Another Heng Long StuG III build

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Rob59
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Another Heng Long StuG III build

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Hi guys.
Been a while, had a lot things on my mind, bought a new home, rebuild it completely, so the modelling had to step down.
The last few months I worked this plastic version StuG so now and then. I already have a Taigen metal version.
This should become a cheap build.
The adventage of a plastic version compared to a metal one is, you do not have to lay down a lot of cash at once to get your Panzer.
This cheap StuG I bought in 2018 for €139.00, and the plan was to get some upgrade parts so now and than, when I could afford it.
Been in the basement till this year's Spring.

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In the meanwhile, I did some improvements.
Made a stowage rack on the motordeck, added a Saukopf mantlet, made skirt supports out of brass, skirts out of 1mm aluminum, opened up the loaders hatch, added a moveable, metal MG shield.
Well, see it yourself the way it looks at the moment......

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Also added the concrete field mods up front as you could see.
The grills alongside the motordeck I made out of metal too

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MG shield

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Schürzen/ side skirts

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Stowage rack with stuff

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This is how far I got till now.
Awaiting for some 1.4mm screws to come in, so I can secure the supports for the Schürzen onto the fenders. Now they are held in place by some tape.
Another gadget I ordered, 2 openable metal hatches up front the StuG.
The tranny inspection covers.
Actually,my wife ordered them for me.....
To be continued.
CU soon guys.
Cheers, Rob.
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I absolutely love those! What year and unit are you going for?
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Not sure yet.
Maybe some Hungarian unit from
Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen 1945 (Operation Spring Awakening 1945).
They had those big 3 digit numbers on their Schürzen.
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Like this one....

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That image is from some kind of online game, War Thunder Live ?
Anyway, never saw these big numbers in 1/16 modelling....?
And it is something different than the usual German units, right?
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