Bullbasket Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 18 hours ago, Milan Mynar said: Great conversion. Děkuju. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Very nice result, especially the scratch work and the detailing. Interesting that you have two variations on the same base M3 to compare. They look purposeful vehicles, but retro; there's an air of WW1 design about them. Although a worthy subject to model, it was perhaps a dubious vehicle to bother converting into an armoured car. In the Bovington Tank Museum Tank Chat #138, David Fletcher MBE says of the M3 Scout Car; "trouble was they actually had a lousy cross-country performance," and "they were quite good on the roads if you didn't mind not going around corners too much." He also bags the roller at the front; "I think the British actually took the roller off and threw it away because it was no damned good at all." I do like his no-holds-barred reviewing style. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 21 hours ago, Maginot said: Very nice result, especially the scratch work and the detailing. Interesting that you have two variations on the same base M3 to compare. They look purposeful vehicles, but retro; there's an air of WW1 design about them. Although a worthy subject to model, it was perhaps a dubious vehicle to bother converting into an armoured car. In the Bovington Tank Museum Tank Chat #138, David Fletcher MBE says of the M3 Scout Car; "trouble was they actually had a lousy cross-country performance," and "they were quite good on the roads if you didn't mind not going around corners too much." He also bags the roller at the front; "I think the British actually took the roller off and threw it away because it was no damned good at all." I do like his no-holds-barred reviewing style. Thanks for taking the time to reply. With regards to the worthiness of the M3 Scout Car, in 1948, with every surrounding Arab nation, hostile towards the new state of Israel, the Israelis grabbed anything that was available. I don't think that quality control was high on their lists of priorities at the time. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 You've done a fantastic and amazing job John. It's a rare vehicle on this scale and for your collection. Cheers my friend. Cesar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 05/02/2022 at 14:32, Carius said: You've done a fantastic and amazing job John. It's a rare vehicle on this scale and for your collection. Cheers my friend. Cesar Many thanks Cesar. I always appreciate your comments. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Hi John. As always, it's a real pleasure to see one of your completed builds. This one looks superb! Your detailing takes it to another level as does your beautiful painting and weathering. Exceptionally well done! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 9 hours ago, PlaStix said: Hi John. As always, it's a real pleasure to see one of your completed builds. This one looks superb! Your detailing takes it to another level as does your beautiful painting and weathering. Exceptionally well done! Kind regards, Stix Thanks Stix for your very kind words. As always, they are very much appreciated. Take care. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 That really is fantastic work John, superb. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 It is very easy to criticise WW2 vehicles - and the M3 Scout was essentially pre-war - through the lens of current expectations. The M3's off-road and cornering performance were as good as anything else of the period - i.e. not great by today's standards even for Chelsea Tractors. And there wasn't really anything else like it at the time. British forces certainly liked and appreciated it well enough in N Africa, Italy and NW Europe as, effectively, a wheeled Universal Carrier. And Haganah was certainly not in the position of being able to be choosy. Yes, I'm sure they would have liked a fleet of "proper" armoured cars, but that wasn't happening apart from an odd few. And the main intended role of these early improvised armoured cars on M3s, Dodge WCs etc was on-road convoy escort and internal security. Although they became more widely used. Don't forget that the main British vehicle used in that region in the Mandate days until the middle of WW2 was the Rolls Royce Armoured Car backed up by some semi-improvised Wagner armoured trucks, all 4x2s. Although 4x4 Otters, M-H Mk IVs and other WW2 vehicles appeared in the late war and immediate post-war period. The RAF even operated 2 captured SdKfz222s for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 14 hours ago, modelling minion said: That really is fantastic work John, superb. 🇺🇦 Thanks very much for the comment. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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