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Good Morning,
Thank you, sir. It is a slower build than I normally do but it's about time to start working on the deck so that will speed up the amount of work accomplished at a go.
regards,
Painless

Took a little time today to get the casemate matched up with the upper deck. In the end I had to use the Dremel for straight line cuts then used a variety of files to clean and square everything up. The resin parts are nice and heavy duty and file like the best plastics. Next I will need to figure out a mounting system for the casemate to the decking. The decking I plan on screwing into place like a regular HL version so no issue there. I want the casemate to be removable for maintenance and smoker oiling. Pics:

Impressive and very aggressive looking painless good work

Thank you, Ed. ;o) The early StuG Assault Guns have a certain pugnacious air about them it is true. Tonight I worked on cleaning up the rear of the deck and getting a little resin mounted. Instead of cutting off the entire rear face, I removed the 'L' channel that runs through the center with a razor saw. Taking a couple of larger files then, I filed and sanded the rear face smooth. This gave me a larger surface area to cement the new resin plate and channel on with than if I had just removed the old plate entirely. Pics:

A Bit and a Bob from the mysterious Far East. Work begins again tomorrow ( Luna willing! ) Pics:

As promised, a little more work on the rear Deck along with some pondering on that full width air grill under the rear armor plate. Pics:

Looking good painless

Good Morning, Ed,
Cheers! It's a lot more fun when things work as intended.
regards,
Painless

The spare Sherman Exhaust deflector worked out very well as raw material for the StuG's exhaust deflector\air vent\?. Not without a boatload of cutting, filing and gluing tho'. The end result is a solid mount and looks almost exactly like the real article. Pics:

Back from an extended holiday weekend, I wanted to pick up work on the StuG again. Tonight's work seems small scale ( pardon the pun ) but it is critical to the appearance of these early StuGs. Pics: