Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G German WWII assault gun

[Aaron Morse]

For your viewing pleasure

http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/75117

***Modified as per Captain Green Hairs suggestion*****

Edited October 2, 2008 by Aaron Morse

[Guss]

niiice ! very good moc

[Lt. Col. Thok]

Very nice.

[Alldarker]

At firest glance it looks good, but you cut the tracks!!! How could you?

[Aaron Morse]

With a utility knife ;-)

Actually its the first time I've ever modified lego before. My youngest boy actually asked me if I was ok after I had completed the deed. In fact I felt as if I had broken the law or something. I waited 20 minutes but the Lego Commandos never came to assassinate me. It was purely a case of "these tracks were too small and these tracks were too big, but this knife is just the right size!"

At firest glance it looks good, but you cut the tracks!!! How could you?

[Zorro]

Looks very good to me, including the tracks.

Keep up the good work.

[Silent Help]

I know how you feel about those treads... Very good looking from the front. It's nice to see a good looking tank that you can see some studs on. (Not all done with SNOT.) The main gun and around the drivers looks very clean and pretty, which contrasts nicely to the plain sides. If you happen to not like the tank feel free to send it to a good home like mine.

[Captain Green Hair]

Nice, the shape looks really accurate!

I'd never cut those tracks, they are simply too expensive :/

I also think 13 wide is a bit much for this tank, 10 would be max if it were minifig scale, but that's personal i guess.

You can deeplink images in your post, a tutorial on how to do so is in the tutorial index. (link in my sig)

Keep up the good work!

[Aaron Morse]

I took your advice and deeplinked the images.

and here's a pic of the two earlier StuG III models in convoy with some other Indiana Jones German vehicles.

Edited October 2, 2008 by Aaron Morse

[Guss]

ahah ! nice ! but they're leaving no tracks in the mud :P

[Aaron Morse]

Nice, the shape looks really accurate!

I'd never cut those tracks, they are simply too expensive :/

I also think 13 wide is a bit much for this tank, 10 would be max if it were minifig scale, but that's personal i guess.

You can deeplink images in your post, a tutorial on how to do so is in the tutorial index. (link in my sig)

Keep up the good work!

Really think it's too wide? I started out at 3wide for each track and 5 for the main body, but the body looked to small compared to the tracks. Even after the tracks went under the scalpel, it still looked not quite wide enough. Here's a pic of a real stug for comparison.

ahah ! nice ! but they're leaving no tracks in the mud :P

It looks like mud but its actually cement that's drained away from a new construction mixed into a dried river bed, meaning it looks like mud but its hard as a rock, so I get a nice pic and get to keep the lego (and my shoes) clean.

[Captain Green Hair]

Really think it's too wide? I started out at 3wide for each track and 5 for the main body, but the body looked to small compared to the tracks. Even after the tracks went under the scalpel, it still looked not quite wide enough. Here's a pic of a real stug for comparison.

Well, minifig scale is roughly 1:39, if a fig was to be 1.70 meters tall.

The real Stug 3 is 295m wide, so 295 / 39 = 7,6 centimeters, divided by 0,8cm (stud) = about 9,5 - 10 studs.

But scale is something personal in Lego IMO, i just like to keep it in the 1:39 scale so i can transport 'm on trains and such.

Point is, if you think it looks good, it does

[Tanotrooper]

Well, minifig scale is roughly 1:39, if a fig was to be 1.70 meters tall.

The real Stug 3 is 295m wide, so 295 / 39 = 7,6 centimeters, divided by 0,8cm (stud) = about 9,5 - 10 studs.

But scale is something personal in Lego IMO, i just like to keep it in the 1:39 scale so i can transport 'm on trains and such.

Point is, if you think it looks good, it does

But for your Tiger you'll need seperate tracks beside the main tracks ;)

It looks good, a pity about the tracks, couldn't you have used 2 of the smallest type beside eachother? (or does that give problem with the wheels?)

The frontal armour on next to the gun is too low though.

TT

[Captain Green Hair]

But for your Tiger you'll need seperate tracks beside the main tracks ;)

TT

No i won't

[Captain Zuloo]

I like this - Alot. And I think it's because of the plates on the side. It reminds me of armour plating. Good MOC. I really like it - very detailed.

[Tanotrooper]

No i won't

Well, the German trains that carried the Tiger I(I) needed a larger train to transport it and therefore needed an extra rails (about half the size as the main rails) next to it in order to get the train rolling

No such problems with the Panzer (1-4) Models though (I don't know exactly for the Panther though)

TT

[Captain Green Hair]

Well, the German trains that carried the Tiger I(I) needed a larger train to transport it and therefore needed an extra rails (about half the size as the main rails) next to it in order to get the train rolling

No such problems with the Panzer (1-4) Models though (I don't know exactly for the Panther though)

TT

All i know they had extra wide transport cars, nothing about extra rails though...any link or info on that?

[Aaron Morse]

All i know they had extra wide transport cars, nothing about extra rails though...any link or info on that?

I know with the King Tiger they had to remove the road tracks and put on special tracks in order that a passing train on the next train track over wouldn't scrape the passing train...way too wide!

Also here's a new pic of my StuGs with some camo and some infantry hitching a ride

[Captain Green Hair]

That camo looks great Aron, that's an idea worth stea...err lending!

[Guss]

niceee , you soon will have a camouflaged tank army :P

what happened to the poor tank at the left ? ^^

[Rijkvv]

I'm not a big fan of LEGO-cutting. However, a really nice MOC! And I think it has the right dimensions. Great job!

[Zorro]

I know with the King Tiger they had to remove the road tracks and put on special tracks in order that a passing train on the next train track over wouldn't scrape the passing train...way too wide!

Also here's a new pic of my StuGs with some camo and some infantry hitching a ride

NICE PICS !!!

They could transport all of their tanks by rail, except the (infamous) Elephant tanks. They were just wayyy too large and heavy, they tried it once and they needed one locomotive for every 1 or two Elephants...says one of my Third Reich books...

Edited October 16, 2008 by zorro3999

[Aaron Morse]

niceee , you soon will have a camouflaged tank army :P

what happened to the poor tank at the left ? ^^

It got taken out by a Soviet Anti-tank squad (pics forthcoming) in the meantime here's a closeup of the camo StuG

EDIT CGH: please resize the picture to a maximum of 800 x 600, a tutoria on how to do so can be found here. Thanks!

[Thomas B.]

How could you modify parts? Where do you live? Tell me now! I am reporting you to TLG! Oh, I modify parts too, so you did nothing wrong. I really like the design of the MOC. Good job.

[Aaron Morse]

I knew the Lego Enforcers would catch up to me sooner or later... good thing Ive got a fairly decent sized army to protect my person ;-)

How could you modify parts? Where do you live? Tell me now! I am reporting you to TLG! Oh, I modify parts too, so you did nothing wrong. I really like the design of the MOC. Good job.