rid of that shine on the towing pintle things and the spare wheels–they look a bit too shiny.
Outstanding work though, all around!
EDIT
Nah, on second thought, the tracks don’t bother me–I can see the highlights of steel, and the rust is appropriate where it is heaviest–inside the “ostketten”.
just what everyone else’ve said… Outstanding…
But, I think the spare road wheel rubber is a bit too shiny?
Anyways, just outstanding… and this was all by spare parts? :o
I’m hoping for all of our sakes… that his ‘spare parts’ consisted of the majority of a tank chasis… if not, I feel shamed.
Very cool build…don’t care too much for the outside color of the tracks—too orange…Also, the entire model sorta has a shine to it—like it is wet or has been sprayed with future; maybe you haven’t yet hit it with a dull coat of varnish? Could also use a good dusting with powders, especially on the lower chassis. Overall, an outstanding build…I love builds that are inspired by real ref pics.
Indcidently, StuG IV’s (and StuG III’s) seemed to get more than their fair share of field-applied aplique armor add-ons for some reason…
Thanks everyone so far for lookin’
as for the shine, these pics were taken after the oil wash… I am not done yet.
same for the track color, it needs drybrushing mud and pastels yet.
as for the “kit” the lower hull is an old Italeri one that I robbed the fighting compartment off of.
the fighting compartment was a spare stug III G from a Dragon kit.
The Zimm. is Italeri plastic Zimm. thined down and cut out and glued with solvent.
I will post more pics over the nexed couple of days.
I will also be adding all the figures from the picture.
Tom F.
Looks fantastic.
The inside of those tracks looks just too red and rusty to me. I’d think that protrusions of that size would get filled and caked on with mud and dust fairly quickly.
It looks great. I like all the added-on stuff that makes it seem more used, like a survivor.
I only thought the roadwheels might have looked shinier in the photos simply because the dark colors pick up more of the light.
Waiting to see it with the sideskirt armor on. [:)]
I’m hoping my next one’s camo looks half as good.
Man, you must have a great spares part box. You really did this justice with your creativity.
The driver’s view through the periscopes is blocked by the hinges of the add-on armor in front of the driver’s compartment. I don’t think this would be a desirable situation…[;)]
Nice work! You said the zimmerit was plastic and made by Italeri. Which kit did it come from? Was it specially made for a Stug or did you shape the sections to fit. How did you get the zimmerit sections to fit? What did you do to thin the zimmerit? It looks like it is hand- made zimmerit.
Thanks!
Leddy
I am a big fan of the StuG and I think yours is well done!
Leddy,
Here is the “KIT” that I used.
ITALERI 6424 - 1/35 GERMAN TANK ACCESSORIES
You get lots of neet stuf in there including sheets of Zimm.
The Zimm. is thick, and you will need to thin it with a Dremel drum sanding bit turning realy slow, so you don’t melt it.
Once you get the hang of it you can thin the Zimm. pieces down in about 2-3 minutes each.
Tom
Kykeon,
I know what you are sayin’ but if you look at pics of these Stugs modified in this fasion, they all look exactly this way…
Tom.
Thanks “T” man,
As for the spares box, 30+ years of armor modeling and 500+ kit stash = HUGE SPARES BOX…
Tom
While the armor plate may appear flush with the top of the driver’s compartment in the above photo, it actually is not. I have several photos of Sturmgeschutz IV modified in this manner and the plate is clearly below the top edge of the driver’s compartment and not interfering with the driver’s view.
It is inconceivable that the vehicle would be modified in such a way as to limit the view through the periscopes. The driver had a hard enough time seeing through them without having something obscuring his line of sight.
I really like the Stug. I also really like stuff made from the spares box.
Hey man,
Thanks! these are muuuch cleerer pics than i have.
I am not going to fix it on this model (too far along now)
but will do differently in the future!
Tom