M3 medium, 2nd armored division
![Album image #1 Album image #1](/albums/img/5/0/7/1237507-43210-36-720.jpg)
![Album image #2 Album image #2](/albums/img/3/2/9/1240329-43210-58-720.jpg)
2nd army light tanks with similar markings.
![Album image #3 Album image #3](/albums/img/3/3/0/1240330-43210-56-720.jpg)
M3 Lee accidentally drove onto a bridge that couldn't bear the weight. North Carolina, 1941. Tank crew is helping schoolchildren cross the bridge. Wouldn't this be a great diorama!
![Album image #4 Album image #4](/albums/img/6/9/4/1261694-43210-29-720.jpg)
![Album image #5 Album image #5](/albums/img/4/8/0/1265480-43210-71-720.jpg)
![Album image #6 Album image #6](/albums/img/4/8/1/1265481-43210-10-720.jpg)
![Album image #7 Album image #7](/albums/img/6/0/6/1309606-43210-94-720.jpg)
Preshading
![Album image #8 Album image #8](/albums/img/8/6/7/1313867-43210-99-720.jpg)
Faded Tamiya O.D. with buff and clear gloss, thinned heavily, and managed to not obliterate the preshading for a change. Will touch up the spots I missed later. Very happy with the first color coat!
![Album image #9 Album image #9](/albums/img/0/2/9/1319029-43210-57-720.jpg)
![Album image #10 Album image #10](/albums/img/6/2/4/1319624-43210-38-720.jpg)
![Album image #11 Album image #11](/albums/img/6/4/7/1319647-43210-54-720.jpg)
Happy with the stripes on the 37mm gun barrel.
![Album image #12 Album image #12](/albums/img/1/1/6/1320116-43210-19-720.jpg)
Decals on, ready for details and detail painting
![Album image #13 Album image #13](/albums/img/1/7/6/1320176-43210-34-720.jpg)
Tools
![Album image #14 Album image #14](/albums/img/7/0/6/1323706-43210-90-720.jpg)
Pin wash + rivet painting in progress. For some reason one of my favorite parts.
![Album image #15 Album image #15](/albums/img/7/9/6/1323796-43210-52-720.jpg)
Weathering in progress
![Album image #16 Album image #16](/albums/img/1/0/5/1325105-43210-82-720.jpg)
Tracks on!
![Album image #17 Album image #17](/albums/img/2/1/3/1325213-43210-22-720.jpg)
Added some dust + radio antenna
![Album image #18 Album image #18](/albums/img/4/0/0/1325400-43210-87-720.jpg)
![Album image #19 Album image #19](/albums/img/4/0/1/1325401-43210-52-720.jpg)
![Album image #20 Album image #20](/albums/img/4/0/2/1325402-43210-93-720.jpg)
![Album image #21 Album image #21](/albums/img/4/0/3/1325403-43210-49-720.jpg)
![Album image #22 Album image #22](/albums/img/4/0/4/1325404-43210-30-720.jpg)
![Album image #23 Album image #23](/albums/img/2/3/7/1387237-43210-83-720.jpg)
Let’s add some crew
![Album image #24 Album image #24](/albums/img/3/6/5/1387365-43210-24-720.jpg)
![Album image #25 Album image #25](/albums/img/3/6/6/1387366-43210-86-720.jpg)
![Album image #26 Album image #26](/albums/img/3/6/7/1387367-43210-14-720.jpg)
![Album image #27 Album image #27](/albums/img/3/6/8/1387368-43210-88-720.jpg)
![Album image #28 Album image #28](/albums/img/3/6/9/1387369-43210-25-720.jpg)
![Album image #29 Album image #29](/albums/img/3/7/0/1387370-43210-35-720.jpg)
![Album image #30 Album image #30](/albums/img/3/7/1/1387371-43210-92-720.jpg)
![Album image #31 Album image #31](/albums/img/3/7/2/1387372-43210-88-720.jpg)
![Album image #32 Album image #32](/albums/img/4/3/1/1463431-43210-68-720.jpg)
Tamiya dude. Eyes kinda came out wonky.
![Album image #33 Album image #33](/albums/img/8/0/1/1491801-43210-49-720.jpg)
Amazingly, I found a picture of the actual 2nd armored division D-1, which ALSO crashed through a bridge in 1941... well, the excuses for building a diorama are vanishing.
Commentaires
51 5 June 2022, 05:19
![](/profiles/img/44957-709-s.jpg)
This is fantastic photo! Go for the dio, Ben, if possible, that would be great! There surely are kid figures available in 1/35, no? SCM Search: Civilians (WW2)
9 June 2022, 09:49
![](/profiles/img/102691-453-s.png)
This is not only a great idea, this is a really fantastic idea!!
Let's go - build the bridge! build the bridge! 😁
24 June 2022, 12:18
![](/profiles/img/43210-278-s.jpg)
Trying to figure out this tanks identifier. I-1? L-1? The tank I have decals for is D-10.
11 July 2022, 01:51
![](/profiles/img/43210-278-s.jpg)
Now what I usually do is lay the color coat on too thick and totally cover the preshading .. I'm going to try hard not to do that.
25 September 2022, 05:03
![](/profiles/img/43210-278-s.jpg)
Trying to figure out the markings on the tank in photo 3. The one in the kit are for D-10. Easy enough to make them D-1. The tank in the photo is clearly #1 but I can't make out the letter.
Trying to decide in the photo if there is a star aft of the side door. It's washed out by sunlight. I think there is, but I can't tell if it's a simple white star or a three-color star like the ones on the turret.
I painted the stripes around the base of the turret and on the 37mm cannon with Vallejo white grey. I think it looks a lot better than pure white.
9 October 2022, 15:49
![](/profiles/img/118183-835-s.jpg)
If you're going to model the broken bridge I hope you've been saving your popsicle sticks. Looking good, always liked the three color star against the OD background.
10 October 2022, 00:09
![](/profiles/img/43210-278-s.jpg)
I have a lot of balsa strips. I think I can avoid buying anything to build the base. The decals are kind of leathery and thick unfortunately. I think I'll do a dilute od wash over them to knock down the colors a bit.
10 October 2022, 01:27
![](/profiles/img/43210-278-s.jpg)
Is there any wisdom on the rubber tracks that you have to melt the attachment pins on? Is it better to do this off the model and then stretch them onto the running gear or try to do it with the tracks on the tank?
15 October 2022, 16:42
![](/profiles/img/118183-835-s.jpg)
Definitely off. They're finicky enough to get right and you need all the control you can get. You can't really stretch them over the running gear w/o running the risk of breaking the melted join. What I do if either the idler or drive sprocket has poly cap attachment is pull one off, tuck it in place on the track, then hook the other end of the track on the other end and slowly stretch a little to get the poly cap on. If you were going to glue the ones with poly caps in place, now's the time to do it.
Tamiya decals are pretty bad, not surprised at your description.
15 October 2022, 16:57
![](/profiles/img/118183-835-s.jpg)
If the idler's already glued I'd at least try stretching it before breaking it off. 👍
15 October 2022, 19:38
![](/profiles/img/118183-835-s.jpg)
Glad it worked. Tracks w/o a central guide horn are easier. Looking good! 👍
16 October 2022, 20:21
![](/profiles/img/43210-278-s.jpg)
Added a light dust coat of dilute Polly Scale depot buff and made an antenna out of wire and masking tape. Done with the tank portion of this project.
16 October 2022, 23:01
![](/profiles/img/104611-655-s.jpg)
get some female equality happening here mate.... get her to change the oil and the tracks as well.
25 January 2023, 04:24
![](/profiles/img/99769-744-s.jpg)
a woman working on a AFV pre WW2 a rare sight in any country lol ..awesome build 👍
25 January 2023, 05:01
![](/profiles/img/129446-442-s.jpg)
Interesting project.
In the battle of Stalingrad, women drove tanks out of the factory into combat against German armor.
19 June 2023, 03:32
![](/profiles/img/128619-383-s.jpg)
I love what you did with this. The pre-shading really shines through well.
20 June 2023, 01:31
Album info
I'm choosing the markings for Tank Number 10, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Division. While the Tamiya notes claim this was used in Tunisia, the only pictures I've been able to find with markings like these are in North Carolina exercises, 1941, prior to US entry in WWII.
Building this as tank D-1