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I just got another big-scale tank in 1/16. This time a Stuart M5 from Classy Hobby. Although a small tank, this box is packed tight with plastic. After a quick look inside, I had a heck of a time getting the box closed again. Looks like a great kit.

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I also read Sakai's book and I just purchased The First and the last after seeing your post. It looks like a good read.

Looking formidable there Harv! Merry Christmas!

Great work on the Stug! Is it me....or has there been a lot of interest in Stugs lately? At least 3 big-scale stug releases lately.. and recently, on The modeling news website, A 1/35 full interior Stug was featured. It looks fantastic. Anyway, thanks for posting your work. I can't wait to work on mine, but I have the big Trumpeter T-72 to finish, which frankly, I've lost some enthusiasm for. I've just purchased the Classy Hobby driver and commander figures in 1/16 scale. These are sold out on most websites and I had trouble finding them. They look good, but my figure painting skills,....on faces in particular, not the greatest. Anyway, carry on with your stug project. Stugs forever!

Nice work! I feel your pain regarding the tracks, I just finished working on the tracks on my big Trumpeter T 72 project. It took me a few days of sanding and filing each Link to do each side, 95 links per side. Anyway, I just purchased the big Stug from Das Werk. I'll be watching your build.

Wow this is a great build of a very cool subject. Your work is outstanding!

This actually has a partial interior and is a new release

Just picked up this large-scale Stug from Das Werk in 1/16. I noticed that also has the Takom label on it being some sort of joint venture. Looks like a good one.

What is the project you need the plans for? A scratch built t 37? Tell us more about your project. Creek-creek, Creek-creek, Creek-creek, Creek-creek!

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Great rust effects! Well done.

I haven't had problems with this site but on another site that I use for reference photos it takes forever. It wasn't like that a week ago.

This is cool! I love these big scale tanks.

No, not stressful, just tedious and mindlessly repetitive. Actually, if You just pin the tracks together as is, they are tight and can posed as you need but don't expect the tank to roll. You really can't see any track sag as the molded -in side skirts prevent viewing of the upper part of the tracks. I've see photos of these tanks without the side skirts however.

I've been thinking about how I'm going to paint this thing. Years ago when I built my big Tamiya tanks I used a spray can. Now I don't know if I've even have enough paint to cover this thing! I like the big 1/16 tanks and I have a stash of them and will probably buy another this week. Because this tank has the side skirts molded in, I'll probably paint the Turret, upper, and lower hulls separately then assemble the three parts.

Very nice!

Thanks I've been using the same reference as the links you provided, unfortunately there are differences to the tank I'm modeling. This trumpeter kit seems to be an early "b" model before the reactive armor was added. The smoke dischargers are located On the left side of the turret and not the front among other things. I can't find any pics that show how the lamp on the commanders hatch is wired and the large infrared lamp Will need to have some hokey molded in wiring removed and some scratch building to correct Before I can wire it up. The headlamp frames/protectors are missing a cylindrical housing on the rear outside leg on each were the wires come out of. Anyway, these big kits really call out for adding extra details but I'm not sure I'm up to it. Well, I'll try my best. Thanks again for your input.

I'm adding some wiring to some of the lamps and machine gun trigger using lead wire.

A bit.....A small bit of progress. I was able to finish one side of tracks. As mentioned previously, A lot of sanding and fitting is needed to get these tracks working properly........... It took most of Saturday to complete one side; 95 links in all. I've already separated the rest of the track links from their Sprues and am planning on finishing the other side this week. Meanwhile, I've fitted the track to the model to test things........here's a picture.

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Looks great Rob. I painted the eyes when I did the figure. I was wondering about the Archer eyes. I had seen them advertised on the archer website and thought about giving them a try. I still have a lot to learn about painting realistic faces on figures, but I do enjoy painting them. I still have the figure from the Takom Ft-17 to paint......the guy with the chain mail face covering, fortunately for me most of his face is covered. Anyway, your figure and tank look great.

I agree with Hubert on this one! Very impressive! Paul.

It's the trumpeter Hellcat that has the weird bulgy thing going on with rear fuselage not their wildcat.