Hello everyone,

I present my last job, is a M3 Stuart Tamiya 1:35 (quite old), I hope you enjoy it, any feedback is welcome...



































Regards,
Fernando Sancho.

Hi Fernando

very nice model of such an old kit, any chance you can email me some pictures (10 to 12) so I can create a On display feature for the site.

I look forward to your reply

regards

Keith

Very nice work and great face on your figure. One thing I learned from this site is the sponson machine guns were in fixed positions aiming straight forward along the axis of the tank.

Fernando nice build, good weathering and great figure. Thanks for sharing the photos with us they will help me with my M3.


Robert

Very nice paint job. One problem is that the machine guns in the hull sponsons should be facing forward. These were fired by the driver. Although there were traverse and elevation controls on the gun mounts, these were used to align the guns during maintenance, not during combat.

Hey Fernando,
Your Stuart looks amazing !!
You've done a beautiful job making a silk purse out of an old sow's ear !!!
Cheers

jjumbo

Nice build. The Tamiya kit depicts the diesel version used by the US for training only. The headlight guards are well done, too. The replacement tracks are a great improvement over the vinyl kit tracks, which have the track connectors in the wrong position, but they should not droop like German tracks, as the US used live track, which is designed to bend outward at all times. Small note: the World War Two US tanker's helmet should not be painted as brown leather. It was made from pressed fiber, and was painted Olive Drab.

Man you made rhat old kit really look good! Nice work!

Gerald: thanks for the information, I never knew this fact. Wow, I guess leather was not a good item to have as a head gear in a tank. Pressed fiber must have more cushion quality than leather, again thanks for the info.

Fernando: Great build.

Robert

The M3 was never a tank that got my pulse racing and I've never felt the urge to build one myself, but you've done a wonderful job on yours. Great paint job and weathering.

- Steve

Very nice job. I have three squeaky clean Stuarts and if I can wheather em up anywhere as nice as you did , I will be happy.........Al

Hello everyone,

First of all thank you very much for your comments. Honestly!

Keith: That would be an honor for me, I've sent a private email through Armorama.

Al and Gary: The truth be told ... I do not worry too much about documenting and tank forms in reality, I enjoy riding models of box and thank God I have so much fun. I am a model of "box", but also appreciate very much
your comments.

Robert: You have to cheer and make the M3 as soon as possible, Thanks for your feedback.

John: Thanks for your feedback ...

Gerald: I saw a picture and I wanted to set the story in California (zone ...), I had pictures of helmets in green and brown even not knowing they were from different times, as I said I usually do not go mad with the of documentation, you will have to forgive you ...
Thank you very much for the comments

Art: Many Thanks for the comments.

Steve: Thanks for the comments.

Alfred: You have three? Get to work. (Jajajajajaja), Animate that mounts easily and then paint ... GO UP!

I am sorry for my English, Regards,
Fernando Sancho.

Fernando my friend I must say this is an excellent work -what surprises me the most is the big amount of progress between that tank of yours and your latest diorama -the figure painting is particularly impressive - now I can't wait to see your next work!
JB

Aupa Jean,
Thank you very much for your words Jean, is an honor for me, I'm grateful....
Cheers,
Fernando Sancho.

PD: Congratulations again.... (jejejejejejeje).

First thing I looked for, when I checked it out. Really nice colours used and weathering ... especially on the white band around the turret and the allied star. Nice figure as well.

Hi Frank,

Thank you for the comments. I am grateful.

Cheers,
Fernando Sancho.

Fernando,

One thing to watch for is the decals. I'm afraid the T.27978 marking is for one of the British vehicles on the decal sheet.

There is also a rather large gap at the front of the hull where the glacis meets the transmission cover.

I've built about 12 of this kit over the years and there are a lot of things that need to be fixed but for a kit mostly out of the box, yours certainly has been painted great.

Paul

Robert,

It's not that the "pressed fiber" had more cushion, it's that it was more rigid. More of a hard hat, not a sponge rubber cap.

Think of "pressed fiber" as a shaped masonite or High Density Fibreboard.

Paul

Paul the pressed fiber used for the helmet gives me a picture of the young during WWII having a paper drive with one of the end products being a tankers helmet. WOW! Still a nice build to look at Fernando.


Robert