Academy M3

uh, rob, i think the author was referring to an M3 Stuart of WW2

I don't have any interior photos of an M3 uploaded yet. Haven't gotten to it since it is not a highly demanded item since no one makes the interior for any variant of the M3/M3A1/M3A2/M3A3. Bunch of scratchbuilding would have to be done to the Tamiya/Academy M2 interior to make it look like an M3 interior. Most folks have been asking for photos to make the M2 interior into an M2A2 interior to replicate a Gulf War 2 vehicle. The M2A2 outnumbers the M3A2 5 to 1 in US Army heavy divisions.

The M2A2 interior layout differs greatly from an M3A2, let alone an M3. Good news is that I do have an M3 to take photos of.

You can check out on this site: http://www.kithobbyist.com/AFVInteriors/ it has very good photographs and diagrams on various tanks and armour cars, WW II and modern, Axis or Allied. Go to http://www.kithobbyist.com/AFVInteriors/m3stu/m3stu1.html, you will get pictures of M-3 Stuart. Pictures are not all too clear, some of them are close up shorts, but I hope it helps. Just click the 'Archives of Pass Vehicle Page' in home page, you will get menu of dozens of tanks interior.

BTW this beautiful site will be closed in August, so hurry up.

Rob Gronovius has a great web site that could assist you in interior pictures. He has some real nice ones of an M2, which is very, very close, if not identical to an M3. I'd send you a link, but don't have it off hand. He has been posting it with his "signature" block on his replies. Maybe he will even have a post here later on!

The tech manual is pretty much all black and white and leaves some to the imagination.

Good Luck!!!!