jarndice wrote: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.
1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
I must have just looked at at least 100 black and white old wartime pictures of just Stug 3's, and that was the only picture where the tread plate pattern could be clearly seen. The vast majority had plain smooth plates, not one of them had any pattern on either the front or rear fenders, and there were a lot with Zimmerit on them.
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Plastic throw away BBQ plates , the bottom of them is perfect.
Don't get your panties in a bunch , we still got hand weapons and the fifty!
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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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Good afternoon,
Trust the battlefield shots of wrecked panzers before you do many museum restorations. It is a fact that some un-wrecked machines made their way into the hands of collections but they were very few.
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Trust the battlefield shots of wrecked panzers before you do many museum restorations. It is a fact that some un-wrecked machines made their way into the hands of collections but they were very few.
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Re: 1/16 Treadplate - Stug III
Thank you for the reply everyone, so it seems I'm not the only one confused! Those restored vehicles definetely don't have the same pattern.
It seems unless someone can correct me, that the correct pattern is this from Aber PP03 - It's very nearly the correct scale.
I actually have a sheet of that already, so here's it laid on my HL Stug body:
It seems unless someone can correct me, that the correct pattern is this from Aber PP03 - It's very nearly the correct scale.
I actually have a sheet of that already, so here's it laid on my HL Stug body:
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Nice to see Heng Long got something right
That Aber sheet may be a little on the small size for pattern, but could do.
Yeah, we've learnt that museums do sometimes use what they can get hold of from time to time, and don't always get it historically correct. And unfortunately, some modelling suppliers don't realise.
That Aber sheet may be a little on the small size for pattern, but could do.
Yeah, we've learnt that museums do sometimes use what they can get hold of from time to time, and don't always get it historically correct. And unfortunately, some modelling suppliers don't realise.
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It may actually be slightly too big! If you count the dots on a real stug, it's a couple over, compared to that brass sheet! Anyone got access to a real stug to compare?Son of a gun-ner wrote:Nice to see Heng Long got something right
That Aber sheet may be a little on the small size for pattern, but could do.
Yeah, we've learnt that museums do sometimes use what they can get hold of from time to time, and don't always get it historically correct. And unfortunately, some modelling suppliers don't realise.
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My mate has one in his garden shed but he replaced the checkerboard for a custom laminate from B&Q. He said he'd be happy to post a photo of the laminate if that helps
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Going on that photo I posted earlier, it must be close enoughMic wrote:It may actually be slightly too big! If you count the dots on a real stug, it's a couple over, compared to that brass sheet! Anyone got access to a real stug to compare?Son of a gun-ner wrote:Nice to see Heng Long got something right
That Aber sheet may be a little on the small size for pattern, but could do.
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