Sturmgeschütz IV (Red Army) Finished

A great little picture article on your nice build there Mr. Lawler!

I was getting a little worried for you though, first the Saw blade was stuck, but you got that out OK. then wondering how you were going to un-glue your paint brush from the side of the Tank         just kidding.

Very nice, RIck!

That's some nice zimmerit! Looks really beat up! The Russian marlings are neat, too.

A nice model all around, for sure! 

Thanks for taking the time to post a little WIP here--we need more of these, and it's nice to see your work!

wow, great build!  And an excellent way to say hello!  I've really enjoyed the last few 1/48th kits i've put together, and was eyeing the Pnz IV (minus the AM stuff of course).

Thanks for sharing

Looks great Rick...interesting conversion and informative WIP (nice quality photos btw)...I look forward to seeing more of your stuff...Welcome!

Cheers

Rick - sweet build! Glad I found time to poach some real internet to take a look at the pics. Looking forward to the finished result.

I've never heard of "mori mori" putty - who makes it? Does it have any special properties?

Excellent work!  Love the conversion and have you inspried me to try and take on this type of project in the future.

dupes, the Mori Mori putty is  just like Tamiya's Polyester Putty and or like Bondo. 

Hi guys.  First let me say thanks for a very nice welcome to the FSM forums.  Now that I have this build all caught-up, I can now continue along and post my progress....

...but first, a few loose ends - the Mori Mori putty is a two part system of a white paste then a yellow catalyst....just a touch of the catalyst allows enough working time before it sets.

As for the Model Kasten Zimm tools, they come with both rollers and stamps - I used the stamps.  I felt that the pattern was initially too wide for this scale, but was able to adjust by simply overlapping my columns.

So, when I last left off I had done some preliminary weathering and am still awaiting the tracks.  I will probably hold off on the final weathering until I have the tracks in place...I'll also most likely be placing this on a small base.

 In the meantime, I continue to tweak around the edges....some brushwork using MIG Productions 502 Abteilung Dark Mud and Light Mud colors...

...along with light applications of MIG pigments.  This scale is new for me so I'm definately taking my time - trying to makie sure not to overdo it.

Just a small update of continuing progress.  Hopefully my tracks arrive next week - can't wait.

take care,

Rick

Sweet build Rick.  I love that you based your build off a picture.  It just gives the build that much more realism.  Where did you get the stuff that you used for the zimmerit?  Your zim looks great.

Keep up the great work and look forward to more of your builds in the future.

 Hello,

 Rick, that's really a neat Stug IV, The zim looks great. Very well done! All in 1/48th scale, amazing.

 BR,

 Mobious

WoW man nice job!! your weathering is realy good. I like how you weatheered the muffler.

Welcome Rick, hope to see more of your work. its great to see something different being done with german armour.

Keep up the good work.

Regards,

Terry.

Thanks guys, the welcome to the forum has been very nice indeed.

wing_nut wrote:

Welcome to FSM.  but don't you realize you should've have made your 1st public project here some simple OOB job in all grey!  Look at what we will come to expect from you all the time now   .

Oh no, I didn't think of that!  Maybe we'll just call this one 'beginners luck'.

 Take care all,

Rick

Rick

Lovely work with your 1:48 conversion. I have seen a lot of your work on Planet Armour and it is always most impressive!

Welcome to FSM

Cheers

Mike

Hello forum folks....

After a little delay my tracks have arrived - and what NICE tracks they are!!!  I was fortunate to have William Wiseman of WW2 Productions send me this set of tracks for my use.   This is my first experience using their product, and I will report that I am very impressed.

 The tracks are very nicely cast resin, with very little clean-up required.  To assemble, simply "click" them together - that's it!  I was able to complete both runs in less than 1/2 hr.  As you can see they are totally workable, and durable.

 Now, for a small update - the tracks;

I first gave the assembled tracks a light spray of MR. Surfacer 1000 as a primer, then followed with at "dirty" grey spray of Vallejo's German Grey and US Tan as a base color, then a light wash of MIG 502 Ateilung Dark and Light mud oils.  Finally, a light drybrush of chainmail on the raised details.

Further weathering was done using MIG Productions pigments...

Small, but significant update.....onward to completion.

 Thanks for following along,

 Rick

Again, my thanks to William Wiseman and Jenny Croft for providing me with these tracks.

Hello forum friends.

Once the tracks arrived it didn't take too long to put the final touches on this little guy.  I really had quite a nice experience building my first 1/48th scale kit...I'm sure that more will follow soon --- Marder III perhaps?

I hope that you enjoy these final shots....

Thanks again for taking the time to follow along.  The entire build and companion article will featured in an upcoming issue of Military in Scale magazine.

Take care,

Rick

Greatness shines through again.

..Tony the Mutt..

WOW, Rick; that is truly just superb finishing!

I love the base color--I'm always promoting a much-lightened Dark Yellow base coat, as you have done here--I think it's a perfect shade! I like the whole color harmony as well; extremely well-done!

I'm guessing that you  washed the zimmerit and base coat with some MIG washes? ... It really does lay nicely in the hollows!

I just realized that his is 1/48 as well--wow, I would have never guessed! 

!!!.........

Simply gorgeous Rick. It doesn't show at all to be 1/48. Looks real to me. Super work here.

 Hello,

 Nice job Rick. The zimmerit looks great and better yet it's 1/48 scale. The details in the track links are amazing. The weathering looks great too. Interesting subject done very well. 

 Mobious