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Sturmgeschütz IV Early - Gothic Line, 1944.

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Sturmgeschütz IV Early - Gothic Line, 1944.
Posted by rtvmodeler on Monday, July 1, 2013 4:30 PM

Hello friends!

This is my last work.

Old kit of Academy, 1/35 - "Straight of Box" with some problems of fixing, alignment and quality.

It  represents a Stug Abandoned in the Gothic Line, Italy, 1944 - Unknow Unit.


 











Regards!
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

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  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 4:09 PM

Nice camo job for sure

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Posted by rtvmodeler on Friday, July 5, 2013 12:10 AM

Smile Thanks for your kind comment friend!

Regards!
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

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    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Friday, July 5, 2013 8:41 AM

A nice job, Rodolfo. Good camo masking on those shields, and a nice job in the weathering.

If I could offer some advice: be careful when using decals that are out-of-register. See how the cross on the rear plate has white around the outside edges of the cross bars? That's a printing error. The numbers are also carelessly printed, and look a little inconsistent in their white borders.This can detract from your model's presentation. Usually, the "cheaper" companies (like Academy) are the ones that have this issue. Try finding some "spares" in your spares box or in another kit to use, or simply ask here on the forum--lots of guys have extra decals.

And one bit of advice on weathering--dirt or snow, when applied to the tracks, should be placed between the track faces (where it would pack), not just on top of them. And if you're going to have packed mud/snow on the tracks, side skirts and hull, you should have some on the wheel faces, too. They do, after all, slog through the slop, first.

I believe you have forgotten to paint your rope ends on the rear hull?

Hope this helps you. :)

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  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Sunday, July 7, 2013 1:42 AM

Only thing I might change would be to dismount the very-portable MG-42, possibly tipping the shield forward, to show some haste.

If the crew had the time to calmly exgress, calmly enough to close hatches, they would have taken the MG with them.

If they bailed out in a hurry, all the crew hatches would be standing open

What might help the setting might be a "mobility issue" like a thrown track, or being slid into a ditch.

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  • From: Mexico
Posted by rtvmodeler on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:44 AM

Smile Thanks for your comments and suggestions.  I had a Little nightmare because the kit was bad. My touch was gone with this, maybe I will re-working the weathering, I don't know or maybe I will start a good kit.

Regards!
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 11:42 PM

Hey, might feel like a lemon to you, but, it seems to look good to the rest of us.

If all else fails, you could turn it into an opportunity.  I want to remember seeing a photo of a Stg IV in Italy that had slid into a muddy ditch and a tree had fallen over it.  The track lowest in the ditch had parted over the rear idler.  

A combo that might be just right for your kit.  Or not  Take your enjoyment where you wish to, that's what matters.

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  • From: Mexico
Posted by rtvmodeler on Sunday, July 28, 2013 2:48 PM

Smile Thanks friend!

Two days ago (July 26) I finished the figures for my Stug IV, one of them is I fell and it broke 2 fingers  Crying

Regards!
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

  • Member since
    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:38 AM

They look great, Rudolfo!

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Posted by wbill76 on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:26 PM

Nice set of figures for the crew Rodolfo, even if one is 'short handed'! Wink

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  • From: Mexico
Posted by rtvmodeler on Friday, August 2, 2013 8:45 AM

Smile Thanks friends!

Regards!
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Gothenburg
Posted by JohanT on Saturday, August 3, 2013 3:58 AM

Looks great from where I am seated, really like the camo.

Thank you for sharing!

Johan

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Posted by tigerman on Sunday, August 4, 2013 2:14 AM

Looks pretty good to me Rodolfo. If I had one critique it might be the tops of the tracks which look more like aluminum then steel.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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  • From: Mexico
Posted by rtvmodeler on Sunday, August 4, 2013 11:41 PM

Smile Thanks friends!

 

@ tigerman.- I tried to make something like this:

Regards!
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

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    May 2004
  • From: Mount Bretherton Model Aircraft Observatory
Posted by f8sader on Monday, August 5, 2013 4:51 PM

Good looking build!  I believe the way to "show stopping modeling" is through practice, practice, practice.  I am still practicing sanding, gluing, and trimming parts!  My airbrush scares me, although I have used it before.  The thought of weathering something would keep me up at nights, so at this point, I do not even consider it.  I'm sure there are many of us out here that look with envy when we see work like yours!

Lon-ski

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    May 2003
  • From: Mexico
Posted by rtvmodeler on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 1:50 AM

Smile Thanks for your kind comments friend!.  I hope to see your Works son!

 

Regards!
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

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