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I'm working on an Early Stug III and I'm using an Armorscale Barrel & Mantlet. I've got it mostly done I'm just curious as to if the gap between the mantlet and the gun recoil mechanism seems right. Here's some pics. I'm thinking I may have to do some more sanding. From what I understand there was a pretty significant gap and the crews often used a canvas cover to keep the elements out.
On The Bench: Dragon 1/35 Jagdtiger Henschel
On Deck: Dragon 1/35 Ferdinand
Easy way to check beforehand is to put in the kit mantlet and take a general measurement.
That looks right to me....
I dry fitted it several times to make sure it would fit to the gun and it did. But the gap just looked kinda large to me. This is my first Stug kit so I thought I'd ask.
First of all, I know very little about this type of vehicle, but I am decent with Google. I searched for images using your topic title and came up with this page: http://www.andreaslarka.net/ps531048/ps531048.html
Excellent picture thank you for that. I never noticed that weld bead down the middle before.
Don't add it; you'll be called a rivet counter around here.
I did have the same gap with my Stug and I thought there was something wrong with my assembly. I just got the feeling that the mantlet just did not go all the way in.
Looks like you've got the gap set just right there. It is indeed a design feature for the Stug, it was necessary to allow the gun to elevate and traverse properly...but not so great for the crews especially on the Eastern Front in winter.
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Yeah I think it looks right too. I'm used to building panzers and everything fits so nice & flush on them I just thought this looked a little out of place in regards to the high quality of the German engineering at that time. I have some lead foil so I thought about making a tarp to go on the front there.
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