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M3A1..1st tracked thing in years..
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Posted: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 02:37 PM UTC
Right now its all sub assembled and ready for paint..any helpful tips on where to go from here would be great! Im not one to normally build track things..I like wheels. Photos can be seen in my gallery. Click at the bottom of my post. Wow ..Jim makes life so easy!


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Posted: Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 03:11 AM UTC
Nice clean build so far. Are you going to use the tracks supplied with the kit?
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Posted: Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 03:25 AM UTC
Yes the rubber ones I think. Kit does come with the individual links..I just dont think I have the patience for them.
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 03:33 AM UTC
Looks good so far.
Couple things. You'll note on the box if you lool closely,. the fuel drums are attached with chain. You can find some fine chain in a good model railroad store. Also, if you plan on doing the tank in the cover art, with the flag on the side, DO NOT use the kit decal flag. That's a 50 star flag and is inappropriate for the time period of the tank. Archer Fine Transfers has a correct 48 star flag.
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Posted: Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 02:01 PM UTC
Thanks AJ, I never would have counted the stars..Yes the chain will be my next purchase.
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 03:24 PM UTC
Trust me, I didn't count them, but when I first saw a scan of the decal sheet on the perth site, the ragged edge of the pattern was obvious. It is amazing ther Academy hasn't made this simple correction.
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Posted: Friday, September 05, 2003 - 09:43 AM UTC
Looks very good to me.

Here is a tip for you. I just finished reading a great article on the Honey on www.hyperscale.com. It's under the references section. This guy did a very detailed anaylsis of the colors used on Honeys. He says the light blue grey that is normally shown is totally wrong. He says to use a green and brown color scheme. I'm assuming you're doing a Honey because of the fuel tanks. The Americans didn't use them, did they.
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