M3 Half Track

Lars Den for du til at bli väldig fin!!!

Andreas Tack Lars! Har faktiskt funderat på att sälja den eftersom jag har svårt att hitta tiden att bygga den...men vi får väl se.

Lars I Danmark bruger vi at sige "Den spiser ingen brød" - men vi får se

Andreas Haha, ja det är bra uttryck, det är ju helt sant! Vi får se som sagt =o)

Dave Morris Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.

Arne Greve Wenn die Teile nicht so unverschämt teuer wären....

Christian Lehmann This will be a straight out of the box build to do something different between all the star wars and aircraft build. I will use this as a training subject tomtry some weathering techniques

Christian Lehmann Could somebody tell me if the US vehicles were primed before they get their camouflage paint? If yes, what color had the primer?

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Hi Christian
Have a look here...
cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/120690.aspx
Hope it helps.
Greets Markus

Christian Lehmann Thanks Markus.

Henry Milton I will kick this one off today. Working with 3D parts for the 1st time so wish me luck. The conversion set was pricey so I am hoping to get through the build without damaging any of the items from the set. Album to follow.

Kevin Johnson I'm doing something similar using the Monogram kit.

Henry Milton Are you using 3D parts, scratch building or did you get your hands on the Mouse House conversion?

David Thor I´m in!

Henry Milton Taking a bit of a break from this to do a review for the AMPs website. I will pick this back up in a bit but I needed a change of pace and a German subject seemed appropriate.

Kevin Johnson Scratch building

Henry Milton I will definitely be following that. My scratch building skills are not up to fabricating large or complex parts, not yet. Looking forward to see what you do. I checked out some of your other work, fantastic stuff.

Mike Malkiewicz Any progress on this project? I am about to convert an M3 75mm GMC to an M5 PC in the service of 1st Polish Armoured Division. I am looking for a decent set of plans to use but also considering the 3D parts instead. How have you found them so far?

Henry Milton I needed to set this aside for a bit to finish some reviews for the AMPs web site. The 3D set is expensive but worth it. Very accurate and very crisp detail but the price can definitely put you off. I will be picking this one up after the holidays and will post more soon.

Jean Tchao Eduard 22120 : Mines, front light protections
Airfix A01751 : Radio Operator

Dave Flitton Watching!

Jean Tchao Hi Dave ! Thanks for your interest . I Just uploaded some pics...it still lacks some accessories & dirt.

Dave Flitton Also, you will need to use some clear Matt to de-shine the whole thing (dull it up)

Jean Tchao Thanks Dave ... I want to use some pigments before varnish I will try this WE

Patrik Spett Nice modifications, how does this kit measure up to historical accuracy?

Jeffrey Riedesel Thanks. The kit is great, but you have to do some mods if you want to do a late IDF version.

Jeffrey Riedesel Patrik a couple things Dragon did goof up is the sides should be screws not rivets and missing tread plate in passenger compartment

Rui S Great scratch. Looking good

Jeffrey Riedesel Thanks!

ForestFan Looking good, love the rusting

Lex Jassies I really like your weathering! What's the grey cannister below the dashboard!

43 Rascarcapaco Can't wait to see the end of this great work u made here....

Jeffrey Riedesel Thanks guys, hope to post some more pictures soon

Joerg R. Toll Maik, Ein Tipp, ich würde den Auspuff noch etwas aufbohren

Bart Goesaert nice detailling on this one..

Stefan Fraundorfer Ausgezeichnete handwerkliche Arbeit beim Verbau der Ätzteile. Vielleicht eine blöde Frage, aber was bedeutet WIP. Ich habe das schon bei so manchem Beitrag gelesen.

Joerg R. Das bedeutet Work In Progress

Stefan Fraundorfer Ha, ha - da hätte ich auch von selbst drauf kommen können, ich Depp. Aber danke für die Erklärung, Jörg.

Maik Berlin Hallo und vielen Dank für eure Kommentare!
Jörg, den Auspuff habe ich noch weiter aufgebohrt, danke für den Tipp

EnsignExpendabl Neat, I've never seen 3D printed parts before!

Henry Milton I had to search the web for a bit to find this set. The only other way to make an M5 is to find the old Mouse House conversion set or scratch build it. Neither of those options appealed to me

antonio coral Hi everyone! you can see the advance of the two cars, i prevent you, are very nasty images of the transformation, muahahahahahahaha! i hope the next rain storm to create live!

Choppa Nutta Nice

Anthony Richards Thank you Choppa. Still cant get the tracks to sag. But I like my homemade tow cables lol.

Anthony Richards Need some constructive criticism on tow cable color and scale, getting the MFTRACKS to do something besides looking like a rubber band and gun washing. And anything else I am missing, thanks in advance!

M.Julian Marles You could try tying the tracks with thread to the bogies, and then cover with "mud". Actually in real life I believe the track WAS a giant rubber band, lol. I work with similar steel cables and although some are "stainless" once abrased they will oxidize. I would just weather it with browns, tans, and a brown/black wash....and after maybe pick a couple of points out with gunmetal or a graphite pencil...it looks great!

M.Julian Marles ..for the guns I usually start with black, drybrush steel, then a bunch of washes of gunmetal, aluminum, etc until something looks good and I stop! lol

Anthony Richards Thanks! Gives me perfect direction to go.

M.Julian Marles That tow cable looks pretty sweet already my friend!

Michal Z. nice dio!

Phil Marchese the photos of this GMC are in the Time-LIFE series on the war in Italy. Great diaroma stuff. cliff side road bend .

Hunter Cummins Any finished models from you yet??

james johnson finishing up Tamiya 35020, I think I paid $5 for..........I'm way out of practice, total screwed up the painting sequence but managed to hack through it! I paid about $4 for 35070 and am looking forward to the build...probably work on one of the aircraft from my stash first.......looking at maybe the Ju-87 or the ME-410......just read Robert Johnson's "Thunderbolt" so I'm kind of leaning towards any of the aircraft that were within that book......

Hunter Cummins Nice can we see pictures?? And what do you mean messed up painti g sequence???? Your KV is amazing !!

james johnson well, though not etched in stone, there is a preferred sequence regarding the application of base coat, primary coat, filter,gloss varnish,decals, satin varnish, oils, pin wash then dull coat..........i got them all screwed up, I think I went: base coat, primary coat, gloss varnish, decals,dull coat,oils, satin varnish, pin wash or something like that......anyway, just got an email from my cheap model source who says he has the USS New Jersey for me......so all aircraft and armor are on hold until I tackle my first ship in ages!

Hunter Cummins Good luck on the ship!!!!!!! I have been dying for one lol

Phil Marchese Will be watching. US ARMY Rangers used these for fire support in Italian mountains and as shown on the box, the USMC Marines had introduced these by at least the New Britian/Cape Glouchester campaign. There are some great photos of each that can inspire a setting.

Arne Greve I will build it as an USMC Vehicle. And you, Hunter?

Hunter Cummins If I ever get the chance to get one lol I will also do a USMC vehical

Arne Greve @Phil The US Army used it in the North African Campaign too. And I guess, the Commonwealth Troops used it in Normandy. But that is a point, I will look in my books.

Phil Marchese Arne, North Africa campaign might yield some impromptu schemes.

Urban Gardini The only markings one need for this beauty is the British ones with the BIG roundel on the hood.

Arne Greve @Urban You mean the big crossaim for the dive bomber?

Urban Gardini Yepp!

Lukas . Partialy built found here: Ebay.com Item - REVELL Snap Tite Military 3 pack Model Set Huey Chopper M 3 Sherman Tank

Barry Lloyd This was built as an IDF half-track, with scratch built side racks.

Petri Lyy A piece for Tamiya OOB groupmodeling. Old kit and the age shows but I did my best

Holger Kranich Well, i like the finish of you dirty old workhorse!

Petri Lyy Thanks!

Steve Wilson Very nice build...
Old kit or not, you done well Petri

Petri Lyy Thnx again. Kits details are lousy but old Tamiyas are great material for testing painting methods.