M3 General Lee

C R Done...!

Timothy Miller I had this one too, circa 1979/1980. Still have a few bits in the parts box.

Keith Gervasi Still a fun kit.

Markus Kutsch I know this feeling good.Happened to me with the M16 from Tamiya(add all PEs i could get).And then Dragon comes with a new Kit after finishing the Tamiya.

RRman Greetings all! How do you add a Gallery article?

Acki Cool! How ist the fitting of this kit?

Gary Very nice!! There are some good scenes of a M3 in the movie "Sahara", with Humphrey Bogart. Gary

EnsignExpendabl Acki: the fitting is quite poor, sadly. The fenders need a lot of work. There are sizeable gaps between the upper and lower hull. I am disappointed, as I don't remember these issues in Academy's M3 Stuart kit.

MRMLA Great subject!

John Van Kooten Hi Wayne,

It seems you have linked this review to the wrong Academy M3 Grant kit

This review belongs to Academy kit #13212:

M3 GRANT (Academy 13212, 1:35)

The difference between those two kits is significant. Kit #13212 has the incorrectly sized bogies, which are mentioned in the review, while kit #13228 has correctly sized bogies. Academy updated them in the Alamein version. I have that kit, so I can confirm this

As a side note, for what it's worth, the #13228 M3 Grant "El Alamein" is a great kit. Especially since it is very reasonably priced and because it also includes the MiniArt British Tank Crew figure set:

Tank Crew (MiniArt 35078, 1:35)

Cheers
John

Wayne Hale Yes the search engine I used for 13228 sent me to this. I realised the mistake but stupidly posted it on the wrong M3

John Van Kooten Haha! It happens besides, gives us a chance to put a bit of a spotlight on the #13228 El Alamein version of this kit again as well I feel it deserves a bit of attention

Gerald Willing Nice Yngve J.

Es-haq Khosravi Great job!

Yngve J. You're too nice, ... but thanks!

Aron Christian Aronsen Nice one!

Gábor Bélik Beside the simplicity I think it looks great. A good example that you can make a model look good without heavy weathering.

Ulf Petersen Great finish! The M3 Lee is a perfect example what drybrushing can achieve on this riveted surface.

H K @Ulf: Exactly my thoughts.

Robin Hasting Nifty well done model. The Brits loved these things in North Africa. Nice to see a bigger tank without a pound of Tamigoop weathering hanging off it. A good model should not necessarily look like an item that was zapped by a shrink ray, but is a reasonable representation of the type. I think you nailed it this time. The important thing is; did you enjoy it?

Es-haq Khosravi Great job!

Barry Lloyd I wonder if this is the same mould as the Airfix one, I remember building the Lee/Grant tank when I was younger.

Christian Meyerhoff Old Tank, old kit. Very nice!

Es-haq Khosravi Great job!

Acki The Lee is not often seen. Very good!

Hunter Cummins Old turned into gold
amazing

Clifford Keesler Very nice tank.

Hauke Krapf Howdy Buckeye,

nice project you have planned! Des Kit models are great!

But the TAMIYA kit has some terrible faults!!!!!

Normal procedures with the older Tamiya models!

Please be aware that the Tamiya M3 Lee has incorrect road wheels with six spokes than the correct five spokes one's AND that the engine deck is of an radial engined gasser, but the rear is of an diesel!!!!!!

All the best

Hauke

Fabian D. seems to get interresting... i´m in

james johnson I'm in. Going to build one of these some day. I really like all of the nooks and crannies and their potential for shading and detailing. Go get 'em Oleg!

Vlad Shatilov I'm in too. I want M3 Lee in collection and waiting for Dragon kit. Why Tamiya kit Oleg? I suppose Academy M3 Lee kit much better and not so old.

Frank Krause Oldie, but goldie! I'm also in for more. Nice progress so far.

Martyn Fox Memories

Hunter Cummins Hit the figures with some testors dulcoat and some washes first but other than that looks great

Hunter Cummins Same with the tank
But it still looks great