Stug III Ausf B - Finished!

Cool stuff with the tracks ! I'm loving this !

Nice build so far, nice work on the PE

Thanks guys!

JohnTolcher wrote:Now you're showing off

Next time I'll highlight the broken hinge and crooked wing nut instead.

A heavy loaded Stug! That's an interesting project. Just a question if you don't mind. Are you going to paint, weather etc all these stuff while they're on top of the tank? Or are they placed there just for the needs of photo shooting?

The gear is just in place for show right now. I will take all the stuff off and paint individually. I could not image painting all that stuff in place. Once the stuff is glued on, it will be dusted to match the vehicle.

I learned an important lesson over the weekend. You can't build what you what see. I picked up one of those optivisor magnifying visor dealies at the LHS. Made all the difference. The multi part jack mounts flew together once I upgraded my macro vision.

I've finished all the pesky PE tool clasps with the aid of my 6 million dollar man macro vision. I didn't bother with all the stuff on the rear deck since it gets covered by the gear.





I gave it a good shot or Tamiya Fine Gray Primer. That patch of solder flow i was worried about disappeared.





And then gave it a base coat of Tamiya Flat Black.



I also started working on the mundane. I'm glad MaK doesn't have many tracked vehicles.



Question about the road wheels. At this point early in the war, did they take the time to paint the inner faces Panzer Grey or were they left the primer color? I'd like to add some color to the model, but don't want to get dinged on accuracy.

Painting time.

Great paintjob.

Nice job on the modulation,breaking up the panels(etc) looks good.

Wow! I'm impressed! Very nice modulation here, Bryan! I really like these pictures! Keep it up!
Alex!

A perfect paint job so far! A nice clean palette for some weathering...

Bryan hello!
beautiful painting of your modulation Stug III!
J ' what kind of effect that adds another dimension to the model you
transcribed so!
of very eager to see more of your work!

friendly gérald

Thanks a lot guys. Means a lot.

Since this isn't my area of expertise, I have couple of questions about color details.
What color should the handles on the wire cutters be? I've been seeing mahogany red on a few builds. Were these handles Bakelite, wood, or painted?
What color should the fire extinguisher be? I've seen these in every color except pink.
Was Panzer Gray standard color for large fuel drums, or does anything go? I've seen B/W photos were these look very light on a PG vehicle.

Yeah John, can't wait to start weathering.

Very impressi e work... Building and painting!
My compliments!
Fabrizio.
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Bryan Krueger wrote:Thanks a lot guys. Means a lot.

Since this isn't my area of expertise, I have couple of questions about color details.
What color should the handles on the wire cutters be? I've been seeing mahogany red on a few builds. Were these handles Bakelite, wood, or painted?
What color should the fire extinguisher be? I've seen these in every color except pink.
Was Panzer Gray standard color for large fuel drums, or does anything go? I've seen B/W photos were these look very light on a PG vehicle.

Yeah John, can't wait to start weathering.

The handles are from bakelite. You can use green for the fire extinguisher, the fuel drums.. Don't know but you can use a lighter grey i gues to make it" pop out" more

Thanks Elco, I got the handles fixed.

weathering and stuff. I want to get the gear glued in place and then start working on the upper surfaces again. If anything jumps out, let me know.

Does anyone have a good source or idea for scale rope for tie-down cord? Most stuff is too "hairy" or coarse.

That's looking very nice! I usually just use cotton sewing thread for rope, with a little white glue if it's too hairy. Brush it on and run it between my fingers to smooth it down while it's sticky.

Cheers
JT

PErfect work Bryan! I love it! I don't have any idea concerning rope... Sorry, but I do love your Stug! Fantastic!
Alex!

Thanks guys.

modulation looks great !!!

The cm looks great, real smooth. You turn a quite boring verhicle in real nice thing to watch!

Hi Brayan
Excellent work ! And Abteilungen 192 choice

These last photos are a little crappy - taken with phone - but you can see I'm just about done until disaster struck. I found a seam on the barrel ring that once I saw it, I could not let it go. I scraped the paint back to the bare plastic to clean up the seam.



I also got the tracks applied and hull sides muddied. Photo is a little dark.