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Christian Bruer
Recently I stepped into the 3d printed product range from Fat Frog Scale Models. This company from Hongkong offers highly detailed 3d printed tracks for all common German WWII tanks in scale 1/72. In the case of these Pz. III tracks the driving wheel is printedt together with the tracks. They fit for Dragon, Revell, Vespid etc. Because of the sag it will not properly fit with other brands Pz. III kits, but I'll give it a try later.
So I start this project just to look how it works. You have to build the main chassis and running gear except the driving wheels. You can glue all the wheels in place, except the idler wheels. Here I recommend to dry fit first, to make sure everything is aligned correctly. In my case the tracks seems to me 2-3 mm to short, so that I had to adjust the position of the idler wheel to get a proper fit. Here I only made an oval whole out of the round whole to fix the idler wheel a bit more forward. I also add a brass pin inside of the driving wheel to get a correct fit as well.
Well it is not a shake and bake as I first thought, but with just a little work you will get excellent tracks for your scale 1/72 tanks.
I can highly recommend this product and hope they will increase their range.
About the Dragon Stug III, nothing else to say, because it is an excellent kit!
Happy Modelling, Christian

Simon Nagorsnik
This looks interesting- i follow!

Tom B.
Those 3d-printed tracks look really neat 👍 I´m following this!

Christian Bruer
Welcome aboard Simon and Tom. Still enough place in the first row.

Christian Bruer
Last modelmaking in 2023, progress on the Stug III.
Happy Modelling and a Happy New Year to all Scalemates🙂

Alec K
Following along, and Happy New Year 👍

Christian Bruer
You're welcome Alec 🙂

Spanjaard
looking good. happy 2023 Christian

Christian Bruer
Thx Spanjaard 🙂

Dave Flitton
Following

Christian Bruer
You're welcome Dave 🙂
WIP Stug III, Dragon scale 1/72. I finished the basic work today. I made some improvements and added storage items on the engine deck.
Tracks are 3D printed from Fat Frog Scale Models, accessoires are Black Dog and ModellTrans Modellbau, figures are Dynamo Models.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Christian Bruer
WIP on my Stug III, basic painting is done, next colour modulation with oils.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Guy Rump
Looking great. 👍

Alec K
Christian, you make it look easy 🙂

Christian Bruer
Thx a lot Guy and Alec 🙂

Christian Bruer
First figure is painted. Dynamo Models figures, 3D printed in excellent and sharp quality and figures with lifelike and interesting poses.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Rui S
Excellent figure painting 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Rui 🙂

Christian Bruer
Figure #2 is done.
Happy Modelling, Christian

Spanjaard
excellent

Christian Bruer
Thx Spanjaard 🙂

Christian Bruer
WIP on my Dragon Stug III painting process.

1. Basic painting using Vallejo 71.025 (Dark Yellow) and highlights 71.025 + 71.001 (White)
2. Chipping and scratches using Vallejo 70.862 (Black Grey) + 71.001 and contours using 71.025 + 71.001
3. Washes using oils, Yellow Ocre, Medium Yellow, Raw Umber and White
4. Highlights using oils, Yellow Ocre, Medium Yellow, and White

Now the paint needs to dry completely before I can add final touches with oils and acrylics.

Happy Modelling
Christian

Spanjaard
superb!

Christian Bruer
Thanx Spanjaard 🙂
The Sturmgeschütz is done. The last detail I have added was a cover in between the gun mantlet and the casemate to keep it clear from water and dust. Only later versions got this modification out of the factory. Before it is often seen as a field modification.

Finally a crew is added. I used the excellent Dynamo-models Stug crew.

Next will be a small vignette to present the Sturmgeschütz.

Happy Modelling
Christian

Pietro De Angelis
WOW!

Christian Bruer
Thx for the WOW Pietro 🙂

Marcin Dudek
1/72?! No way, it looks like 1/35. Perfect job👏

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much for your kind comment Marcin 🙂

Alec K
Another beauty, very inspirational 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Alec 🙂

Guy Rump
Wow! So impressive! 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much Guy 🙂

Christian Lehmann
👍

Agrippa
Very nice work

Pepe
Wooooooow.....impresionante!!!!!

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind comments 🙂

Patryk S.
Following! Good luck!

J35J
Taking a chair!👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, I have to see that! Still procrastinating mine 😄
Thomas, are you considering getting rid of the decal with my support perhaps? 😉

Thomas Kolb
Łukasz, I am not going to use the provided decal sheet, so if you want it, just PM me with your address and I can post it.

Thomas Kolb
(And for everybody else with knowledge about the different versions of the Yak-12, yes, I am aware of the differences between the A-version in the kit and the R-version used by the Hungarian People's Army. But since I am not able to scratch build the entire wing and empennage structure, let's just call it artistic license.)

Cuajete
Looking good so far, Thomas 👍
Feel free to take artistic license 😉

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Alec K
Taking a seat, looks great 👍

Thomas Kolb
Thank you very much, dear gentlemen for your attention and encouraging words!

Michael Kohl
Following too

Nicolas
I'm joining in as well. Great build so far. 👍

Bruce Huxtable
Admiring your skills, and learning from your problem-solving, Thomas. Transforming an A-Model kit adds to the challenges 😉

Thomas Kolb
Thank you Michael, Nicolas & Bruce for your interest and compliments! This kit is actually not quite as bad as some other Amodel kits I have built - the designers have created some pretty nifty solutions here! If anything, it is a bit unforgiving - make one small mistake and you can be sure that it will keep coming back to kick you.

Łukasz Gliński
What a cool visor 👍

Cuajete
Great progress! 👍

Bernhard Pethe
Wunderbarer Modellbau. Ich hab das Modell auch noch liegen und genauso wollte ich es auch machen. Mal sehen, wenn ich groß bin. 😉

Thomas Kolb
Bernhard, danke schön! 🙂 Ja, es ist ein ziemlich kniffliges Modell, aber es macht großen Spaß, es zu bauen!

Cuajete
Looks great so far, Thomas 👍

Nicolas
Yes Thomas, I don't think you get any easy builds from Amodel. But with some work you get a nice and rare model. I realy like your progress. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Bruce, Lukasz, Cuajete, Nicolas, thank you! Yes, Amodel is actually cool in that they take a chance to make models outside the ordinary. Who else would design a model kit of a strange and ugly little high-winged Soviet aircraft instead of another Stuka, Tomcat or a Spitfire?

Danumurthi Mahendra
Lovely topic that I dont see alot. Nice progress!

bughunter
Oh, another biplane is created in Munich 👍

Doubtingmango
Watching

Ludvík Kružík
This project is very interesting. I will definitely follow it. 👍

Alex K
Me too.

Ekki
Wow! A beauty indeed!
Awesome work!

Bruce Huxtable
Very nice indeed - inspirational work.

Marius
Great model here! I am interested in the topic as well, but I had chosen the Kimetic kit instead.
You should take more pictures!

CaptGPF
Thanks everyone! Like Marius, I have the kinetic on my to do list as well - I think Roland's in good company about that ever growing backlog!

Kyriakos Vafiadis
Beautiful model!

CaptGPF
Ευχάριστο Kyriakos!

Mr James
Lovely camo scheme 👍 lovely build

CaptGPF
Thanks Mr James!

Ellis Smith
Skale Wings is a new one on me. You did a great job.

Neuling
Top result in spite of the difficulties you had. 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Łukasz Gliński
Very nice build 👍

Ferenc Sarka
The best camo the desrt scheme. I love it. Nice job.

CaptGPF
Gorgeous details - very well done for a 1/72 scale!

Michael Kohl
Nobody gets laughed at. We all (re-)started somewhen. You might even get a hint or two on how to improve. And if you have a specific aspect where you would like to do better, don't hesitate to ask. Them gals and guys, they do know a lot.

gorby
You won't get laughed at as Michael says. Scalemates is a very supportive group. I know it can be quite daunting at first but there is room for every ability on this site. 🙂

Geert
No need to be afraid Kesa. Your friends are here!

gorby
I forgot to say, if you need any help just ask.

Kesa Tiho
Thanks

Alex K
Another Gorby-licious small-scale "weird" (we wouldn't want you any other way) creation... Definitely in! 👍