Italery stug IV resurrection

[fledermaus]

Bob, Mike, Christian and Luiz thanks a lot

Paul I have many other old kits that want to build and update, it is part of the fun taking this kits up to newer kits standards

After the emergency surgery I went on and did a little more work on the fenders, now I began attaching the tools and other PE details…all this work was already done when the surgery began so many of the installed parts can be seen in some of the roof surgery photos.

Here I installed the spare boogies bin and the covers for the ventilation area, one is shown closed.

The tools for the left side and other details are attached...

The completed left side

And the right side tools, I used tools from the model and from the tamiya panzer IV tool set to replace the no so good ones on the model.

Some work on the rear of the tank, here I installed the muffler w/PE and wooden block, also started working on some pin marks…

Now is the turn for the side armor skirts frames, after inspecting the kits part I decided to make new frames from PE leftovers, and after seen Rick’s M2 PE cabin work I couldn’t resist to try soldering the parts(this is my first soldering in PE, thanks Rick!!) guess what
It is more fun than I expected!!!
Here is one of the stock parts, and the PE carrier I used to make the replacement

The metal is bent to shape, the center reinforcement is cut to size, and the original part for comparison is on top

All parts are finished a total of 6 are needed, 3 for each side, to the left the originals…

That’s all for now, I’m working on the road wheels and tracks to be followed by the zimmerit set, more coming soon!! Thanks for looking!

Abdin

 

[Iron Mike]

PE frets should never be thrown away.

I really like the details!

 

[moon puppy]

Outstanding!

 

[fledermaus]

Hi to all again! Here with another update, I have being working on the zimmerit set from Edward and it was a slow and difficult task. Remember the Edward set is for the dragon stug IV and I have to modify and trim most of the parts to fit the italery stug. Also the sprockets are detailed to make it look more like the real thing. So here we go …..

This is how the sprocket looks

This is how it is supposed to look

I removed all the detail with the dremel

Now it is ready for the details

I used some bolts from the lion roar set to detail the sprocket

Here it is with the added detail

Before and after

Now time to start the zimmerit, this is the dragon set

I removed the return rollers mounts and trimmed the upper edge of the zimmerit to make it fit the side wall, the rollers mounts had to be repositioned to the new location not far from the original…

The gas tank doors were removed and new ones where constructed from styrene and half
PE hinge, I used my home made punch set to make the new door.

Also had to make the track pin saver? this where made from PE carrier and bent to shape

Here the gas tank doors and the pin savers are attached in place...

Here I started fitting the front zimmerit

Also had to make the extra armor plate that goes on the right side, this was made from styrene and some verlinden resin bolt heads…

This is how it looks installed

 

[fledermaus]

The zimmerit progress on…

The upper part of the front and the sides are done here

Also the rear sides

And the rear…

Now is time to reattach all the parts that where removed, I did this mistake of installing
Many of the PE and forgot completely about the zimmerit, oh well mistakes are done
From time to time.

 

[moon puppy]

Hi to all again! here with another update, I have being working on the zimmerit set from Edward and it was a slow and difficult task. Remember the Edward set is for the dragon stug IV and I have to modify and trim most of the parts to fit the italery stug. Also the sprockets are detailed to make it look more like the real thing. So here we go …..

This is how the sprocket looks

This is how it is supposed to look

I removed all the detail with the dremel

Now it is ready for the details

I used some bolts from the lion roar set to detail the sprocket

Here it is with the added detail

Before and after

Now time to start the zimmerit, this is the dragon set

I removed the return rollers mounts and trimmed the upper edge of the zimmerit to make it fit the side wall, the rollers mounts had to be repositioned to the new location not far from the original…

The gas tank doors were removed and new ones where constructed from styrene and half
PE hinge, I used my home made punch set to make the new door.

Also had to make the track pin saver?, this where made from PE carrier and bent to shape

Here the gas tank doors and the pin savers are attached in place..

Here I started fitting the front zimmerit

Also had to make the extra armor plate that goes on the right side, this was made from styrene and some verlinden resin bolt heads…

This is how it looks installed

Crips almighty! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

 

[Iron Mike]

Awesome!

 

[bob letterman]

Great stuff as usual Abdin!



Bob

 

[lupanzer]

Just amazing, as always :frantic

Luiz.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Wowsers!

 

[fledermaus]

thank you all guys, love bringing this old kits back and making it look better
have many waiting in line... :yipee

 

[fledermaus]

I’m getting close to the end of the stug build, here is the last work done before the painting process started…..

The last photo etched zimmerit parts are installed on the fender flaps, front and rear
Rear fender flaps

Front fender flap

So you can have an idea of the work involved on the fitting of the photo etched, this are pieces trimmed from most of the parts, not counting all the sanding done to it

Now I wanted to detail a little the steel panel rails, for this, pieces of styrene strip of the same size of the triangles are cut from styrene. One for each of the triangles that holds the steel panels

The strips are glued to each triangle

Then a pair of bolt heads are placed on each strip

Here the rails are reattached and also installed the Jordi Rubio aluminum barrel

The lower steel brackets that attach to the fenders for securing the steel panels are made
From PE leftovers

Then the brackets are soldered in place on the fenders, also added resin
Bolts details to the suspension rubber stoppers

The springs for the fender flaps are the last details made with thin cooper wire using the tip cleaner from my testors liquid glue

And finally here it is ready for paint!!! All side views

Next step painting and weathering!!!!! Soon, thanks to all for watching!
Abdin

 

[Iron Mike]

Need to call this The Brass Mass.

 

[phantom II]

Wow, I think we can say that it's up armored Lot of interesting work

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

 

[lupanzer]

Super brass work ldguy

Luiz

 

[ij001]

Hi, I'm Ian (from New Zealand), I've been on this site for some years and this is the first time I've ever 'dropped in' to one of your threads and I apologise for that.

So moving-on, this is truly incredible work, somewhere at the junction of art, model engineering and breath-taking.






Ian.

 

[Piet]

 

[fledermaus]

Mike hahah yes you can say that

Christian its a steel hulk

Bob thanks!

Luis thanks!

Hi Ian, thanks for stopping by, this is an old post I had in another forum and wanted to share it here
It was done in 2007 and is part of a dio with the tamiya famo and trailer. Check also my Dora build
currently in progress

Piet thanks!

 

[fledermaus]

Hi to all, well, this is the final stage of the stug build. All the parts left for after painting are installed, here are the steps of the painting process, the model looks very different with the paint as the zimmerit took depth and look more real
Than when unpainted…..

First a coat of red primer

Then a coat of testor’s dark yellow

After the yellow was completely dry I painted the road wheels and applied the first wash
This was followed by dry brushing with dark yellow mixed with white
The wash plus the dry brushing made the zimmerit pop out, giving it depth at the same time…

Next was the muffler, I painted it with testors brown, followed by dry brushing with lt. tan and finally made small dots with black, yellow and rust color.

With the muffler done I proceeded to add dirt with weathering powders and paint chips using the brush technique…

Finally painted the remaining tools and some more weathering with lt. tan and powders

I’m currently working on the tracks to finish the stug, after that I will turn to finish the Famo trailer which is in the final painting stages, and then up goes the stug on to the trailer…….
More soon…….thanks!!!!