Yves Stug III update

[simon_manning]

Good to see the Stug section coming to life, not enough on here in the past, keep posting, plenty of photo's for us to view these project's, regards simon.

[yves mouton]

Hello,

Today i did some work on the suspension bars en the return rollers,
also fix the dummy studs in the drive sprockets.

Tomorrow i will do some work on the hull.




Best regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

Some more work done today,
Working a little on the hull and prime the sprockets, idlers, and return rollers.
Working on the wheels and prepaire them for painting, tape off the outher rims for the rubber tyres.








Best regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

I think i have a problem here,
In the picture you can see that the trackhorns are not goes fully in to the wheel ?
The trackhorns goes ok in the return roller.



Best regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

Problem solved, it's because the rubber tyre is not on the wheel

Regards Yves

[Armortek]

Thanks Yves, you just made my morning

[yves mouton]

Regards Yves

[florian rudolf]

Thanks Yves, you just made my morning

Shocking morning
I be happy to get my StuG soon

[Steen Vøler]

Congratulations Florian

[yves mouton]

Hello,

I have a question about the roof of the stug, i saw on pictures that they use countersink hex bolts
and sometimes hex bolts. Is that because it depends in wat year they made the stug in the WWII ?

Best regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

Today i put the bumpstops on the side parts of the hull.



Today i put some Tamiya TS-3 on the idler, sprockets, suspension arms and the return roll houses.
I insert bolts in the hubcaps.






Regards Yves

[Steen Vøler]

Hi Yves
Regarding your roof bolt question - maybe with a bit of luck it can be explained in the Haynes Stug3 book arriving soon in my mailbox

What did you paint hte tracks with by the way?

[yves mouton]

Hello Steen,

Yes maybe the book will help about what kind of bolts to use.
I spray the tracks with Tamiya TS- 38 Gun metal ( maybe i put later on some weathering )
I did spray the tracks without the pins and shims.

This weekend i will work again on the Stug ( extra long weekend )

Regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

Here a little update,

I put the gear drive cases on, i did have to use my milling machine to mill a very tiny bit of the
gear. Now when i put the gear houses on the shafts turn free.




I prepaired some hull parts ( sanding ) for the first layer of primer.



I did also put some Tamiya TS-3 on the road wheels.



Tomorrow i will start on the upper hull parts.

Best regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

Today, prime some parts and working on the top of the stug.
Tomorrow more pictures to come.




And use Milliput to hide the screw heads, tomorrow i will sand them flat.

Regards Yves