PanzerWomble

Not so much "on the bench"..... but the bench itself . I'm moving in a couple of months so I am thinking of a better set up than the one of the past few years , and have been buying new stuff & changing things around. This is bench 2.2 ... cheap IKEA stuff. Whole desk cost $150 so if it gets trashed I'm not too bothered just go buy it again, which is what I have just done . I use cutting mats to protect the surface, and have custom fitted some laser trays for Tamiya and Vallejo paints . Space for my laptop, (either work or play as this also doubles as my work desk . Bought a second white chest of drawers to replace the ones that were there before , they are quite shallow but better suit my modelling stuff. Also splashed out on an overheard 27W light , saves desk real estate and is brighter and easier to swing around than the anglepoise. Army Painter wet pallet and cheapo cake turntable are standard kit , plus my 4x specs ....if it looks ok at 4x mag it will be fine in 1:1 and should be good for photos. Stash and specific tools and materials such as terrain making things are kept elsewhere in the house outta sight , as I only like to have what I use daily to hand . Less spaces seems to increase my productivity as I don't have to move much to get what I need - and as it doubles up for working from home it tends to get tidied up a lot. Glass of wine ..... hell it's Saturday night fellas !

I was tempted to point out this was in the meme thread as to whether it was real or not. Sorry Tim .😔

So if you pull on the pulleys the nets deploy? .🙃

Millenials ...live your bestest life ....

I probably need to get out more ! And done ...RFI pix here

Shortly , call back at midnight ? 🤣

Moving on .....primed , black based , basic light grey paint job , wet on wet acrylic with panzer grey , lightened with yet another lighter grey , dry brushed with yet another gray /green pastels . This is going to be 100% acrylic weathering no oils at all . Free weekend coming up as Mrs Womble is away with her family, so plenty of modelling time hopefully. Next up is decals and muds , then we will see where it goes . Cheers Looks a bit odd after several rounds with paint ...trust me it will come together Small parts painted and some dry brushing ....bear with ...new lights are boosting the apparent contrast on da bench on the bench pix.

Immaculate build of an interesting subject 👍 Be interesting to see if anything comes from your research !

I feel all Led Zep just looking at them . You've made a nice job of it .

TBH - Don't think I've come across them in the UK , Hannant's don't list them nor to you find them on eBay/Amazon much .

I can 100% recommend Flight Dojo , does great videos on aircraft . Bit like Greg of Gregs Airplanes and Automobiles - in depth well researched work , plus he's also an airline pilot .

Jennings Heilig banned from Britmodeller as well IIRC...and a few other forums .......TOS was his last forum outpost I believe. Made terrible Panthers .....🤣

Yay - can I send you a free Zerrstorer to go with it ?

Cheers people 😄thank you for the kind words

See........... I pulled a fast one there , that's actually inside this Finnish Ausf G not the D above ....🤣 Pays to know a few people with them just in case ....Stug III ........soooo 2017 dharlings .

But whats it like inside ....???

Hull is interesting with some attempt at movable steering arms and spring suspention .....yeah ok Tamiya shall we wedge a motor in there too ? Low part count and usual "no issue" fit means it builds quick , got here in about 3 hours ... And on it's hull

Rolling on after my Border Pz IV ....yes .....this is so 20 years behind. No real armour texture, weld beads are small and dubious , whole kit has the feel of "starter" to it. Vinyl tracks are really low detail compared to the moulded one on the border.

Don't sit down this will be quick ....... In the clearing of my stash pre move , I bought this 18 months ago along with its cousin the Pz III Ausf L . Built the PzIII last year , not a bad little kit. This Stug looks very like my chums ( that's a D though ) but will stick with a Panzer Grey for this one.. ..so lets see how many shades of Grey I can work into this simple little thing . Metal barrel.... basic PE screens ...6 marking options ....meh.... is ok

I've not seen John for a few years what with covid and everything else . I know he was looking at retiring to his farm in Normandy and taking this with him , but the import problems of a foreign military vehicle were problematic, so don't know how it ended up . Should get back in touch again ....