Buff,
I think you may be on to something. Kinda hitting the wall with my Stalingrad dio.
Cheers
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Well, my T-37a is a “shelf Queen”, but i freed up some space on the desk so… Here is a wee update, I attached both floats, constructed a ROUGH turret base compartment, minus the curvy drivers port. Pre fitted the turret and started other engine deck details.
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First, thank you to all those who added links to T-37’s.
Next this is confessional post. I screwed up BIG TIME. There is ZERO that can be done to correct this error now. So I am just gonna finish the build and make my peace with it. A couple of these shots are of the 7.62mm Brass MG that I made for it. Still thinking about a 12.7mm MG but we will see
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Work continues, and I found a version that ROUGHLY corresponds with my foul-up.
I added a water break to the front and am TOYING with extra armor. But we shall see
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Well I’m still liking it - what was the screw-up anyway?
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Okay Dio here it is. Although through research of actual vehicles, I am not as “wrong” as I first thought. The error is in the rear decking. Most variants show this as a long slope up to the turret structure. Mine is stepped. Again not a huge error but still I am aware of it 
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Wheels, Torsion/Spring assembly. Not gonna lose sleep over them. They will be seen in a water vingnette
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Here are some details I recently added. A new stowage box, wire guards, (not finished), and the torsion bar mounts. These are a WIP, meaning you cannot see the brass rod that runs through the vehicle and will carry the weight of the build before it goes into a water dio
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Scratch-building at its finest, bravo 
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Dio, MANY THANKS. Frankly I just got bored with 1/35th.
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Hello Whitney!
Great job on that scratchbuilding!
It’s kinda pity that I missed your build for all these years… Because I’ve got something that I think could help you a lot… You’ve done most of the work for now, but maybe you can still find some use for my input? You see in Poland we have a publisher that issues paper models since 1957… And many years ago they issued a model of T-38, right smack in 1:25. If you like, you can view this complete model here:
If something like this is helpful to you, there are also paper models of a legit T-37 out there (also in 1:25) but I can’t find the scans of them right now. I think they can be very helpful for scratchbuilding, because you can just copy many parts, or cut them out and trace around them - that could save a lot of mrasuring.
Anyhow - good luck with your build and have a nice day!
Paweł
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Paval, That is exactly what I did. Although I made a major “foul-up” along the way. She is still coming together nicely. THANK YOU for the input.
So yes these are just “showing off” detail pictures. For the last 45 years I have added a stowage box to my builds. If I built a model of a stowage box, yes I would add a stowage box to it. Old habits are hard to correct. You’re looking at the brass wire nails and locking lapse
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I would rather die than use Photo-etched 
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OK I’ll bite - where’s the prop from?
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Travel back in time with me. Academy released a 1/25th scale US GPA Jeep. It was a horrible kit. I bought two, one ended up as a gift, the other into the “parts” bin. 15 or 16 years later…
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So I have been battling the undercarriage, super details and some minor painting.
Mostly the return rollers, still WIP, but making great progress
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Scratchbuilding is an artform in intself. Your build is masterclass. I am looking forward to follow your progress.
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