Stug III at Kursk Armor Build

[B-17engineer]

Thanks T...its RLM 79 sandgelb

 

[B-17engineer]

This, if it counts for Kursk, is the Stug I want to try and build.

Thanks Chris for the picture!

 

[Airframes]

Yep, that appears to be the correct Ausf. type for the Kursk period.

 

[B-17engineer]

Cool. Then that is the one I want to try and build.

 

[dirkpitt289]

Ausf.????

 

[Njaco]

Ausfuhrung

proper name for harrison's should be written as

Sturmgeschutz III Ausfuhrung G

or Stu.G. III Ausf. G

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Chris. The abreviation, Ausf., is more or less what we'd call 'Mark' or 'Model' number, denoting the production series of a particular vehicle, just like, for instance, P51C, or Spitfire MkV.
One peculiarity of the German system though, is that it didn't always run in true alphabetical order. It was possible to have, for instance, and Ausf.D before the introduction of the Ausf.A, as happened with the PzKfw V Panther !!!

 

[Njaco]

As I was reading that I was thinking of the Panther! Yup, Marks didn't always follow alphabetically!

 

[B-17engineer]

Wheels painted tonight and some other bits and peices added to bottom half of hull. Next is joining the whole things, wheels, tracks, yadda yadda

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok still need to paint black but nearly done..with them

 

[dirkpitt289]

All those little wheels are tedious aren't they? I was at the LHS today and saw Dragon makes a Stug like yours. I almost picked it up but decided to go with something different. Yours is coming along nicely. Can't wait to see the finished product. 8)

 

[B-17engineer]

yes they are, It's too small to even bother with masks, but oh well.

I like the look of the Stug and I wanted a larger scale one last year for my birthday ,but my aunt got me this one and its not that bad.

 

[dirkpitt289]

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I like the look of the Stug and I wanted a larger scale one last year for my birthday ,but my aunt got me this one and its not that bad.

Surprisingly there is a lot of detail in these little kits

 

[Airframes]

It's a pain painting those wheels in any scale! Looking good so far H. The good thing about the small scale is you can do a ncie diorama with a few vehicles without taking up half the space in the house!

 

[B-17engineer]

Right!!

 

[Wayne Little]

Just don't drop all the wheels on the floor!

 

[B-17engineer]

Oh I know that'd be tagic!!

 

[Airframes]

Harrison, what are you doing crawling around under the table? Oh, I see.........!!

 

[Lucky13]

He dropped an 'r'....

 

[razor1uk]

Looking good! Erm, in one of the earlier photos I spotted what appears top be half a Grumman F6 fuz in tha background, am I right?