1/16 Treadplate - Stug III

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1/16 Treadplate - Stug III

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Hi guys, hopefully an easy one - is it possible to buy brass diamond treadplate in 1/16 scale for my Stug? I see Aber do a load, but they don't seem to be the right scale. The diamonds should be about 15 or 16 wide looking at photo's of a real Stug

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Re: 1/16 Diamond Treadplate - Stug

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ABER Product Number 16099 WW 11 German Pattern Treadplate.
The 16 in the product number is the scale.
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Re: 1/16 Diamond Treadplate - Stug

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Good morning,
It is available. Lucky for us StuG guys. No other way to easily fix where we have ground away molded on tools.
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Re: 1/16 Diamond Treadplate - Stug

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If you just want to do a vanity job rather than actually cover up damage Archers Decals make 1/16 Treadplate decals.
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Re: 1/16 Diamond Treadplate - Stug

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I've used that plate for making a tanker top walkway, very versatile. You can also look at sites than support 14th scale trucks. There are dozens of brass patterned sheets out there that might help too.

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Re: 1/16 Diamond Treadplate - Stug

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Thank you for the fast response guys! I should have mentioned and apologies I did not (Rushing...) that it's for a Stug III. That Aber 16099 isn't diamond tread it seems, I'm guessing the Panzer IV was different.

Pz IV Aber tread:

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Here's a shot of a Stug III (Though these look like bumps instead of Diamonds)

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Here's a Stug III from Israel

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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III

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Too further confuse matters, it seems there may be different types of tread plate on a Stug (See two pics attached). The question is, why and when...
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III

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That last picture looks a tad new, not like old metal with fresh paint, more like new replacement metal with fresh paint. One would need to see the rest of that piece of armour to see if there were any original plating to compare. That is one of the problems with a restored vehicle, they don't always get it dead right.
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It could be the factory had to use what it could get hold of. It was hard times for everybody. Just think of Land Rover post Brexit!!

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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III

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And that is why ABER does not do the Diamond Pattern Treadplate, It does not conform to the Treadplate pattern originally installed on German Armour of 1939/1945.
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