BROOKSY'S STUG III G

[brooksy]

hi guys,well for my buurrppzzday i got myself a stug III g and like my panther it will be made into a semi static model,as with the panther g the heng long stug is realy good on detail and only needs a few modifications to make it look good,i got it out the box and me,my son and my friend had some fun with it,now i've stripped it down and removed alot of stuff,filled holes ect ready for the work ahead,i will order some new parts from WELSHDRAGONMODELS soon...ie
new saukopf mantlet.
brass etch screans for air inlet.
side skirts.
things i,m doing at the moment,
just finished moving ariel to right place and made a shot deflector from green stuff putty,i also scribed the upper hull
to make the joints in the armour,i'm also going to add new atachment points for the 3tonn crane on the hull roof and resurface the armour and finaly a stowage rack for the rear of the stug.
here are some pics.








brooksy.

[brooksy]

last night i ordered some items from welshdragon models and i also made the pilzen mounts for the 3tonn crane,i made these from a lollypop stick and tacked them in place,later i will apply weld seems with green stuff 2part putty,i also modified the air intakes ready for the photo etch parts i have ordered.







brooksy.

[brooksy]

a little bit more work,added weld lines around each pilzen and retextured the hull armour with mr surfacer and an old brush.







phill.

[littletankman]

Hi Nice work another Stug III . I did mine a few years ago I modified a few things and scratch built a lot . My builds on here some were . I made mine a late Stug III G with the pig mantlet and waffle pattern zimmerit but not a final version. Will look forward to seeing this finished.

Andy

[Red Devils]

Looking really sharp Brooksy, keep up the great work.

Derek

[brooksy]

thanks for the feedback guys,hi littletankman,yes i looked at your build and it is very impressive,i too will scratch build some parts..ie
rear stowage rack,i've now finished re surfacing the armoured parts and gave the stug an allover coat of red primer(vallejo) and i knocked together a commander figure from a verlinden set i got from WELSHDRAGONMODELS,headphones will be added at a later time.more soon










brooksy.

[brooksy]

hi guys,got some great items from WELSHDRAGONMODELS in the post this morning
the ATAK saukopf mantlet is a very impressive bit of resin,nice detail and very little clean up,fitting is realy straitforward and in these pics it is dry fitted for the moment.








brooksy

[brooksy]

intake screens fitted,



brooksy

[MichaelC]

I think it makes more sense on cast steel armour like Russians and US, but roll steel armour should be pretty smooth unless like Eastern said painted lots of times or eusting thru.

[brooksy]

thanks for your input