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Jeez! You got given an advance sample of the M3 didn't you?
I wish... No, unfortunately not. Let me save some typing and copy my post from ML:
"My post was a sort of a test - how quickly anyone would notice that it is an M3, not M2
But unfortunately it doesn't mean that the kit is available or will be available soon... I thought however that you would like to see how (more or less) it's going to look like. My model is composed of parts from M2/M2A1 kit and test shot sprues for M3/M3A1. Those are however these same early (first?) test shots that were displayed at EuroMilitaire 2006. I got a set of them back then and recently decided to do something with them while I wait for the release of the final kit. That's also why I decided to do something unusual - a test vehicle. I'll build more usual configurations from the final kit when it's out. Recently my DML contacts told me that they are still in the process of fine tuning the kit and didn't want to provide any more details or release date...
These test sprues I used lacked some features (e.g. no non-skid pattern on troop compartment floors - I added it with Archer "Surface Details" decals) and some detail parts were missing. I also noticed some minor inaccuracies in the layout of interior, but as these were such early test parts it is likely that this is already corrected. But otherwise the kit was already fully buildable from these early parts. They included practically all parts to build M3 or M3A1, tooled in a similar fashion to those in M2 kit, e.g. with mines molded integrally with mine racks. It is a little strange that DML delayed the release of it so much. Maybe the sales of M2 kits were much smaller that they expected?"
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Can you get the Hussar wheels in Poland by the way?
I ordered from Canada. Rossagraph were a Polish distributor of Hussar products, but I'm not sure they still are in business? Rossagraph shop that we visited together disappeared some time ago.
Pawel
