Nice to see it going forward .The chassis looks good
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Thats not the one I meant but thats a very nice dioramama! I like the waterfountains, they look good!
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Those chassis’s are looking nice and detailed Bert. The black primer does suit
that chassis. Well done 
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Your suggestions stuck in my head… and now that I am building that M3 I notice the doors have a very nice detailing on the inside, I could leave them opened: colonne has halted, people stepped out of their vehicles, drivers hanging half out of their vehicles… hmmmm, new thoughts…
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Added the PE that comes with the kit:
And this kit has lots and lots of parts, enough to make almost another kit… there are 3 sets of side armour plates for the rear section… but no matter which set of plates you use, you have to remove a whole part of it… why??? Why not add a set of plates that you don’t have to alter…
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I have the Tamiya M3 with PE in a cupboard that I keep putting off doing … I wouldnt mind doing that as an IDF one … I wonder how different they were ??
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But the pace of construction! Wow !!
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It looks very nice especially the PE work
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Love your construction on this , beautiful work and very cool subject .
Overall , how’s the kit ?
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Lookin’ great so far. I have always thought the Israeli vehicles looked cool. Specially the mods they made to the American ones.
J
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There were plenty of IDF specific versions with all sorts of armament and equipment, but probably the 0.3 cal MG installed right of the driver was the most common addition (many, but by no means all IDF Halftracks had them), as well as the stowage racks on both sides.
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Thanks @ReluctantRenegade , I see if I can find out a bit more about the additional storage racks
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John, I have read quite a bit on M3’s, accoriding to some sites there were about 70 different versions, and all kinds of adjustments…
It seems the IDF used a lot of different versions, some where “painted in red and shipped to Israel as agricultural machines” … I have 3 Dragon kits, one of them is the M16, as I found pictures of that version being used in IDF as well. They used them untl well in the 80’s, changing all kinds of parts all of the time.
The M16 kit is not specific IDF version, so has no luggage racks, but the two other Dragon kits are (according to the boxes) IDF versions, they have the luggage racks in folded and unfolded positions, if you want I can send you a set of racks, as I also have stowage sets coming, which include the racks.
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They are full of plastic, loads and loads of parts, the kit has parts for 3 versions, fit is good, not that much cleaning up to do, but you just have to be reading the instructions very carefully, they are not the best… partnumbers are wrong, what seems you have to place left will turn out to be only fitting on the right side… installing the dashboard is skipped, you only see that on a picture as an installed part inthe next step, not great showing exactly how to place certain parts… sometimes it is better to wait with a certain part untill you have placed the next 2 or 3 parts, because only then the position of that first part becomes clear… like the drive shaft for the winch… only once you have installed the winch you can install the driveshaft so that it is in line…
But for the rest, great kit!
And regarding the M16, nice film of a working version of the guns:
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That would be appreciated Bert as I am going to do it as an IDF version now after looking at loads of images of them. It just seems a bit more interesting doing it as an IDF one compared to all the normal US M3s…
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Johnny, I have a bunch you might find useful. Drop me a PM if you’re interested.
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