Stug III - base coated at last...

This has been sitting on my shelf awaiting movement for a while. since November 2016!

So, I have added some more soft stowage and refitted the fourth helmet.

the upper and lower hulls were undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray. The upper hull was then sprayed with Citadel Zandri Dust.

I have given the hull and running gear a first coat of Zandri Dust.

The plan is to add the skirts later.

Stug III Work in progress

Well, this is taking some time.

Here are the latest shots of the Warlord Games Stug III assault gun.

I have added a fuel drum and a crate from the Rubicon German Stowageset (in addition to the spare track added earlier. Soft stowage has been added using Greenstuff.

Work in Progress

Warlord Games sdkfz 251 C half track (you might notice the metal weapon support insert as this will be a command carrier with a 37mm AT gun).

 The two crates are from the Die Waffenkammer Comet kit.

 Warlord Games Stug III with added Rubicon Stowage Set Panzer/Stug III track.

 I do need to add another two helmets on the track rack on this side.

In the Armoured Fury box set there are two Panthers and three M4 kits. Here is the first one from the set.

 Double banked the spare track on one side.

Added a track hanger on the other side and cut two links off of one of the four link sets from the Rubicon Stowage set. Two other four link sets have been added to the turret.

Salute 2016

Salute 2016 was held at the Excel centre in East London.

In previous years, the queue to get in has run the length of the Excel centre, much to the bemusement to annoyance of the Marathon Runners, Urologists and Property Buyers who also have registrations or conferences in one of the halls.

Last year the organisers had the queue in an adjacent empty hall, and this year once again the queue was in an adjacent hall.

I arrived at 1000, and there were a lot of people.

The queue was good humoured and we were into the show in good time.

So, what was there. Well, lots, and I managed to miss a number of stands that I had wanted to visit, plus I was unaware that Nexus Miniatures had a presence on one of the stands (which is a pity as I wanted some of the figures - oh well).

Normally my first stop is Hasslefree, but because of the entry point being from the side, I ended up stopping at the Wayland Games for a Terminator Spider Tank.

As I was passing Warlord Games (it was on the way), I picked up the Project Z game and a set of Project Z Special Ops, Gates Of Antares Concord and Ghar Bomber box sets plus the pre-release Concord CM3-M4 Combat Drone.

Assembled and undercoated (Citadel Mourning brown) with a squad of Concord troopers.

Finally I reached Hasslefree. Excellent range of figures, below is the Ekaterina figure painted up as Chloe from A.G.E.N.T.S. for 7TV.

 Plastic Soldier Company had the recent Rubicon models kits on a four for five deal, so, well...

I also bought a can of PSC British Tank green, only one of the above is not going to be green, guess which one?

Crooked Dice had their new figures and so I am now up to date. I also bought the Department X and Paranormal Exterminators' character cards. I also got the Camera man.

Spectre Miniatures had two SUVs, one normal, the other with off road mods including bull bars and extended air intake. This is the off road one (the air intake is not fitted).

On the Warlord Games stand, Clockwork Goblin had their 28mm Conflict '47 range on pre-release.

Here is the Spinne mech.

 Warlord Games Stug III for scale.

The crew man has a hat, I will convert the figure with the Westward SHS German head in helmet and gas mask.

Warlord Games Stug III

The Stug III was a German fire support vehicle initially attached to infantry units in World War 2. Over time, its role was expanded and its firepower increased.

The kit is simple to construct and went together without problems, except for the side skirt supports.

There are instructions to drill out holes for the spare track on the hull front, but no mention of the requirement to drill out holes in the upper hull to take the side skirt supports. Luckily I had not glued the top and bottom halves together.

This is going to be a Late War variant, so it is not going to be carrying lots of stores. So far I have added four sections of spare track from the Rubicon  German Stowage set.

I have managed to lose one of the spare wheels that should go on the rear deck, I could use the two from Rubicon, but they are a very different size.

We shall see.