It's a very nice build, gartulation! As for the interior, it does not worth to upgrade further than the kit, because if you decide to enhance it, you almost have to make a new one from scratch - the kit is nice but not correct. I like the wethering very much, only one thing: as far as I know the idler wheels had no rubber on them, they were plain steel ones. One more minor suggestion: you should make the support rods for the open front hatches (those are not depicted in the instruction sheet for the Eduard M3A1 Exterior), without them they won't remain open. See the linked picture for reference:

Halaci, thank you for your helping hand. And thank you for the photo too, very clear shot of the hatches ! I have a pic of them but not as good as this one. I'll add the rods later cause I'm afraid to ruin the rods while weathering the tank. The idler wheels are not done yet, this is just a base color, the metal look still needs to be painted on. About the interior, it's correct what you said, but I'm happy with it straight from the box. G.

Back with one photo. I chipped what still had to be done, finished the spilled oil and fuel, painted a rusty effect under two tie downs of the fuel gallons.



I'll be back soon with more. Thanks for your attention ! G.

Next update : today I started adding dust washes on the lower hull and the bogies, wheels...
I want to create many tones and hopefully it will look interesting at the end.



Cu guys. Guy

Dust washes are finished now, I have metallised the left idler wheel.



G.

Absolutely fantastic looking vehicle.

Great job Guy I replied to your message but you'll have to let me know if I did it right.Sorry took so lohg as I didn't know about that part of Armorama Bob

Hello guys, I started working on the tracks, used the rubber ones of the kit, because they have -my opinion- great detail).



G.

Hi Guy,

Outstanding work, this is coming along a treat, love the work you've done to date.

As I said before, going to be a gem.

Yip, not sure why the kits not modeled more, it's a cool vehicle and the USA version looks great wih the markings.

Way to go

Al

WOW ,nice tracks , you'd never know they were rubber Bob

Your build looks awesome... I'm just sorry I didn't see this thread earlier

This is a work of art. You are doing a great job.
DJ

Your words encourage me to do better by the model I make guys !

New pics of the almost finished tracks :






Tomorrow new update, this ball is rolling ! G.

Hello friends, new update :

After the oil washes now it's time to pick up the pigments. I made a start with the front section of the lower hull. This was also something completely new to me for this Stuart is my first desert project ever.
To give it a minimum of structure, I mixed beach sand, light dust, Europe dust and dry mud, plaster and acrylic resin. First a quite dark toned thin layer, then a lighter one. When dry and hardened, I brushed on dry pigments. Adhered them using white spirit (capillarity).

This is the result of it :


For the colors and the thickness of the dust layers (as I said, this is new to me) I used this reference pic :


Detail of the front of the upper hull :






I also opened a topic in "Painting forum" because I needed confirmation about the tones of the desert dust. Appearently I've had luck and people like it

And I hope you like it too, but if you think I can do things better, please tell me !
Tx for attention friends !

Today's a rainy day so...pigment attack !

Hi fellows,
My Stuart is under heavy dust attack now :










We battle on friends ! G.

Hi Guy,

Really excellent build up on the paint work, as I said before a real gem. Your patience and work are really paying off well.

1st class.

Al

I have watched this build for awhile, and it is one of the best works I have seen in some time. Your techniques for weathering and painting are very, very good. There is no indication that this is a plastic kit. You want to believe it is metal. A very Hi quality job on a small kit.

This is a truly beautiful model. Excellent work!

-YL

A superb build Guy
The dust in the crevices rings true for a desert tank for sure.
For such a little tank you'd expect your close up shots to reveal flaws, but nothing. Nothing!
Great stuff my friend
Brad

Thanks guys, your encouraging words mean a lot to me. I'm very happy that many people like my topic and visit it regularly ! Without this forum modeling wouldn't be so much fun.
Sharing experience is most important for it makes the skills growing.

I still had to do paint on the yellow mask of the cannon (decals are provided in the box).
Revell's yellow was perfect and the burnt umber wash makes de structure of the armor stand out beautiful, good job Academy !
Things have to be done, but this is how far I am now :




Bye and thanks again for attention ! G.

Hello friends, here's a small new update of my Stuart build.
Not yet finished, but here's a start of the section I'm currently working on :


The right side of the tank is pigmented now :


Next update is .30, towing cable, the back of the tank.

Hope you still enjoy the ride ? G.

Simply amazing.
Great work and thanks for posting all these pics for all of us to see. So many talented people on these forums...it's insane.

Hi Frank, thank you, I've been dusting for a couple of weeks now, I am glad you like it so far.
G.

It's coming along nicely , I feel like I could hop right in and fire it up Bob

Hi Bob, thanks again for visiting my thread, I appreciate this man. I have a couple of hours today to battle on, I hope there will be progress later this day. And feel free to take a ride with it if you're small enough. G.