StuG Commander’s Vision
A cabin with a view Seven of these periscopes are required for the commander’s cupola in the StuG. These are quite difficult to find, much…
July 1, 2016
A cabin with a view Seven of these periscopes are required for the commander’s cupola in the StuG. These are quite difficult to find, much…
The battle rages on. The precut panels for the water reservoirs and steel framed sides of the radiator now awaited the next phase. The panels…
Deciphering the clues from the limited original photographs. The elusive two brass plaques on the inside of the driver’s hatches had been located but were…
Creating a replica of the damaged part. Our hunt for parts for our two original era WWI Renault tank engines was nearing completion save for…
Unlocking the code. Conventional wisdom tells us that the German armour assemblers had a series of suppliers who were set up to provide them and…
Researching the original colour. No other untouched wartime MIAG StuGs were available to determine the colour of the gearbox cover for our Black Sea StuG.…
Assembling the radiator. Delivery of the packages containing the sub 3000 pre-cut copper tubes, steel end plates and the various mainly copper, some brass, sheets…
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Replicating the sole example of the Renault FT Seat Box. We managed to borrow a very corroded example of a drivers seat box for the…
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Establishing the interior. Now that we have established that the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie did not have the later Gurtkasten as fitted in the 4th Series Sd.Kfz.223…
Creating the CAD drawings. We now had completed the research from the two different radiator examples. The task was now to build a CAD model,…
The journey to uncovering the paint schemes. In describing the method for producing the blink image on the previous article we have missed out a…
Searching through manual images for more detailed information. Study of the manual images for the SD.Kfz.223 provides us with a rich insight into the composition…
Further information is revealed. More information on the hub cap issue with the arrival of photographs courtesy of Kaloyan Matev through his fine book ‘…
The pieces come together. The radiator for these two First World War tanks is nothing like we had ever seen. The radiators from the Second…
Towing the line. This towing clevis or C hook was not only the reserve of StuGs but was used for other vehicles such as the…
Uncovering the truth behind the StuG muzzle brakes Information resulting from the study of new archive material and a huge amount of new period photographs…
Expedito to the rescue. One very obvious immediate impression of a Renault FT with the drivers hatches open is a dark rectangular shadow in the…
Welded for now. A timely view of the welded StuG mantlet given our recent coverage of the cast versus welded mantlet debate for MIAG .…
The debate continues. The debate around the cast mantlet or saukopf (pig’s head), as it was known by the troops, is another hotly debated topic…