This is an attempt to bring Academy's 1987 boxing of the StuG 4 somewhat up to current standards of kit design without the addition of any aftermarket photoetch or parts. The kit's plastic armor side-skirts and hangers were thinned to prototypical dimensions, cut into sections, and hung. Fenders fashioned from thin aluminum and bent to make the vehicle appear like it had experienced some heavy use replaced the kit's. The supplied "rubber-band" tracks were cleaned up and painted for as realistic a look as possible. The model was painted with a custom mix of Tamiya acrylics for a match to late-war Dunkelgelb.
So, what started as
a simple out-of-the-box build as a break from the 1,000 piece kits that
are common these days, turned into something more involved but was a satisfying project that wasn't overly time
consuming.
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