MiniArt 1:35 M3 Lee Mid Production build

[golikell]

Good day fellow paint sniffers,
As I said in some other topics, I am currently building the MiniArt M3 Lee Mid Production full interior kit.
It is with one of the interior components that I am having problems finding information about.
I looked through all books I have and searched online, but without getting any wiser.
What is it, and maybe more important: what are the colours?
It is a device which sits on the port side of the tank, next to the driver, in the sponson, below an ammo rack.
It might be a radio, but I have not been able to confirm this, let alone find an image of the device.?
Maybe any of you have more information?

[Johnnych01]

Looks like some sort of comms boxes if not the radios themselves.

[Tank_1812]

I agree with Johnny. I will try to find my Doyle book later today and let you know what I can find.

[golikell]

Thanks @Johnnych01, nice find.
I hope you can find something @Tank_1812 Ryan…

[Tank_1812]

That looks to be a version of the SCR-508 radio.

[golikell]

Nice one! This is really helpful…!!!

[tankerken]

Yep, it’s the SCR-508 radio in the kit. The set in the photo:

is the British radio, I think its a MK 9.
Ken

[golikell]

Changed the title of the topic, so I can put all my build complaints, issues and general muttering in here…

My next complaint is not so much with the kit itself, but that there is still a lack of suitable figs (I got the MiniArt ones, but for a full complement there are 2 lacking) which forces me to close up the engine bay, as there generally would be no reason to leave it open, unless some kind of maintenance was going on? A pity to close it…

[golikell]

Well the build phase has been mostly finished. The idlers will be glued on when I will also mount the tracks, so I can tension them with the idlers. Base coat is also on. I will have it with a sand coloured camouflage sprayed on. After that weathering and the painting of tools etc. Enough work to do

[SableLiger]

And the radio would be painted Olive Drab while the rest of the interior is white.

[golikell]

That is what I did

[golikell]

The decals are on… I discovered that the yellow lines on the the turret needed to be painted… Nice: getting yellow on olive drab without showing the base colour through…
After that came the sand coloured camouflage paint on.
On the instructions it looks like it was applied by brush or broom, so the airbrush could stay in its box.
I used dry brush paint to get the wanted effect…

Now for detail painting and adding the tow cable…

[Cheyenne]

Nice work Erwin , lookin good !!!

[golikell]

Thanks @Cheyenne

I found a picture of an example of a brush/broom camouflaged M3:

[Cheyenne]

Erwin , I forgot to ask , what theater ?

[golikell]

This one will act on the stage of the Tunesian theatre Hence the yellow markings…

[Johnnych01]

Looks great. Love the faded look as well.

[Tank_1812]

Coming along nicely Erwin.

[golikell]

Thanks @Johnnych01 and @Tank_1812 . Enough work remains to be done, yet the end is in sight…

[golikell]

I managed to screw up one of the tracks yesterday… So much that there are not enough spare links. That means I will have to resort to AM tracks. These T-41 tracks are only available from Masterclub, which is not available overhere. BNA has them in pre-order… But how long will that take?