Modelling a Sturmgeschütz III Sturmgeschütz IIIG early version (December 1942 production): In 1/35 scale
()
About this ebook
Read more from Gary Edmundson
Modelling the late Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J, 5.Panzer-Division, East Prussia, 1944 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Modelling a Tiger I I3./SS-Panzer Regiment I, Kursk 1943: In 1/35 scale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Modelling a German 15cm sIG33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf.H (SdKfz I38/I): In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling the late Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H 'Frühe' version, 4.Panzer-Division, Russia 1944 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a German 15cm sIG33 Sturminfanteriegeschütz 33B: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a German 15cm sIG33 auf Selbstfahrlafette 38(t) (Sf) Ausf.K: In 1/35 scale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Modelling a Sturmgeschütz III Sturmgeschütz IIIB: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a German 15cm sIG33(Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.B: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Sturmgeschütz III Sturmgeschütz IIID: in 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Tiger I s.SS.PZ.Abt.101, Normandy 1944: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Modelling a Sturmgeschütz III Sturmgeschütz IIIG early version (December 1942 production)
Related ebooks
Modelling a Sturmgeschütz III Sturmgeschütz IIIB: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Tiger I Pz.Abt.502, Russia 1943: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Tiger I Gruppe Fehrman, Germany 1945: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Tiger I s.SS.PZ.Abt.101, Normandy 1944: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Tiger I s.PZ.Abt.501, Tunisia 1943: In 1/35 scale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Modelling a Sturmgeschütz III Sturmgeschütz IIID: in 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Tiger I s.Pz.Abt.507, East Prussia, November 1944: In I/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a German 15cm sIG33 auf Selbstfahrlafette 38(t) (Sf) Ausf.K: In 1/35 scale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stug III & Stug IV: German Army, Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe: Western Front, 1944–1945 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Panzer IV, 1939–1945 Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Modelling a German 15cm sIG33(Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.B: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/R11: In 1/72 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman Tank Destroyers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/R8: In 1/32 scale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hitler's Light Panzers at War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Waffen-SS Figure SS-Schütze, 3rd SS-Panzer-Division 'Totenkopf' Vienna, 1945: In 1/35 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5: In 1/32 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman and Russian Tank Models, 1939–45 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Modelling a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4: In 1/48 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Focke-Wulf Fw 190G-3: In 1/48 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler's Anti-Tank Weapons 1939–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling a Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8: In 1/32 scale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorld War 2 In Review No. 21: Messerschmitt Bf 109 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModelling Luftwaffe Jets and Wonder Weapons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The German 88: The Most Famous Gun of the Second World War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5German Machine Guns of the Second World War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5World War 2 In Review No. 25: Italian Fighting Vehicles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Modern History For You
The Little Red Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Notebook Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Devils of Loudun Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/518 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Voices from Chernobyl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Mother, a Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All But My Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Night to Remember: The Sinking of the Titanic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Modelling a Sturmgeschütz III Sturmgeschütz IIIG early version (December 1942 production)
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Modelling a Sturmgeschütz III Sturmgeschütz IIIG early version (December 1942 production) - Gary Edmundson
Contents
Introduction
Tools and materials
Sturmgeschütz IIIG early version (December 1942 production)
Gallery of Sturmgeschütz III models
Museums and collections
Further reading, media and websites
Available kits and accessories
Colour reference chart
Introduction
The concept of the Sturmgeschütz III started well before the war when the German Army announced the need for a self-propelled 75mm gun to be used for infantry support. By 1938, several ‘0-Serie’ prototype vehicles were produced on earlier style Panzer IIIB chassis by Daimler-Benz. The Alkett factory in Berlin manufactured the first 30 Sturmgeschütz III Ausführung A (StuG III Ausf. A) production vehicles that went into combat in the invasion of France.
As the war progressed, the StuG III was continuously improved through Ausführung A to E, and then given a longer, more powerful gun starting with the Ausf. F. The role of this AFV became more diverse with a great increase in its anti-tank role. Some StuG IIIs were allotted to Panzer companies to supplement their losses. Significant changes to the hull were made with the introduction of the Ausf. G, and the later variant of the G was produced right up until April 1945. The StuG III chassis was also used to house the 10.5cm Sturmhaubitze 42 L/28 howitzer, and Alkett produced over 1,200 of these. With a low silhouette and strongly armoured hull, the StuG III proved to be one of the more significant weapons used by German forces during World War II.
With over 9,000 of these vehicles being produced during the war (of mostly the Ausführung G variant), the Sturmgeschütz III has been a very popular subject with modellers for years. Airfix released a kit of the StuG IIIG in 1/72 scale in the late 1960s, but just referred to it as a ‘75mm Assault Gun’. Tamiya produced a 1/35-scale kit soon afterwards, featuring magnificent box art and a relatively accurate model of the Ausf. G for its time. Several aftermarket companies offered resin conversion sets for the Tamiya base model to upgrade or construct different versions. Gunze Sangyo released a couple of groundbreaking kits with their high-tech multimedia versions of the StuG IIIG Late and a StuH 42. Finally in 1994, Dragon Models Limited (DML) began to produce model kits of most of the Ausführung (Ausf.) of the vehicle. The trend started with the Ausf. B, and continued with the A, C/D, F, F/8 and late G. Recently, the later Ausf. G version was released with the 10.5cm howitzer – DML’s StuH 42. The kits were well researched, came with photo-etched metal details and individual moulded track links. During the DML StuG III ‘blitz’, Tamiya produced a newly tooled kit of the StuG IIIG in the form of a Frühe, or early variant. Although the kit still featured the vinyl-style tracks from previous years, the moulding and accuracy were far superior to anything previously available. Tamiya has just released a StuG IIIB, combining some of their previous StuG IIIG parts with a newly tooled upper hull, rear idler and partial interior.
The author with the late Sturmgeschütz IIIG at the Musée