Dragon StuG III Ausf. G 10.5cm
Hey, thanks for the responses, my friends! Ron, best I can tell from my reading is the StuH was considered a howitzer for support of infantry, so your guess is as good as mine whether it's a StuG or StuH. :laugh: Both were used in support of the infantry. :idonno
I spent a couple days at the bench, just didn't post my progress photos (I know, slacker). With the western half of North Carolina either on fire or covered in smoke, it's been rough on the eyes and sinuses. We haven't had any rain since Hurricane Matthew, over a month ago and we didn't get much then either, so it's dry as a tinderbox here. :vmad
Here's the progress to date.
Assembled parts.
I realized there was no lower grille in this kit, so we CAN'T leave a big hole. I saved one from a previous build, this is why you never throw anything away!!!!
A little filing and bingo, no more hole!
Since the OOB thing got scratched by the lack of a grille, I decided to use a spare set of Magic Tracks. Very little cleanup, a good thing since there's 93 links per side. :gogo
I worked on the tools some too, here they are in primer.
Road wheels painted.
I went ahead and painted the lower hull, going to try a different method this go. I plan to paint and affix the tracks prior to installing the upper hull, see how that goes? I used some AK Interactive Dark Steel pigment AK-086 to represent the wear on the teeth and return rollers. A dab on a cotton swab, then rub it onto the surface creates a shiny, worn off paint look that I like.
That's all for now, folks. Thanks for coming by.
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