M3 Lee Progress(looking for guidance)

Ok this is the latest and greatest. Hopefully it looks somewhat believable. I think I am going to take a break from this one for a little bit. I am starting to get a little burnt out from playing with it so much. My next project will be the 1/35 Tamiya PAK 40. As always comments and critisisms are welcome






Thanks for all your suggestions and help with this build
Ben

Looking mighty fine to me, keep up the good work!

The track is the correct style, but the ends that hold each track shoe is suppose to hold two shoes together, not on each shoe. If you have an Italeri track you will see what I mean. This cannot be fixed, unless you willing to cut off each connector, off-set and re-attach.

Take a break Ben you deserve it. I guarantee the Pak 40 will be a bit easier on you.

You have done a great job on this kit Ben,be proud,very proud of what you have done.I like the way you weathered it exspeically the tow cable and the way you aged it.Digger

Superb!
Tanker3 is right about the tracks on the old Tamiya kit, but I wouldn't worry too much about 'em. They look good as is!
As an aside, Tamiya didn't make a mistake, they consciously chose to mold the tracks like that for improved flexibility. If they had molded them correctly (with the end connectors in between each track shoe), the tracks would have been too stiff (like the infamously stiff Testors/Italeri M4A1 tracks) with the vinyl used in those days. With today's modern flexible plastics, Tamiya's newer kits feature accurately molded tracks.

Thank you all for the comments. I am very proud of this build especially for being the first one I have completed. I can definitely say I am hooked on this. I went out and spent more money than I should have on equipment for my future builds. I got a craftsmen 1.5 hp 3 gallon compressor and a paasche vl airbrush. Along with some nice sprue cutters and other odds and ends. The thing that killed me most was all the paint I bought. That stuff gets expensive at 2.59 a bottle. My wife is pretty supportive thankfully. She is just glad that I finally found something to do with my sparetime other than play computer games. I just need to learn how to paint figures more realistically and apply what I learned on this build to future ones and before too long I think I will be up there with some of the better builders.

Thanks again for everything
Ben

Go buy yourself a bucket of the little Army men to practice on. A few bucks for 100. Plenty of practice ! I still have a couple of the ones I learned on many, many years ago.

You are lucky, my wife only wants me off the computer games so she can play!

Nice finish on this one embark! Each model build in the realm of weathering is always a learning experience (and the ones you learn on the most are likely to also be the most enjoyable, at least they are for me!) and all of us go through that process on a continuing basis. Glad to hear that modelling has it's hooks in you, you know that once you start down this path, forever will it dominate your destiny...whoops wrong forum.

Keep it up, don't burn out, and remember to have fun!

QUOTE: Originally posted by Embark Thank you all for the comments. I am very proud of this build especially for being the first one I have completed. I can definitely say I am hooked on this. I went out and spent more money than I should have on equipment for my future builds. I got a craftsmen 1.5 hp 3 gallon compressor and a paasche vl airbrush. Along with some nice sprue cutters and other odds and ends. The thing that killed me most was all the paint I bought. That stuff gets expensive at 2.59 a bottle. My wife is pretty supportive thankfully. She is just glad that I finally found something to do with my sparetime other than play computer games. I just need to learn how to paint figures more realistically and apply what I learned on this build to future ones and before too long I think I will be up there with some of the better builders. Thanks again for everything Ben

I think alot of wives are glad their husbands take up the hobby, for it keeps them grounded and out of the bars. LOL