Late War Stug III Ausf G

[armorguy]

Flawless job so far bj !

[bigjohn]

Thanks a lot fellas!!

In order to get the mantlet installed, it has to be slid into place with the interior floor loose and angled up in the front while the front hull is slipped into place at the same time.


Part of the gun mount is visible behind the mantlet and its would be difficult to get good paint coverage in all those tight spots, so I mixed up some Tamiya Rot Oxide and gave the are a coat incase I miss some spots while spraying the cammo colors.

[wbill76]

Nice call on the mantlet painting BJ. It's one of the potential 'traps' on the Dragon StuG III family of kits in terms of how/when the gun mount gets installed due to the way they designed the parts to fit together. Nice little Father's Day update!

[bigjohn]

Thanks Bill!! I should say that I painted those areas before the mantlet was slid into place.

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Jun 10, 2013 21:31:35 GMT -5 bigjohn said:

Jun 10, 2013 20:56:52 GMT -5 @shellback said:

Agree about the pics John !
Are you still using your phone to take them ?

No Carl, this build I'm using a Kodak easy share, LOL

Well for cripes sake ! you certainly are getting your money's worth when it comes to clear pictures .

Sweet build going on !

[TRM]

Awesome seeing some color going down BJ!! Lucky Man!! Still a bit damp in the cave for me, even with dehumidifier! Love the color too!!! Keep it coming!!

[bbd468]

Hey John, Looking nice my Brotha! Thas a fine lookin red oxide man, looks like the color on the Ft.Knox/Patton museum Stug under the Waffle zimm. Would love to go to Ft.Benning to see it all again since it was moved there as well as all the other additions.

[Deleted]

I believe BJ has little 1/35th scale elves do all the building. It's so clean and precise there's no way he had a hand in it.......

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[bigjohn]

Thanks fellas, if I could only get the elves to build a little faster!

[wbill76]

Jun 17, 2013 11:39:31 GMT -5 bigjohn said:

Thanks fellas, if I could only get the elves to build a little faster!

Don't push them too hard BJ, can't have a strike on your hands at a time like this!

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

It's Rudolph

Tony lee

[Leon]

Looking good with a little color John.

[fightnjoe]

john looks clean and crisp sir. love the clarity of the pics. i struggle hard with that.



joe

[bigjohn]

I know with all the back and forth test fit pictures that this thing doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere. But I assure you, I am making progress. In the pics below, all major hull components are glued together and I’m starting to get some detail parts on.

The front plate had sink marks all the way around the edges, so I filled them in with putty. When I started sanding the putty, I realized the entire center was sunk in also. It took about 3 coats of putty to get it flat.

[wbill76]

Nice work on the front plate BJ, must have been a bad molding day or something, very rare to see that on Dragon's new kits.

[bigjohn]

Thanks Bill, The front plate is a pretty thick part, so my guess is that it didn't cool as fast as the rest.

[craigcole20b.]

Nice job so far

[bullardino]

Mighty fine job, John

[fightnjoe]

looks very good john.




joe