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It's all looking fantastic... Ed

Just got my copy of Miniart's M3 Stuart Initial Production, interior kit, so will be doing this when the GB starts.... all the best Ed

That looks tremendous, unbelievable detail work, I keep looking back at what you have done, just superb... Ed

Good start Simon, nice and neat... Ed

Looks good to me Ned, very nice indeed... Ed

That looks fabulous, so realistic... Ed

That's looking very good... Ed

Good start John, I'll be following along as well, looks interesting... Ed

Beautiful work Nenad, your painting and weathering is first class, absolutely superb. The luggage at the back looks tremendous as well, all in all excellent... Ed

Great work Kristjan, the photo etch is just Wow.. Ed

Fabulous build and such a lot of really good information, a very interesting read, please keep it up... Ed

Tremendous paintwork Tom, it really does look very good indeed. I'm really looking forward to the next stages... Ed

Looking very good, tremendous detailing... Ed

Its coming along very nicely Roger, good work.. Ed

Fabulous looking chassis, you can see that a lot of really good work has gone into this, looks superb... Ed

More excellent work John, looking really good... Ed

Many thanks George for the kind comments, I'm glad you like it. There were a lot of new things that I had tried on that build so I was really happy with the way it had turned out... all the best Ed Thank you Cesar, as always your comments are much appreciated... Ed

That looks tremendous Simon, I think you have done enough weathering. Anymore and it will be too much, as they say "less is more". Looking at the last picture I really like the way that you have done that exhaust, looks great... Ed

Tremendous work John, Its amazing the amount of detail that you are putting into this. Keep it up... Ed

Thank you John, that's much appreciated, so far the parts have all fitted really well, which makes a big difference. let's hope it continues... all the best Ed

Hello everyone, carrying on with the build, I added the arms for the return rollers and also the rubber bump pads at the bottom.... Next up was to add bits and pieces to the rear plate, also at this stage I added the left hand fender... I then added mounting brackets for the spare tracks to go onto the glacis plate.... Now for the superstructure, this is the breakdown of parts that go to make it... This assembly is quite tricky to do and needs care, as location points aren't great. I referred to the previous time I did this build to get the right sequence. Basically the grill panels at the rear go on first, followed by the rear plate. Once dry I initially glued the side plates with spots of CA . When happy I then used normal extra thin to finish the job on both side panels. When these were dry I then added the front plate followed by the top plate that has the two hatches. The trick really is to let everything dry thoroughly after each stage, so it does take a while to do... The superstructure then fits onto the body as so, It's not glued down yet, I'm thinking It may be better to leave this off for now as It may be easier later on when I have to add the zimmerit... As a note, before starting on the superstructure the instructions want you to add the right hand fender. There are no location points and there are slots on the fender which the superstructure need to fit into so if these are slightly out you will have fit problems. The fender is best left until the superstructure is fixed in place then It will literally snap into place... That's it for now, I'm still waiting for my zimmerit tools to arrive so I'll carry on building as much as I can and just do a load of sub assemblies... I'll be back when I have more to show... all the best Ed

Excellent work Kristjan, great work with the brass, looks brilliant... Ed

Your definitely getting there Simon, looks great... Ed

Beautifully done, well done.. Ed

Very nicely done Maddoxx, the leather seat looks tremendous, nicely worn, also good wear and tear on the inside, well done... Ed