Are you using 'The Nutter' (don't giggle, that really is the name of a tool) to create these bolts?
Regards,
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STUG 3 C/D - EASTERN FRONT(Frankenstein build)
- Thread starter Brokeneagle
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Are you using 'The Nutter' (don't giggle, that really is the name of a tool) to create these bolts?
Regards,
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Thanks for following Sherman 18, The Zod and James.Are you using 'The Nutter' (don't giggle, that really is the name of a tool) to create these bolts?
Regards,[/quote]
Saul,
no nutters here, just cast railway bolt threads with nuts from Kadee.
Ian.
Panzerspike
Member
Hello Ian,
Nothing I love more than a parts box build John will attest to that . Can't wait for time to start my Stug. Ian I just wanted to remind you that in your pics of your drive housing you have not put the back plate spacer between it and the hull.The MK kit that you used the drives from has it included but if you don't have that there are a couple easy options. One take the old DML part and pencil the outline onto a plastic sheet and cut it out. Or take the old kit part and glue it onto the hull and cut and sand away the drive housing leaving just the spacer. Hope this Helps and will follow your build with much enthusiasm and if you need any parts or doodads ask me I may have what you need I have a huge Stug/pz III spares box.
Brian
Nothing I love more than a parts box build John will attest to that . Can't wait for time to start my Stug. Ian I just wanted to remind you that in your pics of your drive housing you have not put the back plate spacer between it and the hull.The MK kit that you used the drives from has it included but if you don't have that there are a couple easy options. One take the old DML part and pencil the outline onto a plastic sheet and cut it out. Or take the old kit part and glue it onto the hull and cut and sand away the drive housing leaving just the spacer. Hope this Helps and will follow your build with much enthusiasm and if you need any parts or doodads ask me I may have what you need I have a huge Stug/pz III spares box.
Brian
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Hello Brian,
thanks for the heads-up on the spacer - I did not have any MK ones and just basically forgot to put them in using mods.
I think it will be to hard to remove the housings now, as they were glued with liquid poly and will get to damaged removing them. I may have to live with it now. I will have to consider.
:smack Thanks
Ian
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Further progress..........
Still considering the spacers for the FD housings?
Worked on making the weld beads more pronounced as the kit ones are way to subtle. Not for everyone but I enjoy the scratch work and the ownership it brings to the build work.
If there is enough interested I can post a Masters blog on how to do the different types with drawings for explanations.
Added some PE fenders supports, rear intake covers, modified the periscope opening in the roof, added the headlights.
Scratched up the rear plate and added the nuts and bolts.
Finished -up the sanding on the engine hatches and added the extra hinges from the dragon kit.
A lot more work needed but I am not going overboard on this one as I want it to be a reasonably quick build. There is still a lot of work to do on the rear deck and guards , tracks and tools.
It won't be going into a competition...just one for my collection.
I have started working on an idea for the base around what appears in the reference photo,s - the wreckage will need further work after the tank is complete - the figures will be waling down the steet in between the tank and the other wreckage.
The cobblestone pieces are from my plaster junk box and will be sanded to very thin and matched - up. The cracks and gaps won't matter as I will have plenty of dirt and mud, with only portions showing threw - no sense wasting a good section of cobble casting when I only need a suggestion of it.
Still considering the spacers for the FD housings?
Worked on making the weld beads more pronounced as the kit ones are way to subtle. Not for everyone but I enjoy the scratch work and the ownership it brings to the build work.
If there is enough interested I can post a Masters blog on how to do the different types with drawings for explanations.
Added some PE fenders supports, rear intake covers, modified the periscope opening in the roof, added the headlights.
Scratched up the rear plate and added the nuts and bolts.
Finished -up the sanding on the engine hatches and added the extra hinges from the dragon kit.
A lot more work needed but I am not going overboard on this one as I want it to be a reasonably quick build. There is still a lot of work to do on the rear deck and guards , tracks and tools.
It won't be going into a competition...just one for my collection.
I have started working on an idea for the base around what appears in the reference photo,s - the wreckage will need further work after the tank is complete - the figures will be waling down the steet in between the tank and the other wreckage.
The cobblestone pieces are from my plaster junk box and will be sanded to very thin and matched - up. The cracks and gaps won't matter as I will have plenty of dirt and mud, with only portions showing threw - no sense wasting a good section of cobble casting when I only need a suggestion of it.
WOW!
It's alive! Well some of it.
It's alive! Well some of it.
Even your simple quick builds are out of sight man
Tony lee
Yeah and we ain't got to the painting yet!
Outstanding Ian!!
Terry
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Sweet!
What bolt heads are you using?
What bolt heads are you using?
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Thanks everyone for following...........
MP,Iron Mike, James, Chuck, Tony, Mr T(my airush is nearly reloaded), Ronan, Maus,
Sherman 18 (please see thelast update it has the info with the back deck photo).
new update soon.
Ian.
MP,Iron Mike, James, Chuck, Tony, Mr T(my airush is nearly reloaded), Ronan, Maus,
Sherman 18 (please see thelast update it has the info with the back deck photo).
new update soon.
Ian.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Mini update.
finished off building the Masterbox prisoners - quite nice and very natural poses.
Also put together the 2 Russian figures from Tahk.
These are really crisp with great sculpting, including bandages and torn uniforms.
The layout is changing all the time but the basic idea to take the setting of the photo is still there.
finished off building the Masterbox prisoners - quite nice and very natural poses.
Also put together the 2 Russian figures from Tahk.
These are really crisp with great sculpting, including bandages and torn uniforms.
The layout is changing all the time but the basic idea to take the setting of the photo is still there.
Now the fun begins? Paint!