StuG Porn

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A little StuG action shots - all done...

Cheers!

Troy

7,5 cm Pzgr.Patr.39 Stu.K.40 Ammo Cases StuG Part III

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 Just completed a couple wooden ammo crates for the StuGs. Pictured are 2 and 3-round crates.


I made them from Evergreen Plastic.


They fill in some empty space on the rear deck and cover a slight casting flaw on the left rear engine hatch cover that is present in all my models.

 Had to darken the pics to show detail...

























Five cases...took about 1 hour to make.

Painted up. Yes that says 'Patr. 7.5cm PaK 40'...

I will add some spare rounds and empty cases to complete.

Cheers!

Troy

StuGs and Vallejo Model Air Part II

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Wow, Its been a full year since I first started the Battlefront plastic StuGs. Here: Splendid StuGs! As I am again on vay-cay, I have time to paint them as my honey-do is pretty much kaput. They were first primered with Black Krylon Dual Superbond. This is my go-to primer for everything. Note the Getto spray booth...

The next step was a base coat of Dunkel Gelb. For this project, I have decided to try out the Vallejo Model Air line. I loaded up my Iwata HP-C Plus (love this airbrush!) with Vallejo 71.025 Dark Yellow and sprayed at 20 psi. I tried both neat (undiluted) and a (recommended) 1 Vallejo Airbrush thinner to 3 drops Model Air. I prefered the neat method as there is far better coverage and the paint seems to be fairly thinned already. There were no clogging issues what so ever but dry time is a little slow compared to airbrushing Tamiya acrylics with isopropyl. For health reasons and ease of clean up, I don't mind the wait time.

 I began camo on a late '43 model with the Topfblende' mantlet. I chose a mix of VMA Sand Brown 71.034 and VMA Cam. Pale Brown 50/50.
 I painted on the tactical symbol for StuG freehand...

 ...and painted up the various tools and storage. I also filled in the hinges on the front hull hatches to look more realistic. They are modeled with a huge gap which is out of scale.

Stay tuned...

Cheers,

Troy