Roman's Stug III B

[Cheyenne]

Roman , beautiful pe work , this is turning out very cool !!!

I like the black [ dark ] wash on the center top of the tank .

 

[mike walsh]

Hi Roman,

The decals bring the Stug to life.

I found with Mig Pigments that you really need to have a good coat of
flat clear over your model to preserve the paint job.
I mix 502 Abteilung thinners to Mig pigments and then brush on wet with a "o" brush .Don't put too much on or it will eat into the paintwork.

Let dry for an hour or so and then brush off the excess.

Cheers
Michael

 

[Iron Mike]

Coming along nicely, Roman! Very nice brass work, seems a shame to paint it, but it's looking good!

 

[Roman]

Thanks!

Michael, I will try your wet way of applying pigments.

So... Some progress. I decided to paint some figures and to think about Stug weathering.

 

[Roman]

Re:Roman's Stug III B (21.02.2010 update)

So, I was very lazy all this time. Now I have decided that at least hour per day I will be engaged in building the dio with Stug and I will try to spread the daily photoreport.

Base in tamiya basecolor.

group of soldiers.

Remains not so a lot of time, therefore I should strain my will As I will finish I will lay out photos of soldiers close up.

 

[Roman]

Re:Roman's Stug III B (23.02.2010 update)

Hi

I have started to do asphalt. The first step to put drops of different shades grey and brown which simulate gravel in asphalt. Than I will paint it in dark grey.

Now I'm thinking about gravel pillow under my asphalt.

 

[Roman]

Re:Roman's Stug III B (23.02.2010 update)

Thanks to my wife that has thought up from what to make gravel. I take corn groats and I paint with its PVA distemper!

corn groats

pour the diluted and well mixed paint

mix groats with a paint

2 more colours of gravel

 

[Richard Marchand]

Great work on that StuG Roman :woohoo:

I know what you mean about being afraid from painting models.

 

[Roman]

Re:Roman's Stug III B (26-02-10 update)

Thank you Richard!

I sprayed the asphalt with dark gray and then sanded it with fine sanding paper. below is the result:

On a photo below, I have noted drops of a paint normal (scale) size and too big which should be masked.

to be continued.

 

[moon puppy]

Re:Roman's Stug III B (26-02-10 update)

Where did the gravel go?

 

[Roman]

Re:Roman's Stug III B (26-02-10 update)

Gravel will be in that part of a diorama where my 2.5 years daughter helps me to paint the earth. :laugh:

 

[Roman]

Roman's Stug III B (28-02-10 update)

so the gravel pillow, and I have tried Tamiya diorama texture paint, and I liked the result

I'll need to add some gravel at empty spaces.

 

[Roman]

Re:Roman's Stug III B (08-03-10 update)

Hi all.

Here some pics of the base in progress. I think to dust asphalt with pigments, but the gravel and grass line is almost ready. Any comments about the base?

Some photos of soldiers, remain only to dust it with pigments.
Stug commander

soldiers

 

[Roman]

FINISHED!!!!! (22-03-10) "Barbarossa first days"

At last has finished a diorama
In process of processing I will spread photos, I master GIMP and Ubuntu.
So, some photos from front line from our special correspondent. Unfortunately we do not know an exact place, but we precisely know that photos have been made approximately in a week after the Barbarossa beginning.

Vorwärts!

Kommandeur

In den Angriff!

Scharfschütze

to be continued...

 

[Cheyenne]

Roman , very nice work , well done on the Tamiya figs !!!!

Your gravel painter is an Angel !!!!!!!

 

[Roman]

Re:FINISHED!!!!! (22-03-10) "Barbarossa first days"

Thanks Cheyenne.

The used goods:
[ol][li]Italeri #283 Stug III Ausf. B[/li]
[li]Tamiya figures 35030, 35061 and jerry can 35186 [/li]
[li]Lion Roar PE set LE 35032[/li]
[li]MIG Notek MP 35-0130[/li]
[li]Elf Headlights[/li]
[li]Part X-044 Buckets[/li]
[li]Eureka XXL towing cable ER-3521[/li]
[li]ModelKasten tracks SK-26[/li]
[li]Archer AR 35249, 35008[/li]
[li]ABER
[ul][li]R-26 2m aerials[/li]
[li]35A69 Helmets[/li]
[li]R-19 Shock-absorbers[/li]
[li]35A70 jerry can[/li]
[/ul][/li]
[/ol]

 

[Roman]

Re:FINISHED!!!!! (22-03-10) "Barbarossa first days"

Some close up views

 

[Roman]

Re:FINISHED!!!!! (22-03-10) "Barbarossa first days"

 

[Roman]

FINISHED!!!!! (22-03-10) "Barbarossa first days"

 

[tomwes]

WOW!! Great looking StuG, great diorama


Tom