Stug 3 IIIG - Early 45.

[MaschinenKrueger]

Some of you may have seen this before elsewhere on the world wide internet web.

I did a review for IPMS USA web site of the Dragon Stug III G Dec 44 Late Production kit. It was the usual Dragon quality. Nice moldings with inaccurate variant details and missing parts.

I built it OOB except for tweaking a few kit items in addition to replacing the barrel, used magic track, and added the missing schurzen. These modifications bumped it up to an early 45 production vehicle.



Silly me, I should have known the Germans strictly adhered to the January change order and immediately started painted Stugs green. There can be arguments made either way. The model still reeked of thinner and enamel paints but I decided to repaint the Stug up in green. I coated everything with a new coat of gray primer, cleaned up what looked off and hit it with a new coat of Tamiya paints.



This is where I'm at right now. I've been slowly working in the oil paints and letting them cure. Still need to address the tools, add the stowage, foliage, and finish the weathering.

 

[spud]

Love it.

 

[dogfish7]

Keep it up! Looking fantastic! 8)

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

Newer/better photos. I'm starting on the dust work and have placed the stowage which still needs to be glued down.

I need to clean up the splatters on the rubber portions.

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Looking killer man!

 

[spud]

Fantastic.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Now that's a nice Stug!

 

[Panzergirl]

Awesome work!

 

[Big-John]

Outstanding! I really like the looks of it!

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

Thanks all for the kind words. I'm juggling too many projects all at once so it could be a little while before another update.

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

OK. I'm calling this done until I create a little base.









The leaves and branches don't really hold up upon closer inspection but I have yet to see any product that really does.

 

[Jimi]

well i think you've done a fantastic job there mate, well done indeed

 

[dogfish7]

Excellent all around build! 8)

 

[JohnSimmons]

Love it

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

Thans Jimi, Bruce and John.

Need to start a small base and figure.

At some point...

 

[MaschinenKrueger]

Sorry for what I'd done to yer figure meester Alpine. This was a marathon paint session over three days starting Friday night. I am SO GLAD I spent all that time on the pants and boots. :









This is a seriously small armored vehicle.

FYI - Don't know if this will help anyone but these are shot on black velvet backdrop. A29 SS1.3-1.6sec very little post production other than minor levels and 180-200% unsharp mask.

 

[Big-John]

Looks very nice with the figure!

 

[MrT]

Wow! Great work!

Terry

 

[JohnSimmons]

Yeah very nice!

 

[MrT]

Great work!

Terry ;D