1941 StuG III Ausf B

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Re: 1941 StuG III Ausf B

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HERMAN BIX wrote:Ohhhh Mr Painless, I have all to many Daughters, and dolls houses sufficient to start a condo-subdivision, but none with the delicate hardware I could contemplate seconding to 'military ' duty !!
Worse still, we dont have a dolls - house - shop that we can just waltz into & take care of all our wildest hinged desires ;)

It just busts my balls to see dolls house and Tank in the same genre !!! :/
My only solice is that when you guys decide to fold up a front guard on one of your tanks, it will either cause a tune to be played or a bunch of flowers to be revealed :wtf: :wtf: :crazy: 8O
PainlessWolf wrote:Good morning, Herman,
Now that's the stuff! *chuckles* Around here, according to the Mate, 'un'-hinged is more like it when it comes to me and tanks. ;o)
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Greetings Gents :D
The Colonel only has three words to the issue of miniature Brass Hinges.............
Wooden Cigar Boxes ;) .............. :haha:

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Re: 1941 StuG III Ausf B

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Nothing in the Post today. My knee is still too sore to resume Gym visits so I took the opportunity this afternoon to continue detailing the deck for priming and Paint. I ended up building the weird Toolbox over Jack Block mount out of brass and am satisfied that it looks no worse than the 1/35 Tamiya version as far as fit and appearance goes. ;o) Pics:
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All the metal and detail are bringing it to life.
All the metal and detail are bringing it to life.
Good progress made tonight
Good progress made tonight
Loader's side complete
Loader's side complete
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Driver's side complete
Driver's side complete
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Another view of the brass mount
Another view of the brass mount
Another view of the brass mount.JPG (99.17 KiB) Viewed 3711 times
Not too shabby. I may even out the height or leave well enough alone.
Not too shabby. I may even out the height or leave well enough alone.
Not too shabby. I may even out the height or leave well enough alone..JPG (93.52 KiB) Viewed 3711 times
Tamiya version that I copied
Tamiya version that I copied
Tamiya version that I copied.JPG (96.16 KiB) Viewed 3711 times
Wiring in progress on opposite side
Wiring in progress on opposite side
Wiring in progress on opposite side.JPG (80.85 KiB) Viewed 3711 times
Metal Notek light and wiring coming along.
Metal Notek light and wiring coming along.
Metal Notek light and wiring coming along..JPG (91.55 KiB) Viewed 3711 times
White metal Extinguisher mount cleaned up and installed
White metal Extinguisher mount cleaned up and installed
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Re: 1941 StuG III Ausf B

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Paint, paint we need paint!!!
Taigen Tiger 1 full option rctank.de special edition airbrush paint IR equipped
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Mornin' Ed,
I agree. I'm at the point where I can prime and paint the deck now. I need to check the putty job on the HL tool mounting holes one more time then I can probably address it over lunch today. The casemate has work to be done with hatches, handles and attachments for the main gun before I can paint it.
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Hot and sunny outside so I got out at lunch and primered and painted the Deck. ( I also redid the legs on the scratch built tool box mount from last night....yes, it bugged me just enough... ) Pics:
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Two coats top and bottom of Model Master's Panzer Gray
Two coats top and bottom of Model Master's Panzer Gray
No shadow effects this time. Final paint is Panzer Grau.
No shadow effects this time. Final paint is Panzer Grau.
Using the excellent Tamiya plastic primer
Using the excellent Tamiya plastic primer
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Looking great painless
Taigen Tiger 1 full option rctank.de special edition airbrush paint IR equipped
Type 90 1/24
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Heng long panzer 4 platinum
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Ed,
Thanks! A day to cure then back at it. ;o)
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PS. peeking in on the progress ;)
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Alpha,
It's good to have you back here and commenting on this build. I know you have two StuGs in the works. Any progress reports on those? I know one of them is a resin/plastic Frankenpanzer like this one. ;o)
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PainlessWolf wrote:Alpha,
It's good to have you back here and commenting on this build. I know you have two StuGs in the works. Any progress reports on those? I know one of them is a resin/plastic Frankenpanzer like this one. ;o)
regards,
Painless
Hey there Painless...Long Story short...I think I overwhelmed myself...bought to many tanks for too many projects...it makes it hard to concentrate on one...when I did my T34..Kv2...the two Shermans...modding was easy...as I had each of them come at me one at a time...now I have about eight ...as I am working on one...for some reason I keep thinking of another...then another...it gets pretty congested thought wise ...as I know each idea will take a few hours to sort out...Have to find a way to simplify ...maybe block out ideas for other tanks :haha: :haha:
Hoping visiting the board helps sort thoughts out ;)

Anyway...your's is really coming along...have you hooked up any of the internals ?

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