Making the smoke emerge from the exhausts (I'm sure it didn't,but it was a long time ago). Brass tube annealed, filled with plumbers solder (it's cheap) and bent.



Then right angle connectors to get to the smoke generator tubing




And finally, everything except the smoker located in the chassis

I finally got the Gun to work properly. Looking at the diagram sve1976 posted I couldn't work out why my microswitch was on the other side of the unit. Then I twigged, after watching a video on how to rewire the gun mechanism. I didn't have the limit switch! I think it was originally delivered with the kit but not fitted - it was included as part of the enormous wiring loom that came with the kit. I had to root around in the tank junk box to find it. After that, as soon as I realised that the motors switch on the negative side, and more fundamentally that the "0V" line from the microswitch needs a permanent nought Volt connection, everything worked.
Inside the top of the gun - the long black wire is the 0V connection to the main power line to the battery. The "turret" connector has, from left to right, plugs for lights, gun elevation and firing (one power and a signal line for each) and for the gun traverse (ex turret rotation) Everything got moved a couple of times, I made a nice neat installation and then found that the body top wouldn't fit....it all goes in now!





Switch access throught the engine hatch



And I've started on the exterior bits and pieces: Spare track/extra armour, and the gunsight. This is fixed to the top of the recoil unit so it moves with gun traverse, and so does the sliding cover plate.

Wow, looks good, especially the sight!!!

Thanks MAUS45!
Next bit, the fire extinguisher

That is nice work!!!

Thanks!
A couple more parts in progress:
Schurzen brackets and support angle



And the bracket for the spade

Again looks great so far!!!

I realised that before going full steam ahead with the schurzen, I'd better populate the mudguards, otherwise access was going to be a little restricted. Here's the right rear corner in progress. Sill got the jack to add.




The axe and sledgehammer (which has been shortened) are from a Tiger accessory set. Otherwise all scratch built, i.e. the mudguard mount, axe head retainer, jack block retainers and hammer box. I still have to make the clips to hold the shafts in, and of course the jack brackets.







and theres the basic jack block, made from basswood.

There's a lot of work for one mudguard! I've put the metal straps on the jack block, added the lifting hook to the air inlet, made the jack block clamps and a starting handle.



Also added handles to the jack







Added the aerial mounts to the rear panel, too. One in styrene sheet, one silver soldered from brass sheet. The brass one was quicker to make...

Schurzen! There seem to be three or four different styles, these go with the mid 1943 build date of the Stug. Made from 0.4mm aluminium sheet. I cut it out by scoring with a hook knife and the then bending the cut until it parted.




When the bottom brackets are fixed, the sheets will line up a bit better....

First stab at camo. I'm not sure if I have the "random drunken German spraypainter" quite right yet....

I like what I see, and I would like to see some more, please. Can we get some more photos? That's good looking airbrush work. I'd really like to see it from the front. And video would be outstanding.

I didn't post the others because I need to fix the paint - some major touching up! Here they are

Wow!!! That looks great!!!

Well it's as finished as it's going to be! More pictures



















Still need to add some crew, my son might do that....

looks amazing!

Very slick! The attention to detail REALLY pays off.

Turned out really nice Jom!!! The schurzen detail is really nice.

Really nice Stug. Your extra details look great. Love the Shurtzen. Awesome model.

Absolutely awesome! Glad to see her finally get finished.

One question: what paints (brand, color, mixture, etc) did you use?

Paint:
The red oxide base coat is Dupli-Color red primer (rattle can)
Then Tamiya Acrylics - XF-60 Dark Yellow, XF-61 Dark Green and XF-64 Red Brown. Airbrushed at about 50/50 with Tamiya thinners.
Thanks for the comment!

The Stug looks ace and the schurzen tops it off. All brass /metal for brackets to fix the plates ? Well thought out for the attachment points , if they are knocked off looks as if they are easy to clip back in .

The Shurtzen are all metal, brass for the hanging rails and 0.4mm ally for the plates. I tried to get the bracket detail as true to the original as possible.... the only bracket I couldn't find any pictures for was the very front one on the mudguard.