Heres my new M3 Stuart Pictures, well I yet to finish the decals and some other weathering things and etc. Ok comments and such are very welcome, im always up for improvment!

Here you go!

Ok hope you like it! :-)

$cott:
Nice little M3 you have there.
You've done a nice overall job on this tank. I especially like the look of the tools on the rear deck, (the wood handles, and metalized portions are well done).

The only nit I would have, (and I can't quite tell from the photos), but have you tied down the storage box on the front hull, and fastened/hooked the bags to something on the turrets sides? Again, just a nit,--- you've done well here, and I appreciate the pics and the opportunity to comment.

Steve aka WeWillHold

Lookin' pretty good there Andrew, I gather the Rt side headlamp got carried away when the guard bracket got ripped loose? A tip might have been to heat and poke the fender from underneath to represent the sheet metal deformation when the rivets and welds tore loose and maybe a dangling wire poking out someplace along the line. The sheet metal fenders weren't all that thick, they were just to deflect the mud and crud tossed up by the tracks. I always get carried away with the painting and weathering too. Things just seem to flow along and then you get to the point where you remember, oh yeah, those painted on markings got weathered too. It's not a big deal, after you get them on and sealed down with Future or Finish, you get to duplicate all that lovely weathering and rust, made even easier now that you basically have the outlines already there from before. If you use a gloss on top of the decals after they have dried overnight you can have a lot easier time with the black or black/green wash, it will flow a lot better and collect up in the crevices and raised portions a little faster. after you scrub off the excess and it gets nice and dry you can shoot on that old flat finish and carry on with the weathering and dry brushing and other fun stuff.

Like I said, lookin' pretty good can't wait to see it when you're done

Great pics!

Looking good, always one of my favorite vehicles. Can't wait to see the final product, good luck with the rest of the work.

Coop

Looking very good there, $cott. I like the weathering so far, and your wooden tool handles put mine to shame. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Mike

Nice looking model so far.

Nice.......keep up the posts

Looking very nice there Andrew

I like the affect you did with the wood handles on the tools, looks a little shiney tho.. but a bit of dull cote would clear that up... ( clear... dull cote... I made a pun...hehehe ) #:-) #:-) #:-)

Looks good. Would love to see it when you are done

Looking good $cott..keep the pics coming as you weather this little beast. :-)

thanks for the comments, I will post the final pictures when im done with the Stuart. I thiink that im gonna put the stuart in a new diorama in the Italian theater. Ok thanks again!

Looking good, although it is hard to tell from the pics since they are a bit dark. The wood handles have a real nice texture and don't look to be a solid color, as you'd expect in real life. How was this kit to build? I've had a few chances to buy this on eBay and got outbid, and have passed it up at the hobby store as well, but I'm thinking of getting it after all.

Thanks,

Its a very good kit, supposed to be the best stuart tank around (m3 that is). Its very detailed and comes with both british and american decals, see i got the "honey" because the hobby store didnt have the m3 american, so i just gambled and bought it anyway... so i painted it olive drb/olive green and low and behold the british version honey that i bought does come with american decals! that was very nice and the british side skirts are sepereate from the upper hull so that was nice too... So really both kits are american, just the honey is british or american! very cool. Um the kit was very cool in other ways also, it came with flexible tracks and "piece by piece" tracks, i chose the flexivble ones... um the interior is very detialed, they give you the interior with shell racks, radio, seats, etc... I did that but then i figured out that i wont see the interior... lol and i painted it!
Overall it was very nice

Hi $cott ...Looks pretty good so far..The only thing I would watch out for is that box right infront of the driver...It should be tied down and maybe moved out of the drivers view...One other thing ..I'm wouldn't swear on a Bible about this but I don't recall ever seeing a M3 in Italy...I think these were left behind along with all the Lees . If memory serves me right ,The American had recieved their M5s which weren't much better but had a bit more protection..I don,t want to ruin your plan of a dio in Italy but...Who knows there might be a picture out there!!

Richard

yeah i gotta investigate if m3's where in the italian theatre

I'll ask a friend of mine and get back to asap..

Rick

cool, thanks!

VERY NICE TANK AND EXCELENT WORK - CONGRATULATIONS
ROBERTO

I just started my M-3. I see from your pictures that its the academy kit (matched up the instruction sheet details with mine to figure that out). Is yours straight out of the box? Did you use the link to link or the vinyl track? Any problems or difficulties, all I've done is the first two steps getting the suspenion built. Let me know, I like what I can see of yours so far