I decided after all to "fix" the ejector pin marks on the underside of the fenders of the StuG.  It's a bit of a pain in the to do that once the kit has been assembled so it took a little while do to having to very carefully work the sanding sticks in there without damaging any of the running gear or lip of the fenders.  

I'm going to give it one last inspection then spray some paint on it.  I'll have pics a little later today. 

Hey

     Chris

                 Yeah, this kit comes with the die-cast lower hull as well... I'm just going for the metal gun because I really don't like the two piece main guns that come in most kits. other than that it will be OOB. I probably should fill in the sponson floors but I just don't feel like it.. so the guns going to be it.

Seeya

Scott 

Sorry about the double post but since I'm building this for the group build I thought I should post the here. This is my Italeri Jagdpanzer 38(t) WIP its straight OOB except for the muffler which was scratch built (the one from the kit was missing along with the inners sprockets) I will also be adding ostketten from Accurate Armour, they're in poor condition so I hope I can clean them up I've never worked with resin. I painted it with Tamiya acrylics

I'm not keeping the antenna, it appears way out of scale

The inner sprockets were a gift from a modeller from another state from his spares box

This is my very first attempt at a camo scheme (Thanks for the tutorial Doog!)

I was told this old kit was made from the Bovington Hetzer so there are some things that are incorrect and some things are missing. The skirts are finished and so is the remote MG all thats left are the road wheels, tracks and pioneer tools. Can I get some tips on realistic wood? then I can begin the weathering. I hope I can get it finished in time. Please give me your opinions and any tips anyone has. All of the models on this thread have been amazing! I've been taking it all in and picking up some techniques. Thanks guys!!

Regards, Doug

Coming along nicely Douglas! 

Here are a couple of pics after I sprayed and retouched the camouflage.  I had a chain reaction of bad events happen on Saturday.  For whatever reason I just could not get the mix right for the green splotches Tamiya Thinner/XF-61 Dark Green.  I'm almost thinking it might have been an old bottle of paint.  I was getting a lot of spatter and overspray.  In fact, I was so dissatisfied with the way it was spraying I stopped after I had done the lower hull sides to dump and make a new batch.  I ended up dripping a big drop of the paint onto my pants....    I boogied to the bathroom to clean everything and start over.  I got to the bathroom then realized that the bottle of windex was still in my den.  I ran back to the den, grabbed the windex and headed back to the bathroom.  That's when I realized that at some point one of our freakin' pets took a dump on the floor which I had managed to step in and track from the bathroom, across the hall and into and out of my den.    I kicked off my shoes, finished cleaning the A/B and made a new mix and finished spraying the green spots, but still wasn't happy as I was getting a lot of overspray.  

I spent the next 30 minutes cleaning up critter poo, swearing and cursing all the way and was still very dissatisfied with the spray job.  I managed to clog the toilet too from cleaning up the poop.    At some point I had to get something out of my daughters room.  I remembered to duck on the way in to avoid smacking my head on her pull-up bar but forgot on the way out.... smacked the crap out of my forehead which added insult to injury. 

Tough day.  Last night I mixed a batch of XF-60 Dark Yellow and XF-57 Buff to fix the green overspray issues, then made a new mix of XF-61 Dark Green with just a tad of Olive Green for good measure and patched up the spots.  I have a few more little touch ups to do then I'll get the decals on it. 

Well that had me laughing out loud...probably wasn't funny at the time but it sure sounds hilarious now

The StuG looks good from here! Your airbrush problem may have been paint drying on the tip - the Tamiya green shades seem especially susceptible to that.

Thanks Hermis, that was quite the afternoon.  It's funny now looking back on it.  I had my wife and oldest daughter in stiches the other night when I shared my troubles with them. 

I just kept thinking.... "serenity now, serenity now" 

   When you work with armor sometime's you've got to deal with land mine's

panzerguy wrote:

When you work with armor sometime's you've got to deal with land mine's

A sticky mine perhaps? 

The funniest thing would have been if I had been knocked out from smacking my head on the pullup bar, then having my wife and oldest daughter find me downstairs with poop everywhere, my spray booth fan humming away, lights blairing everywhere. 

   And you know, somehow it would have shown up on U-tube

   By the way Scott the stug's looking good I'm sure you'll work out the paint problem.

espins1 wrote:

Coming along nicely Douglas!  Here are a couple of pics after I sprayed and retouched the camouflage.  I had a chain reaction of bad events happen on Saturday.  For whatever reason I just could not get the mix right for the green splotches Tamiya Thinner/XF-61 Dark Green.  I'm almost thinking it might have been an old bottle of paint.  I was getting a lot of spatter and overspray.  In fact, I was so dissatisfied with the way it was spraying I stopped after I had done the lower hull sides to dump and make a new batch.  I ended up dripping a big drop of the paint onto my pants....    I boogied to the bathroom to clean everything and start over.  I got to the bathroom then realized that the bottle of windex was still in my den.  I ran back to the den, grabbed the windex and headed back to the bathroom.  That's when I realized that at some point one of our freakin' pets took a dump on the floor which I had managed to step in and track from the bathroom, across the hall and into and out of my den.    I kicked off my shoes, finished cleaning the A/B and made a new mix and finished spraying the green spots, but still wasn't happy as I was getting a lot of overspray.   I spent the next 30 minutes cleaning up critter poo, swearing and cursing all the way and was still very dissatisfied with the spray job.  I managed to clog the toilet too from cleaning up the poop.    At some point I had to get something out of my daughters room.  I remembered to duck on the way in to avoid smacking my head on her pull-up bar but forgot on the way out.... smacked the crap out of my forehead which added insult to injury.  Tough day.  Last night I mixed a batch of XF-60 Dark Yellow and XF-57 Buff to fix the green overspray issues, then made a new mix of XF-61 Dark Green with just a tad of Olive Green for good measure and patched up the spots.  I have a few more little touch ups to do then I'll get the decals on it.

 

I found a big hairball in our bathroom the other day and realized I DROVE over it dragging it from the bedroom to the bathroom. at least I did not move it all over the house...cats, cannot live with 'em and they won't let ya kill 'em

You just gotta love those days where everything just winds up being a comedy of errors....

I did the touch up on the camo job and roadwheels.  At a minimum, I'm planning on attaching the sprockets, idlers, road wheels, return rollers and applying the decals this evening.  Pics to follow, of course.

I've been away for a little while, so let me catch up.

Frangkly- That JS-2 looks sweet!!

Douglas1- Nice camo on the Jagdpanzer! It's coming along well.

Espins- Looks like things are rolling along well since the grills came in.

As always a lot of nice work going on here!! Now I'm going to have to dull down this thread by throwing in some OD pics. I feel my project is coming along pretty good, I still need to do a little more weathering and then it should be finished. Please let me know if you see anything that looks out of place. Already know the horn up front needs to be fixed and the towing pintels have seems on them (Thinking about removing them). Anyway here is where I'm at right now:

Now a little preview of what I'm planning when it's finished.

Once again comments welcome!!

-Stephen

t man. im now moved and have more free time than  i thought. i was wounderin if you would  pretttyyy pleeease let me back in?? ive got a good block of time before i start my new job so ill get mucho done.  i wont be able to grab an m 10 though,but i did buy a marder 2 from dml. so heres hopeing.....

                                               S.A.R

some assembly required wrote:

t man. im now moved and have more free time than  i thought. i was wounderin if you would  pretttyyy pleeease let me back in?? ive got a good block of time before i start my new job so ill get mucho done.  i wont be able to grab an m 10 though,but i did buy a marder 2 from dml. so heres hopeing.....                                                S.A.R

No problemo. However, the deadline is only 2 weeks to claim the badge. Needless to say, I won't be picking mine up. I had a brain-fart during this build and kind of fell out of the GB. Some leader I am.

SMJ. Great idea. I did this with the Kursk GB also.

Scott -- I feel for ya, man! I've managed to avoid disasters (so far) but entropy is always ready to pounce. I managed to get back to my StuG and spray the tire black and dark yellow on the running gear, but promptly got a cleaning cloth jammed in the syphon head (I know, I did a booboo, I used a fibrous tissue, cleaning the AB in a hurry because dinner was ready) and had to truck the AB to the art store to get it unjammed yesterday. All fine now, and I got some Paasche cleaning brushes and a cutting mat while I was there.

I'm hoping to do the green mottle on the running gear today, then I can weather the pre-sprayed cavity beneath the gun mantlet and get back to assembly.

While the AB was out of action I worked on construction for the IDF GB, but I gotta concentrate on the StuG, there's only a fortnight to go! Finish construction, PE, paintjob, decals, weathering, mud... Plenty to do. I notice the green in the Echelon decals instruction sheet looks a lot 'greener' than the olive used in the excellent feature in Armor Models. XF-26 looks a closer match than the more olive-type greens for sure.

My next WIP shot should be the completed running gear.

Cheers,

TB379

Thanks Tman, ill be burnin the oil on this one!!

well last night after gettin the green light i built most of the lower hull/running gear.each of the bogies is 5 pcs. and then the associated fittings on the rear hull. so today im on to the int. pretty nice so far. wish me luck!

                                                           S.A.R

some assembly required wrote:

thanks bud

...hey, no time for replies there soldier, get to the workbench!!!

dupes wrote:

Carousing on the forums has been shown to be one of the top 5 reasons that people miss GB deadlines...

...which is one reason why I'm glad my workbench is at home and I have to go to the office to get to the forums...hmmmm...It's Sunday, why am I at the office