Progress pics -M3Stuart (warning: large photos)

thanks Build22!

Looking Good beans

Thanks Derek, Chris, Mark956, Dwight, Dan

Ron- right now there are none I know of, but I heard there's an operational halftrack(maybe an M3?) somewhere in Pampanga (Clark Airfield), there are also lots of 6X6 and jeep surplus parts there (recently Japan surplus vehicles and stuff). There are all sorts of stuff here if you look hard enough.
There are some off-road clubs that have nicely restored jeeps from 4x4's to the 2-1/2ton 6X6 cargo trucks.

Bill- I just use a normal pair of scissors, I first poke a small hole from the side enough to fit the lower blade of the scissors and just cut away. I bend them using regular small pliers.

Michael, Robert- yup! Its Academy's kit. Well, here's the negatives, the drivetrain can do a lot more in many aspects, the engine intake is quite high almost a perfect triangle, the antenna mount can do a replacement!, there are no rivets on the rear near the air filters on both sides- just so if you decide to leave the rear fender-boxes off(the reason why I left mine on), the headlamp cages are too thick, no weld seams on the turret sides, and wrong interior! In the plus side you get lots of extra parts, an option for indy or regular tracks. Over-all- I think it would build great even O.O.B. but the faults are quite noticeable so I decided to -not exactly be accurate but to just make them look right. Out of 5 in which 5 is the highest I'll give it a 3.5

Great looking Stuart beans....

Regards, Dan

Looking good Beans ...... both of them. As already asked, is that the Academy kit and how do you like it?

Keep us posted on your progress please.

Beans:

Really really nice job. Your scratchbuilding skills are very good. The fantasy tank is also cool.

Keep it up.

Looks good is that the Academy kit?

Great looking Stuart Beans. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us.
mark956

Looks real nice, beans. What do you use to cut and fashion the pop cans?

Looking good Beans. Like the coke can additions.

Looks great! Any of those left around Manila? Still need one for my back yard!

Ron

Looking good! keep us posted.

Nice stuff, Beans!

Thanks Erock, J-hulk!

Garry- I used to be a CC fan, I was hooked when Tiberian Sun came out and CC2 but now I rarely play video games, I just feel like I'm wasting time sometimes. But yes I tried the new one, great graphics! Thanks

zokissima- Thanks, the chassis of this tank is overturned and chopped from the bradley kit.
That is also how I felt while I planned on building this, fortunately at that time I had quite a lot of parts to fool around with! About the GB I'm thinking ...hmm?

Really nice progress on the M3.
I absolutely LOVE the fantazy tank. I used to be into warmammer quite a bit. Not so much anymore. I've always wanted to make a 'from imagination tank'. Wanted to take an existing chasis and just modify it to heck, or something along those lines anyways.
If you ever plan a GB, I AM IN!!

nice work pareng beans! so you're into pc games too?
how about something from command and conquer zero hour? do you play that?

Great work so far, beans!

I always like seeing members' works in progress.