Bertie McBoatface Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, Pete Robin said: Consider my jaw duly dropped. Been an admirer of your work for some time Bertie, but this, well, WOW! Regards Pete Aw that's very nice of you to say so. I wasn't waiting by the computer for compliments by the way, I just happened to be here because.... er, I was looking at some figures or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 That's just brilliant. I admire your patience to deal with all that detail. And the walkaround write-up was a bit reading a script for one the Inside the Chieftain's Hatch's videos. Keep up the good great work Cheers Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Looks terrific. What a clever way to take advantage of all that internal detail. The green reminds me of my favourite treat from Gelo Bar; pistachio ice cream. If only someone made a resin David Fletcher OBE in 1/35 you'd have a figure to add; "Bit crowded in there, but that's the way they did it". Thanks for the idler tip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 16 hours ago, kiwitrogg said: That's just brilliant. I admire your patience to deal with all that detail. And the walkaround write-up was a bit reading a script for one the Inside the Chieftain's Hatch's videos. Keep up the good great work Cheers Gaz Ha! I just read it to myself in an Irish accent and you are dead right. 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Hi Bertie, Great job, very well presented. Lots of details as Miniart is used to, and that at least with the multiple cuts can be seen better. Cheers and TC Francis.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 The kit would keep someone busy for months if they added all of the wires and so on, a few figures and a diorama. It's very good for the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Outstanding modelling and great idea to model as a cutaway too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 15 minutes ago, stevej60 said: Outstanding modelling and great idea to model as a cutaway too! Cheers Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Sure I've seen this before, and commented, elsewhere... Definitely amongst my favourite of your builds if not the favourite. Really like the museum type base for it too. Perhaps though the whole build just needed a little more in the way of explanations, trivia and general musings on modelling and life in general, seemed very short and to the point. Take care Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Jasper dog said: the whole build just needed a little more in the way of explanations, trivia and general musings on modelling and life in general, seemed very short and to the point. Did not. 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Excellent work, the time you spent on it certainly paid off,well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 As Mr Spock would say.. "Fascinating.." ! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 I could pick some holes in your build Bertie, but I'll refrain from doing so. Nice work. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, IanC said: I could pick some holes in your build Bertie, but I'll refrain from doing so. Nice work. 😀 Ahh! You almost had me there, ya little tinker! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby No Mac Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Brilliantly innovative and inspiring, thanks for sharing. All it needs is for Miniart to release a Museum Visitors figure set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Bobby No Mac said: Brilliantly innovative and inspiring, thanks for sharing. All it needs is for Miniart to release a Museum Visitors figure set They probably do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Wow! And the trophy for the Britmodeller model of the year goes to....🏆 I might have another look at the genesis of my Grant model build & reflect on what I've just seen. Brilliant idea & excellent description of everything going on the inside. Bravo! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Lightningboy2000 said: Bravo! Martin Well thank you Martin. 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman 3:16 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I've just meandered into AFV for a look and found this. Amazing work! Well done Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 4 hours ago, Norseman 3:16 said: I've just meandered into AFV for a look and found this. Amazing work! Well done Sir! Thanks very much my Viking pal. I see that you are starting on ships? Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Hi Bertie. This was such a treat to follow in the GB. Absolutely brilliant idea and executed superbly! Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) Very Very nice indeed Bertie, all detail shown is brilliant. Cheers Cesar Edited June 19, 2022 by Carius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 A perfect way to display the interior and details of a tank. Stunning work ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 6/18/2022 at 9:59 AM, PlaStix said: Hi Bertie. This was such a treat to follow in the GB. Absolutely brilliant idea and executed superbly! Very well done. Kind regards, Stix On 6/19/2022 at 8:37 PM, Carius said: Very Very nice indeed Bertie, all detail shown is brilliant. Cheers Cesar 3 hours ago, BerndM said: A perfect way to display the interior and details of a tank. Stunning work ! Thank you gentlemen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEscaleSHOW Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 21/04/2022 at 13:31, Bertie Psmith said: This is a cutaway museum exhibit of the M3 Lee tank, Australian version, built from the MiniArt 1/35 scale kit for the M3/M4 GB. The total time spent on the kit was a whopping SEVENTY FIVE HOURS! It feel like that many weeks. I'm really pleased that it's over, although I've mostly enjoyed it. It's a good kit, if not a great one, and well worth a couple of months of anyone's time. It's clean, at least on the outside, having been repainted by the museum staff quite recently. They even painted the metal parts of the track. The fit of the flat pack hull was good right up to the last pieces. Note the gap above the big gun, and the slightly crooked glacis. I'm sure this is not a kit issue but entirely down to me; I was tired of it and rushing at the end. If you do a MiniArt Lee or Grant, you may be interested to know that I made the tracks in a full circle before I painted them. I'd left the idler off and slipped the tracks into place first before inserting the idler. The idler has an eccentric mounting axle so you can rotate it to set exactly the tension that you want. It was tons easier than trying to make an invisible joint when the track was on the tank. It won't work if you have the track guards or sand shields on though. The engine is a beauty. I skipped the big stowage boxes but I liked the little 'fanny packs'. The engine air intakes are the piped that go straight through the white engine bearer at the back. Air is drawn down through the grill by the cooling fan, sucked down the pipes, through the air cleaners which are oil baths, then drawn down into the carb (see next photo) and delivered to the cylinders via a manifold. Its then exhausted through another manifold and passed through two mufflers and the fishtails. And ALL of that's in the kit. The engine access doors give very little access. The cut in the sponson shows the place where the horizontal fuel tank would go. The black square to the front of the space is a cutaway into the inner, vertical tank. Lower hull cutouts reveal some sort of pressure vessel? and the ammunition for the 75mm gun. The idler reveals its bearings. It still rotated, until I glued it last night. Roadwheel and return roller sectioned for instructional purposes. Here you see the back end of the gearbox, directly below the driver's seat. That's the breech end of the 75mm. It's the one part that's almost impossible to see even with all of my cutaways. I'd have to remove the turret to see it again. The drive sprocket showing the final drive extension inside it. The driver's seat is the brown thing in the centre. In front of that are the steering handles and above it, the scratchbuilt instrument panel rear details. It was one of only two things I needed to add to the kit. Here, we are looking into the turret basket, home for three men, commander, 37mm gunner and loader. They must have been very good friends! The black thing on the floor is, I think, the turret rotation motor. Looking down into the turret, that's the breech of the 37mm. You can see the highlighted edges of the hatch. Home for six sweaty men. The three already mentioned in the turret plus the driver, the 75mm gunner and his loader. There are two Thompson guns inside and a crate of drum magazines. They also carried three MG tripods for using the .30 cal MGs dismounted. You can see the co-axial MG on the right. Actually, this tank only had that one machine gun. The other two were not fitted to the Australian Lees. Six crew members and six water canteens. Looking down into the driver's position we see the gearbox and the differential. The cast U shaped thing is the blanking plate for the two .30 cal mgs which were not fitted. Looking down into the rear of the seventy-five. Note the screws, not rivets, holding the small hull plate on. This plate was removeable and was where the gun came out if it needed to be replaced. Another one of the turret. I left that 'casting' seam in place but now I think it's a mould seam. They had a shedload of ammunition for the 37mm, stowed in every available place. I made the aerial from brass rod. In the driver's compartment you see the instrument panel. Dropping down to the engine bay again, that's the steel fuel tank inside it's armour protection. The other bit that I added to the kit. The white thing top right is the vertical fuel tank. This is why there are so many filler caps on the back of the M3/M4 tanks. These pipes run all the way round the engine and are the fire extinguisher discharge pipes. They end in four horn shaped outlets, two of which are just visible behind and below the big silver air inlet pipes. Those rectangular things are the engine fire extinguisher triggers, one for each bottle. The radios were to the left of the driver. The turret gun is the blurred line in front of them. And finally (phew), there's the other tommy gun. Behind it are a pair of quite large shelves for rations and crew kit. Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you enjoyed your walk around the M3 lee tank. Refreshments are available at the cafe and please visit the gift shop on your way out where you can purchase model kits of this remarkable machine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The build thread is here. Thanks for sticking with it! Exceptionally good 👌 Top work Bertie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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