Custom 1/32 Stug III Ausf G (Updated 7/03/11)

[PanzerArm]

Here is some more of that customized FOV Stug I showed you guys a preview of a while back. I had to wait for my paint supplier to restock Tamiya XF-60 Dark Yellow before I could continue the painting. I'm not sure I like my execution of the tri-tone, but let me know what you guys think.













-Kevin

[flyboy_fx]

If I had a stug in 1/18, I would make waffles on it. Great job! Zimmeret looks fantastik!

[1958Zelda]

Like very much the paint and zimmereit.

[pickelhaube]

Just looking at that waffel pattern gives me a headache.

Great job !!

[PanzerArm]

Well is has been quite a long time since I've updated you on this one. After almost four months of sitting on my desk I finally decided to dust it off and finish it. And to give you an idea of just how close it was to being done, it only took me a day to get it finished. Without further ado, here are the pics of the finished vehicle:









I have already described what I've done to this stug, and the only thing different that has been added since the last update are the schurzen and the filters/washes.

And if any of you are wondering, "Kevin, how on earth can you have a project one day away from being completed and then wait 3 1/2 months before you finish it?" Well if there is anything in this hobby I like more than anything it's the building of a custom vehicle. By building I mean the initial idea, the gathering of the raw materials, and then ultimately taking those materials and then making something cool materialize. The painting part is where I get a little bored. Not to offend those that love to paint or anything, it's just not as fun to me as the steps before it. So after I get done building something, most of the time I won't even move on to the painting stage, I',ll just start building the next custom. And if I do actually start painting a project, there is a good possibility that some other project will distract me and the painting will be postponed for a long time. So at any given time I'll have several (5-10) projects on my desk, most of which are in the build stage, and only 1 or 2 in the paint stage (if any). And on that note I will close out this update with a preview of some of what I am working on currently.


COMING SOON



-Kevin

[thehun]

Very nice......Very nice indeed, I wish i could work in that scale.

[ram04]

The Stug came out very nice , I got to ask, what type of VW are you planning on building?

[PanzerArm]

Thanks guys, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out as well

And Jim, it is going to be a Type 82e, the beetle on the kubelwagen chasis. I bought some cheapy broken FOV kubels from I think foxhole toys a while back (like $5 each), and then used one of those as the chassis and the body is a Owner's Club 1/32 1950 Beetle with some of its embellishments taken off. I am making a Afrika Korps version to go along with my growing DAK contingent

Can anyone guess what the green turret will be?

-Kevin

[plasticboy]

Really cool on that Zimmeret and the paint job is awesome. I wish I have 1/18 Stug III.

[tmanthegreat]

Great work on that Stug, PanzerArm! I'm really impressed with the way the zimermit came out.

Plasticboy, there is a 1:16 Stug III. Larger than 1:18, but as close as we can get unless Pikelhaube makes one...