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Dragon StuG III Complete!
- Thread starter Iron Mike
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Dragon StuG III Schurzen Mit No Pantzen!
Nice work Mike. :dude
that would have been a perfect chance to try the battery charger resistance soldering solution, the PDF is on the internet..what could have gone wrong? :facepalmThank you all who commented, I appreciate it! Today, I set out to build some schurzen for this beast. I'm not going to keep it tidy, it may in fact get ugly. :laugh: I dug up some different sets left over from past builds and found a really old Eduard (yes, Eduard)set I bought from John's Hobbies way back when.ldguy I decided to go with the Eduard so I wouldn't have to scratch build the brackets.
Nothing high tech about this, just pliers, tweezers and a sharp knife. That's a scrap piece of acrylic I snagged from work, bought a 6" x 36" piece for a quarter!
Looking closely, you can see where the bends need to be made. Trim the part, files the edges and bend them with the tweezers and pliers. B)
I pinned one side of the bracket with my downward pressure tweezers to get it where it needed to be, carefully bent the bracket up and applied a drop of Dr Mike's Glue. I held the bracket in the glue until it set, removed the downward pressure and repeated the process on the other side.
Top brackets done!
I assembled the lower brackets and installed them in the same manner.
Here's a quick shot of the rough draft.
I broke the glue joint on the hanger, had to reglue it but everything will get chipped etc, so the touch up should not show up.
I took a few minutes to paint the spare track stowage rack, I slid it up slightly and masked the hull with a piece of paper to spray the color.
Much easier than brush painting them. Again, more painting to go. That's about it for today's endeavors, thanks for coming by!
:drinks
Nice work Mike. :dude
Rhino
Super Moderator
Dragon StuG III Schurzen Mit No Pantzen!
Mutherpussbucket! That is Kuhl! "Schurtzen Mit keine Pantzen"! HA! I recently lost my own Schurt, in an chance encounter/mishap with a purty, near nekid, younger woman! :frantic I did take a hostage. :facepalm
The whole story is not for this forum.
Mutherpussbucket! That is Kuhl! "Schurtzen Mit keine Pantzen"! HA! I recently lost my own Schurt, in an chance encounter/mishap with a purty, near nekid, younger woman! :frantic I did take a hostage. :facepalm
The whole story is not for this forum.
Iron Mike
Master At Arms And Resident Curmudgeon
Dragon StuG III Paint Bench Upgrade 2.0 12-9-16
Well, the vacation has been quite welcome, but is flying by! I have been working around the house getting ready for Christmas and bought myself a little gift. This is the original paint bench I've been using since we moved down here 11 years ago.
It's a wonder anything good came off this bench as dark as it was! I decided it was time to light things up, so I bought one of these while it was the Employee Appreciation Sale Days at the local store.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-GR-LED-Series-Troffer-Shop-Light-Common-2-ft-Actual-23-75-in-x-23-75-in/50392294
I have a similar setup at the inside bench, so I just made another scaffold from 1x6 and 1x4 to hold it up and allow me to get the power strip up off the floor, resulting in a much cleaner application and a switch I can reach!
The zip ties are temporary, just wanting to mock it all up and see how it works. So here's the result.
Same camera setting, much improved! I had to rearrange a few things to accommodate the new stuff, but I think it's going to be an improvement. If you're interested, let me know and I can provide more details on the structure.
:drinks
Well, the vacation has been quite welcome, but is flying by! I have been working around the house getting ready for Christmas and bought myself a little gift. This is the original paint bench I've been using since we moved down here 11 years ago.
It's a wonder anything good came off this bench as dark as it was! I decided it was time to light things up, so I bought one of these while it was the Employee Appreciation Sale Days at the local store.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metalux-GR-LED-Series-Troffer-Shop-Light-Common-2-ft-Actual-23-75-in-x-23-75-in/50392294
I have a similar setup at the inside bench, so I just made another scaffold from 1x6 and 1x4 to hold it up and allow me to get the power strip up off the floor, resulting in a much cleaner application and a switch I can reach!
The zip ties are temporary, just wanting to mock it all up and see how it works. So here's the result.
Same camera setting, much improved! I had to rearrange a few things to accommodate the new stuff, but I think it's going to be an improvement. If you're interested, let me know and I can provide more details on the structure.
:drinks
phantom II
Master at Arms
Dragon StuG III Paint Bench Upgrade 2.0 12-9-16
Big improvement Mike . All's needed now is paint rack.
Cheers
Big improvement Mike . All's needed now is paint rack.
Cheers
Iron Mike
Master At Arms And Resident Curmudgeon
Dragon StuG III Paint Bench Upgrade 2.0 12-9-16
Thanks guys, it will be nice to have more light out there. B)
Test fitting junk for the trunk. I built a brass bucket from RB Model, added a lead wire handle instead of their flat one, Value Gear stowage pieces and some Tamiya jerry cans and fuel barrel.
The Tamiya jerry cans were missing a handle, so I added one from copper wire. I've got more stuff to go back there, just sort of playing Tetris to see what fits and looks right. What do you think?
:drinks
Thanks guys, it will be nice to have more light out there. B)
Test fitting junk for the trunk. I built a brass bucket from RB Model, added a lead wire handle instead of their flat one, Value Gear stowage pieces and some Tamiya jerry cans and fuel barrel.
The Tamiya jerry cans were missing a handle, so I added one from copper wire. I've got more stuff to go back there, just sort of playing Tetris to see what fits and looks right. What do you think?
:drinks
phantom II
Master at Arms
Dragon StuG III Paint Bench Upgrade 2.0 12-9-16
It's all stuff to me :laugh: so it looks good .
That 55 gallon drum has had a tough life :drinks
Cheers, Christian B)
It's all stuff to me :laugh: so it looks good .
That 55 gallon drum has had a tough life :drinks
Cheers, Christian B)
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Dragon StuG III Paint Bench Upgrade 2.0 12-9-16
Nice work!
Nice work!
Dragon StuG III Paint Bench Upgrade 2.0 12-9-16
Looks swell!
Looks swell!
ij001
Well-known member
Dragon StuG III Paint Bench Upgrade 2.0 12-9-16
I'm absolutely no authority in these sort of things, however on a visual level, I'm not sure about the barrel, Mike. I'm sure there's a tonne of photo's that prove they were carried but I'd swap it out for a couple of ammo cases or a tarp or two.
Just my two penn'arth and definitely not a criticism.
Ian.
I'm absolutely no authority in these sort of things, however on a visual level, I'm not sure about the barrel, Mike. I'm sure there's a tonne of photo's that prove they were carried but I'd swap it out for a couple of ammo cases or a tarp or two.
Just my two penn'arth and definitely not a criticism.
Ian.
