1/6 scale M5A1 Stuart

I went to comment on the first post and mid post it disappeared. I think that it came out OUTSTANDING! The amount of detail is awesome.

Nice Stuart Bob!

Others building the same tank in a smaller scale will appreciate seeing your photographs for reference purposes.

Good luck at the IPMS event! The quality finish and scale of your M5A1 will attract a lot of viewers.

Tanks for posting your work.

That is some amazing work.  At 1/6 scale, I imagine a GI Joe (battle barbie) would be the same scale ?  Once again, congratulations on an amazing build.

Bob: will we be able to see it in Auburn next April at the AMPS convention?  Please say yes.  Also, I would imagine that it will be an article featured in a magazine somewhere?  If so, when will it come out?

Absolutely Outstanding !

Totally flawless from my point of view 

Wonderful job.........

Thanks for all the kind words, gentlemen; I appreciate it very much!   I take my research and modeling fairly seriously, but try never to take myself seriously, so I'm a little embarrassed by all this praise, but thanks very much!

For Wirraway, yes, 1/6 scale is the same as all the GI Joe and other action figures.

For Roy, (my favorite AMPS VP) yes, indeed. I'll be there in Auburn next year. I can drive the tank there, but Fredricksburg is a bit too far from Minneapolis. If you're attending the IPMS Nats in Omaha perhaps we can quaff an ale or two together and discuss homogenized armor, or somesuch. (grin)

For Disastermaster, not only are you lavish in your praise, very computer-literate, humorous, but you're no mean modeler in your own right. Your German E-armor is anything but a disaster!

Thanks again, gents!

--Bob Steinbrunn

Holy Cow!! I am planning to be at Omaha this year and I will be sure to spend some time drooling over this one. Is the the R/C kit that Walmart sold some years ago? If so, I had one for a while! You've done an outstanding job on every square inch of this big little beast! Amazing amazing work!

Hi K-dawg,

Yes, it's the 21st Century Toys Stuart. But first it had to be made into a "kit". There are 462 pieces on the workbench here.

During the course of the build, as I discarded parts and scratch-built their replacements, my debris field grew to large proportions.

I'd guess about 60%-70% of the model is scratch-built, including the working turret spotlight lathed out of brass rod. The semi-human fingers grasping the light give some indication of scale.

Even though this was a fun build, there were times when I wanted to beat my head against the wall.   For instance, here we see two human hands attempting to attach a heavy turret to a heavier hull while it trails a spaghetti-like wiring bundle unseen behind, all while three (or four) hands are really needed.

 Stop by and say hello in Omaha; I'll look forward to seeing you there!

--Bob Steinbrunn