Stuart photos

Well Armyguy, I don't know if you were referring to your post or the model, but I think you did a pretty bang up job on the Stuart (called "Honey" by the Brits).  The assembly looks solid and  Caunter Scheme  colors and pattern seem convincing!  The only thing I think it could benefit from is a pin wash to bring out all the rivet detail!  Other than that its a build to be proud of!

Rob, Stikpusher appreciate your input about  Academy's M3, Ernest thank you for the encouragement.

As I research more about the Caunter Scheme I sense a little debate about  if it was even used on Stuart's, how many colors were used and what shade those colors were.

I've read William Marshall's article Bellman story of a Stuart and used some of the information to paint my model (in looking at it for the sixth time my interpretation of the flash on lower hull is wrong) and will use more of it on my next Stuart.

Dave

On the work bench Revell 1/48 P-47D razorback. Trying some thing different.

The execution looks quite good, and I'm sure with more builds under your belt, you'll want to try some weathering.

You should check out Mike Starmer's work on British vehicle colours:

http://www.mafva.net/other%20pages/Starmer%20camo.htm

In his research, you will find that the caunter scheme was no longer to be applied to new vehicles  as of October 1941, with the provision of one disruptive colour only.  So Stuarts could have the proper three colour scheme, just depends when they arrived.  During the Crusader battles, the latter was probably more likely, but one can't be pandemic about this, as it was war time and repaints can't be assumed to have been implemented immediately.

regards,

Jack

Jack  Thanks Mike Starmer's article is very informative .

 I do have to work on the weathering, tried some on some Jeep models not so good.

 Starting to add resin and PE to my repertoire.

Dave