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Stuka Zu Fuss
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:51 pm
by toyktdlgh
I got board and decided to do a little mod work.
Does anyone have some really good pictures of this creature in real life?
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:50 pm
by aferguson
some pics were posted in the sticky in the 1/18 forum. Here's a VERY well built and accurate model...as good as pics.
http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/german/jkf251.htm
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:26 pm
by Razor17019
toyktdlgh,
WOW! I like you addition of the MG in front with the shields.
I like that better than the original camo green #13.
How did you do that?? What did you for fodder?
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:10 pm
by toyktdlgh
LOL, thanks for commenting Mark, I was starting to think no one liked it. I’m like a little kid and always need childish encouragement to get through the day…..at least that’s what my wife always says.
As for the mod, I just borrowed the windshield off of my spare DAK. The nice thing is there was very little in the way of cutting for the adaptation. All I had to do was cut the little extra piece of plastic off the old windshield mounts and the new one just snapped in place. That easy. No glue needed. I can always put it back if I change my mind but it looks much better this way.
Stuka Zu Fuss mod.
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:26 pm
by MG-42
>>> Huh ! ,... "that's cool Kevin"
,... different ,.. and also correct too. I have a publication by Squadron about the Sdkfz. 251 series Hanomag (Armor Series #21) with this particular Stuka Zu Fuss w/ forward MG shield-mount ,.. pictured right on the front cover. I may even do this at some point. ... Thanks for sharing.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:25 pm
by toyktdlgh
Thanks guys.
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:15 pm
by tmanthegreat
Being inspired by toyktdlgh's idea, here's a couple quick pics of my custom job on the XD Stuka zu Fuss:
In the holiday aftermath, I found an S3 Hannomag, discounted to $17 and in a trashed box. Although I really don't need another hannomag, I decided to use this one as a junk vehicle for customization parts.
I painted the gun mount to better match the ambush cammo pattern of the Stuka zu Fuss, pretty much matching the green. Although I attempted to match the brown color, the results weren't satisfactory and thus I left it off, save for a few of the little spots. The improved Stuka Zu Fuss came out looking bettern than I expected and my hats off to toyktdlgh for the idea
