StuIG 33B - Stalingrado, 1943

[Dario Risso]

I start this project days ago: I have an old sIG 33 , aka Bison III, ref, Dragon 6042; it is partially built, except the tracks and tools.
As you probably know, 24 of theese Stuginfanteriegeschütz 33B was built by Alkett, using repaired StuG III chassis (maybe Ausf. E and/or F). 12 of them was sent to Stalingrad in november 1942. Just 1 still remains in Kubinka Museum.
Searching for info, I found this picture:

And of course, it shock me instantly: I need to display a Bf 109 downed in Stalingrad; I search in eBay for a Revell Bf 109, but the ones I found don't send to Argentina, so... let's scracht; I'm a little lazy, so I will build only a wing partially destroyed.
Here is how I receive the kit, from a friend:




After some details added I paint it panzergrau and then I add some highlight





I start thew 109 wing using a balsa core and cover it with plasticard:





I made the rivets using the back of an insuline needle, put in a pin vise; they are hardly visible in the pics, sorry


More tomorrow
Darío

Reference Material

Books
1) Sturmgeschütz & its variants - Walter L.Spielberger - Schiffer
2) Achtung Panzer 5 - Stug III, Stug IV & siG33 - Dai Nippon Kaiga
3) Sturmtiger & Sturmpanzer in Combat - Waldemar Trojca, Markus Jaugitz - Trojca
4) Modelling the German 15cm sIG33 Bison and Grille - Gary Edmunson - Osprey Modelling 19
5) Sturmgeschütz - s.Pak to Sturmmoerser - Panzer Tracts 08 - Thomas Jentz, Hilary Doyle - Darlington Productions
6) 15cm sIG33 (Sf) auf PzKpfw I II III - Wydawnictwo Militaria 247

Webpages
1) 20 campaing pictures
2) Pictures of the Kubinka vehicle
3)

[Christopher Wright]

Darío,
I like where this is going. Your BF109 wing looks quite good! i like the AFV too! I look forward to seeing the progress!
Christopher

[Jamie Tainton]

You alsways look like you're having fun Dario, wish I could do that!

[John Mohnen]

Interesting and promising combo
Looking forward to the build

[Dario Risso]

Thanks guys!
Well, lets see how this go
Painting Step 2:
2 coats of acrilic floor polish
decals
2 more coats of floor polish, covering only the decals
2 coats of hairspray
1 coat of Tamiya XF-2
rubbed with differents brushes in different zones, to achieved no similar effects, using more or less water
Partial result of step 2:






I take a moment to see pictures of actual vehicles, comparing with my model:




Hmmm, nop, the model looks very different. Let's continue rubbing

Result of step 2:






Well, as you can see, most of the white paint has gone. Let's repeat the painting process

Step 3: haispray - Tamiya XF-2 - rubbing
Result:






It still doesn't looks as my reference pictures, so...let me see what I will do tonight

Darío

[sergio laurenzano]

nice paint work dario, will you install a 40 cm track ?
sdl

[Dario Risso]

Well, here I am again, with some modifications in the layout of the scene. I intended to add a wood antitank defense and a bomb/artillery crater. Interestingly, the projectile that made this crater did not blow up the tank defenses (I don't know, perhaps the defenses was built after the bombing)

I found this picture of the log anti-tank defenses:


And this is the new layout (still remains to place a lot of small debris)




Suggestions are wellcomed

Darío

[Laurent Moitrot]

Dario I like it. Good job with the 109 wing.
One question : why only two return rollers on each side of the StuIG ?

[Dario Risso]

Mercí, Laurent. 2 of the return rollers was misglued by the previous owner of the model, so I glued again.
The Bf 109 wing is almost finished; I will add some wires and maybe more paint chipping.
The building too, almost finished; the oils was still wet and maybe it need some more black smoke effect
The terrain...what a headache I din't know it would be a paved road or a dirt road, whether it would have sidewalks or not...and the crater...it's too shallow to be a bomb crater...may be it's a grenade crater...or just...a crater??
I will add a lot of debris, some wood, rusted metal rods, cans, papers...and more stuff mixed with the debris.
May be I will add a half of a 200 l fuel drum used by soldiers to make fire and get some heat.

Well, if you guys are still awake after the boring text...here are some pics







Ideas, suggestions, comments...all are wellcomed!
Darío

[Laurent Moitrot]

Cool !
I hope my Stuh which is supposed to be whitewashed too will look as good as yours. My last attempt at painting such a white camo was not exactly a success. LOL.