1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
The problem with checking out details on any WW2 Armour is unless you have an undisputed history of it you have no idea whether it is totally original or it has been restored,
74 years after the end of the war the chances of finding a totally original vehicle has to be none.
Tiger 131 has been in British hands since 1943 and even that has been modified to the point that it has a Tiger 2 engine.
I am trusting "Abers" treadplate as I truly doubt that the museum tanks have not been restored.
74 years after the end of the war the chances of finding a totally original vehicle has to be none.
Tiger 131 has been in British hands since 1943 and even that has been modified to the point that it has a Tiger 2 engine.
I am trusting "Abers" treadplate as I truly doubt that the museum tanks have not been restored.
I think I am about to upset someone
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
First one a tamiya kit. Second one in Bovington. Third, another tamiya kit. Fourth, a restored one.
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
But which Aber sheet are you trusting?jarndice wrote:The problem with checking out details on any WW2 Armour is unless you have an undisputed history of it you have no idea whether it is totally original or it has been restored,
74 years after the end of the war the chances of finding a totally original vehicle has to be none.
Tiger 131 has been in British hands since 1943 and even that has been modified to the point that it has a Tiger 2 engine.
I am trusting "Abers" treadplate as I truly doubt that the museum tanks have not been restored.
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
ABER 16099 which is 1/16 scale treadplate in the original pattern.
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
Ah, got it. If you look at historical photo's though, that pattern doesn't appear on a Stug III. At least not that I have found. Certainly on a Stug IV though.jarndice wrote:ABER 16099 which is 1/16 scale treadplate in the original pattern.
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He's right Shaun, I've looked at tons of old black and white stug 3 pictures, and haven't seen a single 3 with that 16099 treadplate, and the Tamiya 3 kits have the pattern that Mic seeks moulded on them. And aren't Tamiya one of the best at getting things right most of the timeMic wrote:Ah, got it. If you look at historical photo's though, that pattern doesn't appear on a Stug III. At least not that I have found. Certainly on a Stug IV though.jarndice wrote:ABER 16099 which is 1/16 scale treadplate in the original pattern.
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
I am willing to concede that the "Stug3" treadplate is different to all the other tanks in Germany's arsenal BUT German Engineers are some of the most Logical people in the world and the bean counters would have conniptions if those self same engineers decided to fit the Stug3 with a different pattern treadplate on a whim.
If the Stug 3 did have a different pattern treadplate to all the other Tanks in service with the German army.there has to have been a reason.
If the Stug 3 did have a different pattern treadplate to all the other Tanks in service with the German army.there has to have been a reason.
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
But it's wrong not even your beloved Goddess Tammy has that pattern on her tanksEastern Front wrote:Son of a gun-ner wrote:Trust you to throw a third pattern into the mix lolEastern Front wrote:Here ya go, 1 is the Stug, the other Panzer IV
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My money is on that they used whatever tread plate they could get their hands on when they restored them. Show me a period black and white with that pattern and I'll eat my turkey hatEastern Front wrote:The photos I supplied here of the Stug and the Panzer IV were actually photograph at the Bundeswehr Tank Museum in Munster Germany, if you know of this museum it is actually the home of the German tank corps.
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I'd be interested to see if you do find any, purely to see if we can figure it out. It doesn't matter who's right or wrong, or even if someone thinks they're right and turn out to be wrong. I'm sure people are screaming that this is purely a rivet counting thread - I don't class myself as one, a Stug is a Stug and I'm sure as the war went on and as resources got more and more limited, the german war machine probably stuck any old thing on! Alas.. I noticed the tread pattern, was curious what it would be, and now I feel the need to find out for the good of everyone!Eastern Front wrote:Those Bastards!
Searching through my archives...I believe I do have this pattern on another model--somewhere..