The Stug Family: From O to G.

[Stef N.]

After picking up the Miniart O Series Stug, and being influenced by Bertie's Valentine thread, I thought I'd start a long running thread making up the different variants of the legendary vehicle. Most are available to modelmakers, although A is hard to get, so it is an achievable aim, but will take a few years to complete as I will dip in and out.

 

Any tips on books, kits, after market etc. very welcome indeed.

 

Here's what I have so far. Picked up the Bronco kit this morning and finally got the Stug book from The Works on the cheap. It seems to be a very popular one. And the Achtung Panzer is one of the only books I kept from my stash 20 years ago. (Moving house once too often lead me to get rid of a load of old, heavy, books.)

 

[Lazy Modeller]

Cool! I'm In!... watching i meant..

I have also one of that o-series in stash, but I hate the way miniart do the hulls, all divided in many parts...

Cheers

LM

[Stef N.]

There is a tendency to over engineer their kits but they build into great models and as a company they are more than happy to try out the unusual. I'm looking forward to the Bronco as I haven't done one of theirs before.

[Pig of the Week]

Good concept 👍 

I did the classic tamiya stug when I was about 12 or 13 ( in the early 70s ! )

[Stef N.]

3 minutes ago, Pig of the Week said:

Good concept 👍 

I did the classic tamiya stug when I was about 12 or 13 ( in the early 70s ! )

State of the art kit then I assume. I made their Stug IV and,although a bit clunky, was a fun one to build. And for the price you can't complain.

[Pig of the Week]

8 minutes ago, Stef N. said:

State of the art kit then I assume. I made their Stug IV and,although a bit clunky, was a fun one to build. And for the price you can't complain.

It was probably an ausf G , i expect it's likely still available in the same tooling too ! That said I reckon the old tamiya kits still hold their own if suitably finished

[vytautas]

For me, Stug is the most beautiful self-propelled gun. I will be sure to follow your build.

 

Vytautas

[Lazy Modeller]

I'm currently finishing a Stug iii B and a F in kuta. Both are very good... from Dragon.

Cheers

LM

[Stef N.]

The A is by Dragon but there is a modern one that is hard to get or an old one from 97. Dragon kits haven't dated badly have they?

[Stef N.]

23 minutes ago, Lazy Modeller said:

I'm currently finishing a Stug iii B and a F in kuta. Both are very good... from Dragon.

Cheers

LM

Just had a look and a very nice job indeed. A shame they've stalled for now but you've done a lot. The kits look very good so I will give the Dragon A a go.👍

[Lazy Modeller]

8 minutes ago, Stef N. said:

Just had a look and a very nice job indeed. A shame they've stalled for now but you've done a lot. The kits look very good so I will give the Dragon A a go.👍

Yeap they're very nice, altough a bit stuck with the compressor, because that from the garage is out of question. Used on the tiger and it seems I was in the middle of an earthquake!

Cheers

LM

8 minutes ago, Stef N. said:

Just had a look and a very nice job indeed. A shame they've stalled for now but you've done a lot. The kits look very good so I will give the Dragon A a go.👍

Yeap they're very nice, although a bit stuck with the compressor, because that from the garage is out of question. Used on the tiger and it seems I was in the middle of an earthquake!

Cheers

LM

[Stef N.]

Stug.III O Series by Miniart.

 

While I wait for a top coat to finish on the Sturmtiger I thought I'd open up the box and see how far I'd get tonight. Firstly here's the obligatory sprue shot. It's Miniart so there are plenty of sprues. Nice looking, detailed and clean.

 

 

 

[edjbartos]

Looks good Stef, I'm going to enjoy watching this...

 

Ed

[PlaStix]

Hi Stef. Great idea for a project! I will be following with interest. I've go a couple of Stugs in the stash so I will be taking notes!

Kind regards,

Stix

[Stef N.]

Happy to have you aboard Ed and Stix. 👍

[Lazy Modeller]

Asking authorization to go onboard!

Cheers

Lazy modeler was here!

[Stef N.]

I thought you already were LM.😀👍

[Lazy Modeller]

I am? Of course I am!

Cheers

Lazy modeler IS here!

[Stef N.]

So I spent a few hours on the base. As LM said this is flat-pack rather than a tub, but it fits really well. You just need to be dextrous enough to hold it together while gluing though. Typical Miniart with minute parts, which the carpet monster nearly got, but they also all fit well. The plastic is soft so watch the knife work.😳 This prototype had eight wheels and a complex suspension system. Looking quickly at drawings of the A this soon got changed.

 

 

[alanmac]

Nice to see this one being built rather than languishing in some model "collectors" stash.😄

 

Looking good so far.👍

[Stef N.]

It was far too tempting to let sit gathering dust Alan. I've got plenty of others to do that.😀👍

[Lazy Modeller]

12 minutes ago, alanmac said:

Nice to see this one being built rather than languishing in some model "collectors" stash.

You Talkin' to Me? You Talkin' to Me?

Cheers

Lazy modeler was here!

[Lazy Modeller]

25 minutes ago, Stef N. said:

LM said this is flat-pack rather than a tub

Told you... that's the only thing I hate in miniart. Mine in Kuta will be dismissed for sure, I'm afraid. Will try the Brummbar, if I can but no problem with that sooner or later they will go.

I'm thinking in doing some zenital lighting on the stugs. Never tried the technique but they're very appropriate for it.

Cheers

Lazy modeler was here!

[Stef N.]

The early Stugs seem to be limited to grey so some different painting techniques could be worth a go. Going to have to check that one out.👍

[Lazy Modeller]

25 minutes ago, Stef N. said:

limited to grey

So? Its the most beautifully color ever! I tend to paint them all in grey!

Cheers

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