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Simon Nagorsnik (s!mon)
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1:72 M3A1 Lee- Fort Knox, Armored Force School 1942

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88 13 October 2022, 16:56
S M
Another masterpiece coming up 🙂 What is that brown stuff used or texturizing?
3 November 2022, 15:14
Simon Nagorsnik
Thx S M๐Ÿ™‚
For the texture I used a mixture of Mr.Hobby aqueous surfacer 500 and dry pigments.
The texture can be adjusted with the degree of dilution or after a short drying time, treated with a bristle brush.
3 November 2022, 17:01
Dave Flitton
Nice!
3 November 2022, 18:30
Peter de Bruin
Cool! Following ๐Ÿ˜Š
4 November 2022, 18:03
Robert Podkoล„ski
Watching too!
4 November 2022, 18:23
Simon Nagorsnik
Welcome mates!!
Nice to have you on board๐Ÿ˜
4 November 2022, 21:40
Tom B.
Nice work so far. The replacement tracks look really nice 👍
4 November 2022, 22:25
Jv
Another butiful build so much perfect detail on a tiny tank
I zoomed in on the pics its impressive
6 November 2022, 21:57
James C
Looking good Simon. The cast texture looks great which wouldn't have been easy in 1/72. I also like that shade of olive drab. 👍
7 November 2022, 00:34
Ben M
I love this build
7 November 2022, 03:34
Villiers de Vos
Very nice modulation.
7 November 2022, 05:24
Finn
Amazing as allways
7 November 2022, 18:58
Simon Nagorsnik
Thanks mates and you're all welcome here๐Ÿ˜
7 November 2022, 19:14
Neil Patrick
Great work as always Simon. Zimmerit indeed! Very funny! 🙂
9 November 2022, 21:30
Djordje Nikolic
How did you get cake icing to stay so flat on the edges? 😉 I really look forward to the completed base, I think the model will "pop" knowing your work
16 November 2022, 03:25
Oleg Smilyk
Great work !!!
16 November 2022, 15:15
Simon Nagorsnik
Thanks Neil, Djordje and Oleg for your comments!
@Djordje: This is still the basic layer of air-drying modelling clay.
After curing, I glued on plastic side panels and smoothed the edges.
I don't know how this works in the patisserie, but in my case it worked for me ๐Ÿ˜
17 November 2022, 15:40
Tom B.
Very nice progress so far! Currently building up a base with air drying clay also, but unfortunately, mine has somewhat gone bad and I always have to reinforce using pva... anyway, those plastic sides do look slick 👍
17 November 2022, 17:57
Marius
Great result! Love the shading and the casting texture!
22 November 2022, 11:37
Simon Nagorsnik
@TOM: Thanks!
I only use thin layers of the clay.
First I adjust the base (rigid foam) roughly by cutting and sanding and then the clay comes over it and the exactly shape gets sculpted.
For the finish i use acrylic paste or fine sands etc.

@Marius: Tanks too!
At the beginning it still looks a bit rough but that gets better with the following layers of paint.

However, most of the shading disappears under the weathering...;)
24 November 2022, 18:34
Rui S
Well done as always ๐Ÿ‘
24 November 2022, 22:29
Zsolt Czegle
Awesome as always.... 👍
4 December 2022, 19:01
Daniel Klink
Without knowing the authors name immediately knew it by regarding the pic.
A real Simon.... Fabulous 👍
9 December 2022, 21:00
James C
Fantastic Simon. I love the base as well. Simple but effective! 👍
10 December 2022, 01:00
Simon Nagorsnik
Cheers Rui, Zsolt, Daniel and James!
Thank you for stopping by and watching ๐Ÿ˜
And also thanks to everyone who gave me a thumb up!
@Daniel: I'm watching your Wellington too!
10 December 2022, 07:41
Neuling
Ich schlieรŸe mich meinen Vorrednern in vollem Umfang an.
10 December 2022, 09:46
Kim Branders
Impressie Simon.... everything is perfect.
12 December 2022, 06:21
Michael Kohl
Another nice gem from your workbench.
12 December 2022, 12:24
Simon Nagorsnik
Thanks a lot mates! ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜†
12 December 2022, 17:32
Bas Tonn
I really like the M3, as it's the missing link between WW1 tank-like machines and the first modern-ish tanks from WW2.
Nice build !!
12 December 2022, 18:02
Robin (WhiteGlint)
Oh, very good one! 👍
Love that nice little base as well.
14 December 2022, 07:39
Bohrmann
I seem to have missed this build. As usual, you have built a gem here in your characteristic style. The basie has been kept simple. It is like a frame around a painting. It enhances the whole but does not draw attention away from the work itself. I do wonder how much time it takes to build a model of this quality.
31 May, 13:42
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Outstanding! Love it ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
18 June, 07:53

Album info

M3A1- The right choice if you like cast armor 😉

The quality of the Mirage kit (72803) was better than I had feared.
The lower structure was traditionally multi-part to assemble, but the parts fit together without problems.
Only on the upper structure some effort was necessary.
The two side hatches were extra for gutting, which resulted in some filling and sanding, as the fit had some tolerances here.
Putting the two halves together also required some caution.

Everything else fit together quite well and the surface details are also ok (except the casting structure).
Nevertheless, I have added a few small things.

Now to the decals - that was the second time I processed some of Mirage.
And had the same problems again.
These are very fragile and tend to break and they seemed a bit stiff to me despite the use of softer.

The included rubber tracks also look quite good, but were a bit too long.
As a replacement I used resin tracks from MR Modellbau (MR-72060).
And, of course, a new armament of RB Model (72B60) and Master (GM-72- 001) was used too.

The badge is 3D printed.

23 images
1:72
Completed
1:72 Browning M1919 .30 cal machine gun barrels (Master GM-72-001)1:72 M3A1 medium tank (Mirage Hobby 72803)1:72 75mm M2 L/31 & US 37mm US Tank Gun (RB Model 72B60)2+
M3A1 Lee
US US Army (1784-now)
Arm. Force School & Replacement Centre 'Alert'/W306075
1942 - Fort Knox, KY
Olive Drab
 

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