My Stug III build

SEAN66 · Post by **SEAN66** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:39 am

Hello,
well the Stug arrived last night.( thanks once again Biertje).
this is my first build so I will be asking lots of questions and interrogating the hive mind.
I will take some photos later tonight and post them up.
but there are a few photos on Biertjes post in the for sale section.
I will spend tonight looking at the actual model I received and deciding.
1. what I want to Build I.E. Stug or Pzr III
2. what model Stug and what time frame.

my initial thoughts were to do both a Stug III and Pzr III tops to interchange onto the Pzr III chassis.
regards
Sean

jarndice · Post by **jarndice** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:01 am

You write as though this will be your only Tank

Many years ago I thought of building a pair of PZ4 bodies to interchange with a single hull,

I now have apart from nearly a dozen completed ? PZ4s of different variants three spare PZ4 Turrets, two bodies and a hull,
If you have two bodies then get another hull and make two tanks you know it makes sense.

SEAN66 · Post by **SEAN66** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:23 am

Hi Jarndice
no its not I bought a Heng Long Challenger II, just before Christmas.
I bought the Stug to learn on instead of the chally.
rather make the mistakes on a chassis that didn't cost the earth.
I'm also a contractor ( I work for the American Army in Bavaria ) so I don't want to be lugging too many tanks around with me.
regards
Sean

Wildboar44 · Post by **Wildboar44** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:48 pm

Very much looking forward with your Panzer III/Stug build, there are not many projects still left to view so it will be a real pleasure to see one progress. It’s high time I purchased one as I think it’s a classic when it comes to German armour. Good luck with your build.

Marco Peter · Post by **Marco Peter** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:09 pm

Very much looking forward to this build... Because I never completed it.

Litterally.

I sold it to Biertje hahaha!

So you better make this nice and mean-looking and Panzergrau en really cool!

SEAN66 · Post by **SEAN66** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:47 pm

Marco Peter lol
I got it from Biertje so it's your old one.
I receive it yesterday and have taken the motors off already.
Due to the motors sit too high they push the front glacial plate too high.
I'll put some photos up later once I work out who to host.
Regards
sean

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:55 pm

Sean66, Good Morning,
This build thread of the Resin Upper \ Taigen Lower Hull that I did of an early StuG III Ausf B may be useful to you in regards of which motors and gearboxes to use. The lower profiled ones will let the upper sit correctly on the lower.
regards,
Painless

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=14564

SEAN66 · Post by **SEAN66** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:40 pm

Thanks for the link Painless wolf.
Yours is one of the threads I've been reading, while waiting for the Stug to arrive.
Regards
Sean

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:44 pm

Sean66,
I am flattered! I am happy to report that the StuG Life is still Strong with this one. ;o)
regards,
Painless

SEAN66 · Post by **SEAN66** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:54 am

Hi all
I've took some pictures (I hope this works lol)
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipN ... K2FODbh9Rz
This is of the main chassis with the top placed on top shows how the gearboxes are too high

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM ... -KkeWSC2EO
A closer view
Regards
Sean

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM ... -KkeWSC2EO

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