Bronco 1/35 StuG III D North Africa

[James Robert Noble]

My special day has arrived and I got my lovely StuG unwrapped and unboxed this morning!
SWMBO has done me proud! Not only has Caroline gifted me Broncos Sturmgeschutz III Ausf.D "North Africa" but I also received a set of Model Air German WW2 Colours and some new brushes!

 

[Steve Jones]

Cant go wrong now James!!. You will enjoy building this one. Good luck

 

[SimonT]

That looks like a lot of parts compared to the old Zvezda/Dragon 'B' I am doing

 

[Si Benson]

Ooooo very nice James who’s a lucky boy then

 

[James Robert Noble]

Thanks Steve! Can't wait to get a start! Will be delving into everyones Posts to see how they have done theirs!
Some amazing builds so far in the GB!

 

[James Robert Noble]

I was thinking the same Simon! When I last looked inside my Tamiya Ausf B there seemed to be 4 or 5 Sprues.
Might not make the completion date with all this plastic...

 

[James Robert Noble]

Very lucky indeed Si! But what SWMBO doesn't realise is that She has just lost me to the StuG!
Christmas for us has just been cancelled!

 

[JR]

James great Scott that's a kit and a half, will grab a seat at the front, mince pies please.

 

[James Robert Noble]

Glad to have you in on this one JR! Loving your build! Great work so far!
Mince Pies and then some Pigs in Blankets will be served! Please try and pass them around?
So about to kick off with the Suspension Arms and Road Wheels. Instructions in this Kit look really clear!

 

[JR]

James if the others aren't here in 5 WE CAN EAT THE LOT!

Liking the distruction holder , very apt.

 

[James Robert Noble]

Yes mate! I love a mince pie or 10! They are shop bought Amigo so I can use Caroline's recipe book holder for now!
Got all road wheels cleaned and dry-fitted so now moving on to the small internal area. Gun Breech and Gunners Seat.
So far so good. The Kit parts are lovely to work with and have some cracking detail.

 

[JR]

Well they haven't realised there are free mince pies so that's it, let's eat them all now.
Regards to the good lady .

 

[BattleshipBob]

If thats mince from the butchers count me in

Hi James, sorry for the late reply, welcome to the bestest GB since Caesar's chariot one back in the day!
Cracking kit, got it in the stash along with Dragons version.

Count me in!

 

[James Robert Noble]

Hi Bob, no problem at all. Hope you are feeling much better today buddy?
You may need to wrestle with John for any buffet offerings! Good luck with thaaaat!
I had been hankering for this Kit for a long time Bob so very happy to see and then be in your GB with it! So far so good! Nice fittings and I really like the details so far.

 

[Graeme C.]

Looks good James, got this kit in my rather too large stash, so I'll follow along.

 

[James Robert Noble]

Glad to have you following Graeme!
It is such a lovely wee Kit.
Why don't you crack it open and join the GB buddy?

 

[Si Benson]

Coming along nicely James

 

[JR]

Get your hands off my pies Bob !!!!

 

[Graeme C.]

Hi James, I would build mine but I have a Tamiya Stug III Ausf G that I've had in the stash too long, so that's the one I'm doing, as soon as I get nearer to the end of the Panther for the Animal Antics GB!

 

[James Robert Noble]

Thanks guys. Ready now to proceed with some PE parts. Steve was right about the Tropical Air Intakes. The PE looks fiddly difficult.