Late Stug III

[tankman]

On the scrounge yet again . Having mislaid ( lost ) the armoured machine gun shield for my Stug III I am wondering if anyone has some ( side,top,front ) views of a very late Stug III with the remote operated machine gun,metal return rollers and pigshead style of mantlet as I am thinking of converting mine to the later type. Any help would be more than welcome. Also has anyone converted the early type mantlet to the later type pigshead mantlet. Once again any help in this department MORE than welcome as my scratch building skills are not the best. Many thanks in advance
Alan

[wibblywobbly]

What he said ^^^^

If anyone has the measurements for the shield it would be a great help.

[mcevoyi]

hi there tankman / wibbly
do you mean this stug ?

[tankman]

Yes Iain that's the one I am after. The remote machine gun,shot deflector in front of the commanders cupola and late mantlet any info on how you made them would be fantastic. All the best for now
Alan

[mcevoyi]

hi there allen

the sowes head mantle ... that was not easy to make .. inface it was a basket to make .. i started with a lengh od brass tube .
as the gun barrel and built up the profile with milliput filler ... at the time i was able to borrow a mantle from the bandai stug 4 as a poit of refernce .... like i said its a real swine to do ...

the comanders nm shield .. i will measure and post the sizes a bit later for you .. i may even have some drawings some where and will up load for you and post here

iain

[Ex_Pat_Tanker]

Modelino make the resin parts for the Sauskopf. Keept checking the ebay store, there's one on there most weeks.

http://shop.ebay.de/modellino/m.html?_n ... rom=&_ipg=

[tankman]

A big thank you to Iain and ex-pat-tanker on the advice for the Stug III. I will have a look at scratch building in the first instance but if that looks beyond my abilities it's an order for Modellino , Once again cheers guy's
Alan