By Stephen Brezinski (original article formerly on the miniaturezone.co.uk website)
Set in Summer of 1944, Belarus.
A StuH III ausf. G with supporting infantry and a Schwimwagen reconnaissance vehicle wait behind the safety of a stone wall for Soviet forces.
The StuH is a support version of the Sturgeschutz armed with a 105 mm howitzer. The kit is ESCI's, in 1/72 scale with a few modifications such as bolted on supplemental armor on the front. Three hatches are open and there is a full interior but unfortunately little of it can be seen though the small hatches. A very nice kit and the best small scale plastic Stug kit I know available, though rare at this time.
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The Schwimwagen is Hasegawa's 1/72 kit which I believe is the best Schwimwagen kit produced in plastic. Both kits were painted in acrylic paints and with artist oil camoflage colors. The stone wall is a resin casting, the manufacturer is unknown to me.
The figures are a mixture of ESCI soft plastic and hard plastic.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtSyzxGYKJJAJqgDmKREM08PCWTi1gieA0LLl6Buu5TMOZccAWPxxpo3HCsDAnaGUFcwOfQwtR5s27z59yXvToRJvWkNJjPZa3MtOtwJYmGY3z390wT3XlAV_5s4wZZW467p-/s400/P0002028.jpg)
Stephen Brezinski, Maine USA
A StuH III ausf. G with supporting infantry and a Schwimwagen reconnaissance vehicle wait behind the safety of a stone wall for Soviet forces.
The StuH is a support version of the Sturgeschutz armed with a 105 mm howitzer. The kit is ESCI's, in 1/72 scale with a few modifications such as bolted on supplemental armor on the front. Three hatches are open and there is a full interior but unfortunately little of it can be seen though the small hatches. A very nice kit and the best small scale plastic Stug kit I know available, though rare at this time.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBknXwjFgRA_uhO_wAX_70DrzJc6Gk4y7C8THADzwLSlITMz_ZcJ-fX3cKTb-zsxiyQjOmQMnE-RbHcnHoYJQMdaqarQjO8yLplROxngySBwy4RN6f3XEv138whlvXvoyZxUk/s400/P0002046-2.jpg)
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The Schwimwagen is Hasegawa's 1/72 kit which I believe is the best Schwimwagen kit produced in plastic. Both kits were painted in acrylic paints and with artist oil camoflage colors. The stone wall is a resin casting, the manufacturer is unknown to me.
The figures are a mixture of ESCI soft plastic and hard plastic.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtSyzxGYKJJAJqgDmKREM08PCWTi1gieA0LLl6Buu5TMOZccAWPxxpo3HCsDAnaGUFcwOfQwtR5s27z59yXvToRJvWkNJjPZa3MtOtwJYmGY3z390wT3XlAV_5s4wZZW467p-/s400/P0002028.jpg)
Stephen Brezinski, Maine USA