Fifer54 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I had occasionally seen pictures of "Cast-Hull" M3A1 Lee tanks, and was intrigued by the different appearance from the more often seen riveted hull M3 variants. I found this and bought it for this GB It's a flimsy end-opening box that contains 7 sprues of polystyrene parts and a vinyl sprue with tracks and a towing cable An A4-sized instruction booklet is included and stapled to this is a little jiffy bag containing a decal sheet and a PE fret. (I've just seen the date stamp on my photos and realised my camera is set to the wrong year!) I'll get going on this when I can 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Cool I recently bought the same kit so looking forward to seeing how you get along! All the best Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I so wish someone would scale this up to 1/35th. My grandfather used one of these for training. Id love to finish his tanks. I have two of them out of the four i need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I'm very interested to see how this goes, I don't have this version, but I have several of the Mirage M3s and haven't built one yet.....I'd be inclined to treat this somewhat like a short-run kit, at least as far as test fitting goes. On 20/01/2018 at 5:21 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: I so wish someone would scale this up to 1/35th. Heresy.....Call the Inquisitors! On 20/01/2018 at 5:21 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: My grandfather used one of these for training. Id love to finish his tanks. I have two of them out of the four i need. Ah.....That changes everything. Dispensation granted. Why not do a couple of them in Braille.....The kit Gaz has is the best there is at the moment, so this is what you would be working with. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Cant find them in the states and i cant afford overseas shipping when i have the money to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Looks a nice project Gaz, looking forward to seeing this one come together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Nice choice. These Mirage kits are very nice. I built their M3 Grant way back when they first came out and really enjoyed it. This is it; I think that you'll enjoy it. John. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 1/26/2018 at 2:58 PM, Bullbasket said: Nice choice. These Mirage kits are very nice. I built their M3 Grant way back when they first came out and really enjoyed it. This is it; I think that you'll enjoy it. John. Atsa nice Grant! After doing a little bit of parts painting on the sprue, assembly has commenced, and here's where we're up to. Basically, it's a chassis . . . What The Sarge said about treating it as a short run kit seems to be about right. Each chassis side has a notch at the bottom where a tab on the bogie locates it . Notches on the chassis bottom plate (allegedly) line up with the chassis side's notches so as the bogie's tab locates on there as well. But the bottom plate notches don't line up with the chassis side notches!. Line up the forward notch, the others are out of alignment. Easily fixed, but one to be aware of! It's not perfect now, but I can overlook the slight unevenness in the bogies. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nice start Gaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 It looks good to me too.....Following with interest. I've got a trio of their M3s in Soviet markings and a trio of Grants.....God only knows why I bought the latter, I find the desert campaign a bit boring and all my CBI/PTO stuff is 1/76. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Thanks for all the kind compliments, chaps, they are really appreciated as I am my own worst critic and invariably only see the faults and mistakes in all of my models. Well, I cracked on with this and after only a short time since the last report, she (she?- are tanks feminine?) now looks like this The paint is Xtracolor "WW2 faded Olive Drab", hence the glossiness. When the paint is completely, thoroughly, totally dry she'll get a coat of OD and then a dry-brush of the faded OD and then review how the model looks . . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 I suspect I'm about to commit heresy here . . . The M3A1 Lee has got to the next stage, and here are the photos to show : The heresy is that I'm discovering that I rather like the look of a "clean" tank, so I'm disinclined to weather it, so gloss coat and decals next . . . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Go for the clean look most of these were used for training. Part of training is cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 If you like 'em clean build 'em clean.....Personally I likes a bit of filth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Nice going Gaz, there's nothing in the rules to say they have to be dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Finished!!!! M More pix in the gallery! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Nice going Gaz, she looks a bute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Good job on both your builds 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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