New forum member StuG IV... ** FINISHED PICS with FIGURE! **

Hey stampede! NO, NO! DON'T STRIP THAT ZIMM!!! It looks excellent, seriously! How are you doing it? I would guess a knife blade scraping it into some putty of some sort?

I have seen both types of zimm on JgPz IV's--I think one style is "early", one is "late'--but as with nearly everything regarding German armor, there would yndoubtedly be overlaps and exceptions. That's one of the things I love about modeling German stuff--so much "wiggle room"!.

This looks really good, honestly! Keep the WIP photos coming and don't change a thing! Glad my tutorial helped you--I hope you achieve the finish you want on this build! I'll be following ya on this post!

Thanx for the forum welcome folks, highly appreciated!

The doogs weathering tutorial is already bookmarked and read several times. Guess I got quite a way to go before I can get results like that. 

As for posting WIP pics of my StuG IV I guess I could do that if it's of interest to this community. Remember that this is a trail and error project, and that I'm a TOTAL newbie when it comes to building armor models the way you guys do. But hopefully due to constructive critisism and feedback I will improve my armor skills.

Doog: When lookin' at the pics of your DML Stug IV (man, I've got a long way to go!) it seems like I've screwed up the zim on mine already. The Cavalier zim on your StuG seems to be of the standard ridged type. I read an article on TrackLink describing that the StuG IV should have a ridged zigzag pattern type of zim, and that's what I've started doing.
 

Maybe I should sand it down and start over again, or would this zim pattern be correct for the IV?
Anyways...here goes nothin', my for now WIP pics of my StuG IV...nothin' much so far.

 

 

Added a spring to the rear fender instead of the kit supplied rod.


Added some extra detail from a reference pic to the front and wired the lamp.

    

the doog wrote:

DHM wrote: First of all: I have never built a STuG IV so I won't comment on that.  I will suggest that you read this: /forums/824087/ShowPost.aspx This is The Doog's weathering toutorial.  It's the best weathering tutorial I've ever seen.  DOOG HERE!!! (Thank you DHM!

First off

A few of my "germahaloic " friends have given you good info. I'm mainly into US items but just dropped a line to you. I know what it's like to get back into modeling. The armor model family here make it that much more fun.

Enjoy

Rounds Complete!! 

DHM wrote:

First of all: I have never built a STuG IV so I won't comment on that.  I will suggest that you read this: /forums/824087/ShowPost.aspx This is The Doog's weathering toutorial.  It's the best weathering tutorial I've ever seen.

DOOG HERE!!! (Thank you DHM!

The StuG IV is a cool kit to build--this was the DML "early" kit with Cavalier zimmerit. 

 

Everyting I could tell you about weathering is in my tutorial--I hope you find it useful! AND PLEASE DO POST YOUR WIP PHOTOS!!! 

First of all... what DHM said and ...he's has great suggestions on The Doog's weatheing tutorial as it is the best I've seen documenting the process as well.

Also ...post some pics of your progress when you get the chance....great to have you on board!

First of all:

I have never built a STuG IV so I won't comment on that. 

I will suggest that you read this: /forums/824087/ShowPost.aspx

This is The Doog's weathering toutorial.  It's the best weathering tutorial I've ever seen. 

Unfortunately, there is far less reference material available on the StuG IV than on the StuG III. The IV was a late war expediant made after the primary factories for the III had been knocked out by Allied bombing, so it was a "less common" vehicle. However they will still produced in fairly large quantities compared to other later war vehicles. That being said, most of the photos I have seen show them with the more common horizontal pattern of Zimmerit rather than the waffle pattern often seen on StuG IIIs. I believe the Academy/Minicraft kit you are building is taken from the old Tamiya molds and has the added concrete armor around the drivers position. It soulds like you have a good background in modelbuilding and just are "new" to armor. In that case I suggest posting pics of your progress and especially so when you hit any snags along with questions. I also suggest practicing your weathering and dry brushing on an old unwanted kit before you try your hand with them on this project.