Steen's StuG 3 build thread

[Steen Vøler]

a bit more to share

sanded and polished the casing for the drivesprocket and also made a bit of a casting look on the sprockets themselves. Hard to see, but it will be nice when painted

lower part of the cuppola was also just fittet

[Steen Vøler]

A question to the suspension

How much shall the end of the suspension arm be in the corresponding opposite hole where the screw goes in from the outside. If the steel rod is pushed all the way in in both ends, it will not be able to reach the hole.

any suggestions/recommentation?

[yves mouton]

Hello Steen,

About the suspension bars, i measure that the suspension rods are on each side just past the two grub screws.
I tested this with a dry fit.

best regards Yves

[Roy Beukeveld]

Hi Steen,

I would put both end parts in without the torsionbar first, so both ends (CL0205 and CL0222) can reach the optimum position. Then measure the between inner ends dimension and middle out the torsion bar position.

[Steen Vøler]

Thanks all for the advice

Not much jas happened, beside tons of work and a house sale that just went through

Bump stops and sprocket installed

[Steen Vøler]

Some dry fitting work done today

[Roy Beukeveld]

Nice work Steen, its starting to look more and more like a StuG

[Steen Vøler]

Yes it is

[Robert Tanzer]

Will be a very beautiful Stug next to your Tiger my friend.
Robert

[Steen Vøler]

Look forward to the day we can meet again Robert

A bit done on the roadwheels

[Robert Tanzer]

Soon my friend soon.
First a vaccination against covid, then load the Tiger in the car and take a trip to your course.

[Steen Vøler]

Roadwheels waiting for arrival of milliput for welds

You can look forward to visit the panzer drive field. We have now digged trenches also and even built a driving commander platform where we can overlook the entire battle area and drive the tanks from the platform. No more walking behind the tanks for navigation through the battle area

Next is buildings, roads and tree vegetation

[Steen Vøler]

A bit more work on the stug

[Steen Vøler]

Some more pics

[Steen Vøler]

Ready for welding