Progress update, M3 75mm Gun Mortor Carriage before weathering.

The builds are all looking real good!

I got some paint on the T19.

Cheers Rob.

M3 75mm Gun Motor Carriage fniished.

'A' Sqd., 27th Lancers British Army, Italy 1945.

My finished M4 mortar carrier

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Lap and Irvin, great builds!

Here's my state of affairs currently. Have to get some more dust on, as well as the one and only decal.



Cheers!
Stefan

Hi all, I have a couple questions as I near the finish line:

1st is a Black hole problem. Anyone have a spare part A20 (rear hitch)?

2nd: On the front winch, is that a steel cable connecting to the chain? Would it be painted OD or some other color?

Thanks,

John

Okay, a couple quick shots too. I made a tarp from Milliput, first time I have done so. Was a challenge keeping it from sticking to the tile, but it is drying now and I think it came out okay. Need to add some straps to it. Any suggestions?

John,

The steel cable on the winch does connect to the chain & hook. Chain & hook on all of our M16s are OD while the cables are bare metal.

Jon

Hi to All nearly forgot to add these to the gallery with the holidays being so busy, so hope I,am not to late for this bit here is my finnished entry I have not done any crew just yet as working on a Diorama for the M21 to go into
All the best for the year ahead

Looks Good Keith!

I got the running gear painted.

Cheers Rob.

Hi all, great looking builds! Carry on everyone, remember the deadline has been proloinged til the end of January.

I noticed some unanswered questions from John, sorry about that...




I'll see what I can find. Maybe one of the 6 HT I have in the stash doesn't use it and I can send it over the pond to you.




I use either metal foil or masking tape. For metal foil those tea candles you can get at IKEA (and lots of other places, at least here in Switzerland) are very usefull (they come in a sort of aluminum sheet cup). Another option is the lead foil from a wine bottle. On the build for this campaign I used masking tape.

Cheers!
Stefan

Stefan,

Thanks for looking and the strap ideas as well. I had to re-gloss my M2 so that I can do the pin wash. All the parts are attached (except A20 and the steering wheel). Got a bit more detail painting to do and half to check on individual vehicle decals... No specific markings for the M2A1, so need to research to see how, where those would go.

BTW, thanks for the extra month!

Regards,

John

I have been painting the dash and it's coming out pretty good although it does look better in person than this close-up.

Cheers Rob.

I also worked on the M2 machine gun instead of using an AM barrel I thought I would modify the kit gun, so I cut the barrel off drilled it out then drilled the cooling holes, I was following the molded in recesses for the cooling holes when after I started I noticed an error. Dragon has molded the gun with four holes running along both sides this is wrong as it should be four on one side and three on the other this is repeated three times. Well I had to add two extra rows of holes to correct this it looks alright but is not correct. I then added a short piece of rod to the barrel and I have a better looking gun even if it's not correct.

Cheers Rob.

Rob, the dashboard looks great and thanks for the tip on how to update these .50 cals.

So, I'm calling mine done. Here are some pictures. M3 75mm GMC as used by the US Marines on Saipan, aka M3 SPM (Self Propelled Mount).












Any comments welcome!

Cheers!
Stefan

hello, I had not looked at the post, there are plenty of nice haltrack, congratulations guys.stefan, how you paint your guns, I think they do well.
steph

Stefan,

Your track came out beautiful! Nice job. I am to the weathering stage now. Going to add pin wash, mud and making the base.

Will post a pic before the base is done probably. Just over two weeks to finish!

John

Okay, spent some time today on my base. Now waiting for it to dry. The rocks are Hydrocal from a mold, then pressed into drywall spackle. Does it look okay? I know it's not painted yet...



I am planning to put that Scenic Water in the 'hole' in the center of the base with the HT's treads a little under water. Does anyone know if you can 'tint' (muddy water) that stuff with acrylics?

Once I do more with it will update.

Stefan,
Your M3 75mm GMC looks Great!

I am pretty much done on the dash and I managed to get a clear coat on and the decals.

Cheers Rob.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Looking forward to a few finished builds before the end of the campaign.




Steph, I paint the rifles in the following steps (using Vallejo):
1.) Primer (white)
2.) Sand or buff on all the wood parts
3.) black on all the metal parts
4.) highly diluted brown on the wood parts, this takes some experimenting until you get the desired effect. It takes very little color and you have to brush it in the same direction several times. I suggest practicing on a scrap piece first
5.) dry brush of gun metal on the metal parts.

Cheers!
Stefan