"Lea" a Finnish Sturmi

[MrChef]

So the Mato hatch isn't impressing me either.









Kinda more proof that just cuz it's metal doesn't mean it's better...

[Stormbringer]

Yehh im not particularly enamoured with Mato metal parts either
They are cheap but sometimes have less detail than the plastic bits your replacing
I prefer Taigen or even the H L metal bits
Probs aside your still making decent progress with the model

[Rob59]

I saw you mentioned that no figure was planned into the gunner‘s hatch.
Underneath that hatch are the electronics to operate the main gun.
I am afraid, there won‘t be enough room to get a figure in there.
That‘s why I took the electronics out of one of my StuGs, to clear some room for thr gunner.
On my latest StuG, the one with the Winterketten, I did not open the hatches at all.
My next StuG, still in its box, will get the automatic MG so for that one the hatches need to come out and I must make some new ones out of poly, because these need to be opened in another way than the ones on the models.
These must be opened from left to right instead of from front to rear.
Rob.