Yves Stug III update

[Steen Vøler]

Good looking casemate Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

Workt all day on the stug, a lot sanding to do, filling up the holes with milliput.
Work on the upper structure.




Drilling 8 holes in each vent side to glue the hex bolts in to fix the grills.



Best regards Yves

[Roy Beukeveld]

You're making good progress Yves, nice work!

[yves mouton]

Thanks Roy,

At the end of the day i will post some new pictures.
Best regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hi,

Today arrived the Haynes book about the stug 3


regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

More work on the hull today,




Made a little detail on the side grills, insert 8 hex bolts on each side,



Drill 2 holes and tap thread with M4 and put countersink bolts in to fix the gun mount,





And close the holes with Milliput.

Tomorrow is another day to work on the stug
There are a lot of welding to do on the stug


Best regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hello,

Here a little update on the stug,

Drill and tap thread M3 in the front armorplate, for the extra bar of the tracklinks



Put some extra detail on the roof and later comes a telescoop in the opening.



Made also a extra detail on the smoke dischargers



Best regards Yves

[Steen Vøler]

Nice details Yves

[yves mouton]

hello,

Thanks Steen

Regards Yves

[Roy Beukeveld]

...Drill and tap thread M3 in the front armorplate, for the extra bar of the tracklinks...

Hi Yves, Nice... I think I might copy your idea here... an extra bar of track links can be a nice addition to the model as quit a lot of StuG's drove around with a provision like that.
The bar from what I have seen, often extended over to the sides and was welded on there, but the two holes you added here on the front can be used very well to simulate that type of construction too...

[yves mouton]

Hello Roy,

Thanks for the compliments.
I know that normaly the trackholder is weld on the side (or screws )
There are maybe different thinks to put a tracklink bar on ( i like to use some of my own inspiration )
but one of the things is that i am gonna place the trackholder last on my build because if you
put the track bar on you cant get the tracklinks in because the conehead bolts are in the way,
so first i have to paint the stug before i can put the tracklinks behind the bar.

Best regards Yves

[yves mouton]

Hi,

Today i did some detail work and started with the welding.







Tomorrow i go do more weldings.

Regards Yves

[florian rudolf]

Verry nice welding. Looking forward to see more of that

[yves mouton]

Tomorrow Florian than i work on the weldings again,
there is a lot of welding to do on the stug

Best regards Yves

[florian rudolf]

Tomorrow Florian than i work on the weldings again,
there is a lot of welding to do on the stug

Best regards Yves

Yes indeed. I know and buyed enough milliput allready.

Is somebody using the StuG parts from armorpax? I found parts from the commander hatch quite nice. Are some other parts from armorpax usefull?

cheers
Florian