Armorama :: M3 Stuart

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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.

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M3 Stuart

Dannyd

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Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 - 12:39 AM UTC

Cheers Rich, not sure yet on the weathering but I'm thinking maybe taking this one to heavy weathered look...

Decals are done and some detail painting has started.

Enjoy

Dan

Dannyd

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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 05:20 AM UTC

Onto some detail painting now,

Enjoy

Dan

Longshanks8

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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 08:06 AM UTC

That's a wicked paint job mate, your positively flying along now. . . .

Cheers Kev

Drichc

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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 08:59 PM UTC

Really nice work Dan.

It's starting to develop a character with the weathering.

Keep it up fella.

Rich

Dannyd

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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 05:46 PM UTC

Thanks Chaps,

Onto the running gear now,

And some weathering on the inside of the commanders hatch.

Thanks for looking

Dan

Dannyd

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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 10:39 PM UTC

More photos of the weathered rear idler units.

Thanks for looking

Dan

Dannyd

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Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2014 - 04:18 AM UTC

Almost done, one track on and one to go,
Commanders hatch done and flat cote done.
soon be finished.

Thanks for looking

Dan

trahe

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Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2014 - 05:20 AM UTC

Very nice! Thank you for sharing!

Dannyd

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Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2014 - 06:51 AM UTC

Thanks Thomas,

Second track on, almost done finished, a few more parts to add and it's done.

Cheers

Dan

Dannyd

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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 07:55 PM UTC

Hi all,

Not really done too much more on the M3 Stuart build, I've been making the base for a small diorama. First thing was to make a static grass applicator, buying a ready made one is a very expensive option so I built my own.

the main item is a 12V negative ion generator which for me was easy, a friend gave one a year or so ago. Here are a few pictures. It took about 2 hours to make and only a few £'s

I'll test it later on the base.

Thanks for looking

Dan

jrutman

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Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 - 02:11 AM UTC

Still following this awesome build and I am better for it!
J

Dannyd

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Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 - 04:46 AM UTC

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Still following this awesome build and I am better for it!
J

Thanks Jerry, chuffed that you are liking and following fella.
The static grass machine works, so here are few photos to show where I'm currently at.

More work to be done but I'm quite happy at the moment.

Regards

Dan

PvtMutt

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Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 - 04:55 AM UTC

I would be too Dan

Tony lee

Dannyd

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Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 - 06:26 AM UTC

Thank you chaps, last photo's of the day.. beer time.

Have a great weekend folks.

Dan

SiStorey

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Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 - 06:35 AM UTC

Stunning work dan!! loving the shading and the small amounts of chipping effects on it. top job!!
Si

jvazquez

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Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 - 06:41 AM UTC

Awesome stuff!!
You basically took a tired and old Tamiya kit and made it a splendid little miniature! Superb work!
And the base is really well done! Fits perfectly

Dannyd

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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 01:09 AM UTC

Thank you for the kind words chaps,
this has been a very enjoyable project from start to almost finished.

I've been working on the base over the last day or two, getting to grips with the static grass machine. It's really great.

So I made the grass tufts using PVA glue onto a tin lid. This is because I can earth the lid. Add a couple of drops of undiluted PVA and shake the grass.

looks a bit rough but when you remove them they look like this.

So here is another picture showing the set up.

one the glue is dry, overnight is best then you have these.

I made all the grass on the base with the exception of the flowers, I'll figure out what to use for those and I'll make up some batches for future projects

I've use AK's mud set for further tonal variations on the earth works.

Enjoy the pictures.

Regards

Dan

Drichc

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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 06:56 AM UTC

The base looks spectacular fella. I was a little concerned when you said you were wiring up a static grass dispenser, but it's certainly worth it.

Rich

Dannyd

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Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:22 PM UTC

Thanks Rich for the comments fella,

Onto the figures, I'm using one from Dragon with a hornet head, hes a radio operator carrying a manpack radio.
one arm is left off for the moment as it needs to be adjusted to fit properly.

Thanks for looking chaps.

Dan

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Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 11:32 PM UTC

Can I point out 2 things? The figure is wearing later war boots -- at a time when the M3 Stuart wouldn't have been a front line fighting vehicle. Maybe switch out? Also, make sure your co-axial .30 cal MG is co-axial to your 37mm main gun. From your pics (which are great to find minor flaws in one's own work), they are not in line with each other. Hope these help.

Dannyd

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Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 11:49 PM UTC

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Can I point out 2 things? The figure is wearing later war boots -- at a time when the M3 Stuart wouldn't have been a front line fighting vehicle. Maybe switch out? Also, make sure your co-axial .30 cal MG is co-axial to your 37mm main gun. From your pics (which are great to find minor flaws in one's own work), they are not in line with each other. Hope these help.

Cheers Roy, I'll have a look for another pair of boots now, didn't know that so thanks for pointing it out. The Co-ax is still to be glued in place and it's a little loose in the housing, hence the offset look, once I get some glue on it it should be set at the right angle.

Many thanks

Dan

AlanL

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Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2014 - 12:12 AM UTC

Just came across this one Dan, excellent work.

Al

M4A1Sherman

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Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2014 - 01:27 AM UTC

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Can I point out 2 things? The figure is wearing later war boots -- at a time when the M3 Stuart wouldn't have been a front line fighting vehicle. Maybe switch out? Also, make sure your co-axial .30 cal MG is co-axial to your 37mm main gun. From your pics (which are great to find minor flaws in one's own work), they are not in line with each other. Hope these help.

Cheers Roy, I'll have a look for another pair of boots now, didn't know that so thanks for pointing it out. The Co-ax is still to be glued in place and it's a little loose in the housing, hence the offset look, once I get some glue on it it should be set at the right angle.

Many thanks

Dan

Hi!

FINE WORK!!! Looks like your "Dough-foot" is wearing the M1943 Combat Boots, which started to be issued to the infantry in the late summer of 1944... He should be wearing the M1938 Canvas Leggings in order to coincide with your M3's earlier timeline. If you have a DRAGON "US TANKERS" set, or actually, any one of the DRAGON US Army and/or USMC figure sets, you can scarf up some boots with leggings there. They're easy to cut off below the bloused trousers and graft onto your Radio Man. If worse comes to worst, you can get the boots with leggings from the resin 1/35 VERLINDEN US Infantry Conversion Set, or any of the great MASTER BOX 1/35 US Army or US Marines figure sets. MINIART also has a fine line of WWII US Infantry and MP figure sets... Good Luck!

Dannyd

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Posted: Friday, May 02, 2014 - 09:58 AM UTC

Thank you guys for the input on the boots, I'm looking at sorting these small issues out, now be honest with me because I'm not convinced about the TC uniform.

Here is my take on it.