Up armoured Stug

[Leighbo]

Hi all, new project on the table, this time an up armoured Stug. I saw a couple of photos of stug that had wood plank armour applied, one around the running gear and another at the upper sides and decided to give it a go, with a bit of artistic licence! After only building Dragon Stugs previously I decided on an easier Tamiya kit, which as usual was a dream to build. The additions were just built from plastic card, balsa and resin rivets. The stowage is mount on thick card and will be removed for painting 

















Onto painting next, thanks for looking 

 

[monica]

love it,Leigh,what a great idea,your planks look very good,well shaped,and grain maked,


very nice with the stowage as well,


will look forward to the next update, :D

 

[Leighbo]

Thanks Monica. I've tried sealing the grain in by covering with superglue as it usually gets lost once painting starts. We'll see if it works!

 

[noble]

That's looking very nice indeed

 

[monica]

Thanks Monica. I've tried sealing the grain in by covering with superglue as it usually gets lost once painting starts. We'll see if it works!

I tend to use washers with balsa,and ruff it up with a wire brush,as i do the lite color first then use a darker wash to bring out the grain,maybe of some help, :D

 

[Airfix Modeller Freak]

excellent job mate, the stowage looks great, however, try establishing some track sag next time, as tracks were rarely straight on armour

 

[Leighbo]

 

[Leighbo]

Thanks guys, 


Monica I use the same technique with the wire brush but find that when yuo apply paint it loses definition hence sealing with super glue to harden the surface 


Airfix as these are rubber band tracks I will paint off the Stug and apply sag later on


More to come soon!

 

[Airfix Modeller Freak]

Thanks guys, 


Monica I use the same technique with the wire brush but find that when yuo apply paint it loses definition hence sealing with super glue to harden the surface 


Airfix as these are rubber band tracks I will paint off the Stug and apply sag later on


More to come soon!

good to hear. Anyways, I hate using rubber tracks, so good luck putting sag on them


cheers, John

 

[dubster72]

Looks like a nice subject, although I wonder how effective the wooden 'armour' proved to be in combat


Getting some sag into rubber band tracks isn't easy, but there is a way. If you apply superglue to each return roller in turn from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock and then apply pressure with your fingers, the track will hold in place. Doing this with each return roller will force the track to bend down between each roller, thus creating sag.


On AFVs like Panzer IIIs & IVs, it does help to do this before adding the fenders.


Cheers


Patrick

 

[papa 695]

It looks a very nice kit Leigh, and a good start

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Looking good.

 

[Leighbo]

Thanks a million for the input guys, I was planning on using 2 part epoxy on the rollers and then wedging bits of balsa in to hold the sag whilst it dried. These rubber tracks are actually better than most of have used (good old reliable Tamiya!) And at least I can weather underneath them before installation, something I plan to make the most of!

 

[Leighbo]

Got some painting done on the Stug last night to post, airbrushed the Stug and started on the plank armour 











That's all for a few days, having a long weekend away so will have to pick this up next week.


Thanks for looking 

 

[John Rixon]

Looks like a nice subject, although I wonder how effective the wooden 'armour' proved to be in combat


Getting some sag into rubber band tracks isn't easy, but there is a way. If you apply superglue to each return roller in turn from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock and then apply pressure with your fingers, the track will hold in place. Doing this with each return roller will force the track to bend down between each roller, thus creating sag.


On AFVs like Panzer IIIs & IVs, it does help to do this before adding the fenders.


Cheers


Patrick

I'm guessing the principal is that the panzer shriek explodes before making contact with the hull, thus seriously reducing its effectiveness?

 

[monica]

real liking the look of this one,very nice with the wood tones do like them,and overall looking very good, :D

 

[Leighbo]

I got this one finished up today, I got hold of some Vallejo mud and environmental acrylics last week and used these for the mud on this one and was quite impressed with how they look




















I thoroughly enjoyed this build, now to the next one!


Thanks for looking 

 

[monica]

great build on this one,Leigh,so well done with the wood work on the side,do real like the tones you got,


the extra storage looks good as well,like the grass in the track,just a great build for me very well done, :D

 

[tommy1drop]

Excellent work and I really like the aged wood effects on the planking, you are instantly drawn to the planking, very effective work and very nicely done.

 

[Snowman]

Lovely work! That timber armour is impressive!


Thanks for sharing! :D