15cm sIG33 Grille

Gold medal

Awarded: Gold

Users' choice

This gallery has 23.75% of the users' votes.

By: Stephen Shrimpton

Manufacturer(s): UM

Modifications: Scratch built interior and detailing of gun and exterior with styrene sheet and strip, and etched brass from the spares box.

After-market parts: Aber metal Barrel

Description: 15cm sIG33 (sf) 38(t) ausf H of 9 Kompanie, Panzer Grenadier Regiment 2, 2nd Panzer Division captured in Normandy, June 1944. Painted with Humbrol enamels and weathered with oils and MIG pigments.

Judge 1
Construction: excellent! Scratchbuild part are very well done with many details very realistic Coloration: base color it's ok and equal to the real one (as we can see in the Wydawnictwo Militaria 101 dedicated to the Grille). Weathering: Amazing; very well done with a good use of many modelling technics. I like in particular the general look (extremely realistic) and the exhaust pipe. Conclusion: a stunning model, very well build and very realistic
Judge 2
These UM kits are a little simple and a kit chucky but with care they build into nice models and and yours is one of those. All the extras you've added have maximum impact and the busy interior brings it to life, well done. The tracks are a little tricky on these kits and the left hand side on yours seems to float between the drive sprocket and first return roller. The paint work is very good and the masked pattern is excellent. The pin wash around the rivets and camo loops has gotten out of controll and I think a darker colour would have added a bit more depth, but these are minor things. The vehicle tools look very good and I like the lively exhaust. Excellent work.
Judge 3
Well, the build job is superb. I realy like your home made upgrades. Unfortunately you used the original side walls of the kit. As you changed almost everithing on their interrior side, I think it would be usefull to thin them, before that work. But the upgrade look's still good! I like the colors you used for that very spectacular and unusual sheme. Exhaust, sratches and chips are very well painted. The dust is a bit overdone. This dark color makes the whole undercarriage monotone. I would use less, and brighter colored dust, and sume mud on the undercarriage and around the wheels. Anyway it's a very nice model, one of the bests of this month entries.