Zvezda M-3 Scout Car ~FINISHED Pg. 9~

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Here’s the kit I’m currently working on, a 1/35 Zvezda M-3 Scout Car, I’m building it for the Lend-Lease GB. Plan to put it in Russian markings, in order to make it a US vehicle that was given to the Soviets via Lend-Lease.

Here’s some pics of my progress on the M-3 Scout Car. Finished one of the axles, took longer then I thought it would, due to mold seams. Alot of putty had to be used on some parts due to some big dents and errors caused by Zvezda when they were molding this kit. Other then that progress is moving along nicely, most of the parts fit together beautifully. Sanded down most of the ejector pin marks on the outside hull of the cabin (as you can tell there were alot of ejector pin marks.)

All comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome.[:)]

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Had this one in the pile for a while now Mikael waiting for a cheap etch set to pop up on ebay, i look forward to seeing how yours goes maybe i wont need one after all but i see all ready that it will definatly need some TLC good luck i will be following.

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Is that not the old Italeri mould, if it is then I always thought it was O.K. but then I never had the kit.

Terry.

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biffa: Huh, didn’t even know their was a PE set avaible. Oh well, I’m sure I can make this kit work without it.[:)]

terry35: It’s a re-box of the 40 year old Peerless Max M-3 Scout Car that has also been re-boxed by Italeri, Testors, and Airfix.

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Didn’t realise it was that old. I only remember the Italeri release, any good luck withthe project.

Terry.

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terry35: It’s old alright, but most of detail still looks good, however some parts are showing their age. Thanks for checkin’ out my build.[:)]

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I think I still have one of the older issues that come with vinyl tires, canvas top and crew figures. Those Peerless Max kits were way ahead of their time, most came with vinyl tires, the 155mm gun came with a metal barrel and metal recoil springs.

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I wish this kit had vinyl tires, all I get is stryene ones that are in two pieces.[yuck] I can see alot of sanding in my future.

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Never met any vinyl tires that didn’t need to be sanded either… In fact, they HAVE to be sanded to get any kind of “used” look to 'em…

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Here’s what I finished so far on my scout car, construction is going quicker then I thought. The tires are finished and the seam is sanded away, had to use three different grits. Along with a few other random parts inside the cabin.

The ejector pin marks on the lower hull have been sanded down and filled with Testor’s contour putty. As you can tell there were alot.[yuck]

A part of the engine has been put into place, alot of putty had to be put around it. Since it had no fit at all with the other parts, it sort of just floated around in that spot. (there were no locating marks/pins at all)

Finally both axles are finished, abit of seam sanding and filling in of incorrect molding(Zvezda’s fault) was neccesary.

Thanks for looking, all comments and questions welcome.[:)]

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Well ,what you have done so far looks good. Can’t say much for now but I’m very curious about how this one will progress, I seem to remember the Italeri box model being painted by Verlinden, when I was younger I was always impressed by this, it looked great, then you stated it was a 40 year old mould,WOW… that was an eye opener.

Terry.

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I had it as the Peerless kit before. I hope they improve on it somehow.

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Finally started painting my M-3 scout car. I’m using Model Master Acrylic Olive Drab, and as you can see the base coat has been applied on the lower support structure of the vehicle. Later today I’ll get the axles and suspension in place.

I also masked off the tire hubs with silly putty, so now the tires can be painted. They’ll be painted using Floquil enamel Weathered Black.

As always all comments, suggestions, and questions welcome![:)]

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I was able to get quite a bit of work done yesterday an today on my scout car. I finished the muffler, axles, suspension, and everything else on the bottom half of this vehicle. With all the parts in place I was able to start drybrushing some dark-steel paint, made from a mixture of Testor’s enamel Steel and Flat Black. I also start painting the cabin with the MM acrylic Olive Drab.

The tires have also been finished, so here they are without the Silly Putty mask. Though it will be awhile before they can go on permanetly.

Now construction will be moving to the cabin, where work on the eight seats will commence. It should take awhile, since I want to upgrade each seat with more of a realistic fabric texture. Thanks for looking, all comments, questions, and suggestions welcome.[:)]

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That looks sweet… Tell me, you know of any acrylic that match the weatherd black? It looks spot on.

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Huxy, thanks for the comments.[:)] As for the question, I currently use Floquil enamel Weathered Black. As for an acrylic, Floquil nor any other company makes a paint that is like this to my knowledge. Their is the PollyScale acrylic Grimy Black, but I don’t know how this paint looks when dryed, since it’s more of a weathering paint like the colors mud and grime. If you want to check the paints Floquil/PollyScale offer here’s the link to the paints they offer: http://www.testors.com/category/133504/Floquil

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I’ve used Tamiya’s NATO black XF-69, It makes a really nice weathered black for tires and such. I picked up that tip from someone on the forums here, so I’m not gonna take credit![:D]

Nice work, by the way, Mg![tup] I got one of these in the stash, and I’ve been following this for tips.[:D]

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polyscales engine black works well for tires, goes on well too.

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MaxSheridan and jadgpanther302: Thanks for the comments and for checkin’ out my build![:)]

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Making good progress MG, looking forward to the next update. [tup]