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Modeller Build Logs
Modelling the Stuart V |
| By Paul A. Owen | | Started: | Mar 19, 2006 | | Updated: | May 25, 2006 |
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The M3A3, or Stuart V as the British called it, was used by the British in a reconnaissance role. typically assigned to armoured division reconnaissance companies. AFV Club a few years ago released an awesome kit of this tank. I think this is one of the most underrated kits ever produced as it is excellent and I have not seen many of them built.
I have always wanted to build one with an interior and have been waiting a while for Accurate Armour to release their interior kit. AA recently release their kit so I have decided to start.
For this project I will be illustrating a new way of making "Hessian" camouflage netting. I am also planning on testing a new weathering technique I have "invented" to simulate a very dusty vehicle.
I hope this blog inspires other modeller to try the AFV Club kit out. |
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| Kits to be used | Mar 19, 2006 |
For this project I'm using:
1. AFV Club M3A3 Stuart - kit no. AF35053. This is a great kit. Moulded in olive styrene it also includes photo-etched parts and a turned aluminum barrel. The running gear is the best available for the M3/M5 series and is also offered as a separate kit.
2. Accurate Armour M3A3 Tank Interior - kit no. A078. Recently released by AA is an excellent resin and PE kit of the full M3A3 interior. There are also a few extra external parts included that are missing form the AFV Club kit such as side skirt mounts.
3. AFV Club T16 Track - kit no. AF35019. These are injection moulded individual track-links. They're made up of a track pad and separate guide horn linkages. The track pads in my kit suffer for a little shrinkage and there is a slight knock out pin impression on each. These will have to be filled and sanded out, which will also fix the shrinkage problem. I'm not too impressed with these tracks and may get a set of Kasten's instead. The AFV Club tracks included with the A3A3 kit are synthetic rubber loop tracks, which already managed to misplace.
4. Eduard M3A3 Stuart PE detail kit - kit no. 35-592. Included in this kit are tool storage brackets, which I will be using. Periscopes which I won't use as I have some TMD periscopes, although I may look from some clear ones for another manufacturer. Various deck screens and stowage screens which replace the AFV Club kit's. There are several other parts such as the 30 cal. MG barrel which I won't be using.
Reference
For reference I don't have much, only several photographs from various general books on British WW2 armour including old Profiles and more recent COncord books. B. T. White's "British Tank Names and Markings" is good. For building I have S. Zagola's excellent "Modelling the M3/M5 Stuart Light Tank" to refer to.
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