Stug III 2020 57

[Björn Johansson]

Today was a great day for painting was able to do most off the primer off all details.
Who needs a owen in day liket this

Also got time to try out the fenders and some detail that I had in mind for some time.
But no we had to find/come up with something else. Well it was worth a try

Got some more parts from Armorpax some time ago , need some work yes but I think it could do.

Some small start on those air boxes only clean them up so far.

All for now see you , have a nice weekend

[Björn Johansson]

Some small update on my Stug took on the work on the fenders and took decision to use the little brass "molding" is that the word?
anyway glued and bolt it .

After that it was the "antislide" plates. Glued them on and was pretty pleased with the result.

Did some more Stug read and there it got me no picture in all my books or my ref picture from internet
had the "antislide" all the forward on the fenders. Zimmerit yes but no antislide
Even though I´m not a "rivet counter" I try to make it look as close to the real thing as possible . In my humble way and knowledge.

Just had to get rid off it, lucky me I only did the right side.

With that done I took on those fender support, try to make them a tiny bit more look a like.
This was the result . I countersink the screw , to be able to have some putty on .

All for now see you

[Björn Johansson]

After some time going through all my spare/scratch materials, I found a left over from house renovation
and thought it was ok , for my

On its way

the end result

Have some bolts left to do on both

All for now have a nice weekend

[Björn Johansson]

Today I had time to do another off my a small mod to Armorpax vent cover.

small attempt to bring more life to that part of the model

[Robert Tanzer]

Definitely an improvement, well done.

[Björn Johansson]

Did some work on front upper hull today, fix spare/protection track holders.
a bit wide for the scale but I didn´t want to much slide from side to side ruin the
paint work

[Björn Johansson]

Some update on the 57th Stug
Yesterdays work a bit odd took what I could find in garage

A bit later , ventilation hole to be filled lid and detail to come

Spare wheels only for ref off the height

Also got this two

All for now have a great weekend

[Björn Johansson]

Could not resist play around for a while yesterday
Just had to see where things was going

See you

[Björn Johansson]

Not very much this week , but finaly I got time to do one side off the schurtzen holder.
Some adjustments still to come

Just a small check off how it looks

Have a nice weekend

[Björn Johansson]

Couldn´t resist so now both side´s are done, small adjustment left to do.
And take decision , how I´m going to use them all flat or with Schurtzen

Also want more "life" on the roof drill and tap 3mm to resemble the original more.
Will have 4st on longside and 2st per shortside to hold the roof. Sure overkill

[Björn Johansson]

Got some small detail work done on those Armorpax antenna boxes and together with Mark Lawson beautiful small antenna mount
worked great! I think

Hard to spot the difference I know but one side is now adjusted to a Stug III and not a IV.
One to go but I run out off material , so now have to wait for supply

[Robert Tanzer]

Beautiful work Björn.
You have a good eye for the detail.

Robert

[Björn Johansson]

No tank work today , only some wood work

Not sure if this go under fine carpentry from Wine box to cargo box

After looking at very many picture off Stug´s with a cargo box there was as many different as there was pictures
mine is a hybrid off a couple , also didn´t wanted it to be to nice and factory build as they often seem´s to be done
at the Comp/Batt workshop .

So here ´s my guy´s delivery the box "not to good picture sorry "

See you

[Roy Beukeveld]

Some really fine modelling going on here, your attention to detail is fantastic
Nice work on the cargo box and the schurtzen holders. Will you add the schurtzen plates too or just the railing for it?
Scale wise the plates would be nice, but on the other hand they will cover up a lot of details too.
I’m curious what you decide. Either way, great work!

[Björn Johansson]

Thank you Roy !
I will do those schurtzen plates , it gives you more options with vehicle to show up with or without
And if you don´t do much detail there , they come handy

Another is to bolt on those holder to the railing also to give my even more option. not sure yet