Just a couple of shots of my Stuart in progress. Will do the tracks next. Still have detail painting and weathering to do. Slow but steady I guess.



My side shots were too blurry. Those big red stars on that little turret look cooooool.

Patrick

Patrick:

The M3 is looking good.

Regarding the interior. The white paint looks likes its covered really, really well. What brand do you use, and how many coats did it take to get coverage like that?

ps: My whites never seem to cover properly, so I'm curious what you are using--Thanks Patrick

Looking good Patrick...nice clean work on the little beast. Slow and steady...it works for me too.

Yep, looking good already. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

Slow and steady every time, a good way to work.

Roger

Very nice!
I'd be interested in seeing more of the interiors. Can you post more of it?

VERY NICE WORK
CONGRATULATIONS

ROBERTO

Plmp110 - Looks good, I like the dry brushing on the highlights. Looks very cleanly built.
Two things I would offer suggestions on. The main gun looks like the barrel is not drilled out. If this is the case I would recommend drilling it out. To add more to the machine guns you could drill them out a bit more.
The second thing I might offer a suggestion on is handles for the hatches. Now this is totally up to your comfort level on scratch building things so its only a suggestion. I would look into adding handles for the inside of the hatches. Something simple, hobby wire bent to shape maybe flattened a bit. Monday I can send you a link to interior M3 details that might help.

Anyway just suggestions. Keep up the good work.

Patrick,very sharp lookin Stuart Is that a Soviet version? WeWillHold,whenever i paint something white I spray on a light or medium gray primer Then one or two coats of Testors acrylic white Usually comes out pretty good

Alittle bit of rust goes a long way!
Looks really good!
Interesting scheme.

Excellent job so far. I really like those red stars as a change of pace fromt he usual markings found on Stuarts. Keep it up and keep us posted!

That looks really good....I have this kit as well and am looking forward to building it later this year, now even more so after seeing your work! Don't forget those light lenses....I'm sure you have that in your list to detail paint.

Again I agree with the other guys ....... lovely clean building and it already has the look of a real machine. I dont know how you plan to weather this babe but I would love to dirtier her up a bit. A good heavy weathering would be be coooool!

Thanks for the comments. I do intend to dirty it up a good bit. I have much detail painting to do yet. I will keep y'all posted.




I used Testors brand white paint. I applied two coats and got really good coverage. About the interior shots:




Patrick

It looks like your starboard light guard was broken. You might want to see if you can find a cheap PE set to replace it. If it is broken, and you don't want to/can't replace it with PE, e-mail me at [email protected] and I'll send you a repalcement, since I'll be using PE on mine when I get around to them.
Otherwise, this looks great.

wow I think it looks great, very nice work

Bender

Good eye, AJ. I've got the thing here with me and didn't notice that. I should be able to fix it.

Patrick

I find when I look at an image of my own stuff, I'll see things I didn't see on the kit with my Mark I eyeball.

Most excellent work on the L-L Stuart, Dig those wild Russkie stars! So are you into torture, you going to do the individual links or are you gonna chicken out and do the Rubber Band route? Keep us posted on the progress.

I hate to be called chicken, but cluck, cluck. I tried a to put a couple of those indivduals together and I do not see torturing myself with those things. Anybody want them?

Patrick