"KRIEG-SCHWEIN" STuG III

[HERMAN BIX]

I am having a 'hacking' good time with this one !
Guards off or damaged, rough Zim, plenty of rough to do.
Pretty much the rougher-the better

[ALPHA]

Liking what I'm seeing Herman...You have to put a really nice Bucket on this one ...Maybe a change of pace...instead of flowers...put some bullet holes in it


ALPHA

Well now, all I can say is we shall see.!

Yeah start a new series....start with one hole...then proceed till you have something that looks like a strainer

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

I am having a 'hacking' good time with this one !
Guards off or damaged, rough Zim, plenty of rough to do.
Pretty much the rougher-the better

LOL....You just don't want to mess with those molded on tools ....plus side is you get to show off the Winterketten

ALPHA

[HERMAN BIX]

Partially -yes. The moulded tools are a bit in the way, but the theme of a War Pig just seems to need a lot of visible damage to work.
Fitted up the metal mantlet.............a lot more hefty than I thought it would be, plus a bit of piss-farting around to install it.
Poor old StuG looks like another page of "Panzer Wrecks"

[ALPHA]

LEAVE IT!............. ...It's a perfect Diorama scene


ALPHA

[HERMAN BIX]

Yeah-nah !!
The mantlet is a gin to install, but gives the right feel. I will need to fill in the emitter hole, but once its got a liberal coating of super glue & brush texture before paint, it should look alright.
Got my posted 2.4gig gear and metal rear end fittings so can get on with things tonight once the kids have departed to slumber....

[ALPHA]

Not even for a photo?????????????? ...Just hook up the smoker...leave the tubes inside the tank...and hook up your rear lights and keep those in the tank...Would mimic a nice barn fire...in a manner of speaking lol


ALPHA

[HERMAN BIX]

Nope, its going to be a running-wreck rather than a shattered hulk !!

Installed the electrics, tested all good. Used the spare screws as 'keys' for the concrete armour compound.
Attached a length of T34 track to the drivers roof using dress pins and super glue gel, over the top of a load pf putty.
This will shape up nicely for the mortar I intend to use over both roof sections.Now I get that the embeding of track sections is a bit 'artistic' but there are lots of pictures around that seem to show StuGs with this feature although it is really hard to confirm the tracks are indeed sunk into the concrete or just pressed on during the process.

[PainlessWolf]

Herman,
I have a fondness for unique StuGs now. Yours is going to be a great one. Following along.
regards,
Painless

[HERMAN BIX]

Cheers Mr Wolf, it's growing on me this one . It's a bit free hand and a bit anything goes which is refreshing. I'm out of state for a long weekend with the anthill mob so no progress, but I'm dreaming up ideas for its next stages already !