Post by Bheleu on Dec 31, 2018 3:55:53 GMT
Santa was good to me and dropped off the M3 Grant tank. Can't say why, but I have always loved the M3 Lee/Grant tanks!
Overall a good build, and I enjoy the end result. My complaints are the same as ones I have seen elsewhere:
1) open visible studs on the front by the treads. Seems like they could have done something to fill that gap. My M-10 Wolverine does not have a gap like that!
2) the design of both the hull mounted gun and the turret gun. Again, seems like other tanks have more elegant designs
3) Side doors. I'd like to have the gap by the hinges redesigned.
What I loved
1) overall shape of the tank. The M3's have some odd slopes, and I think they captured that.
2) turret design (except for the gun)
3) turret hatch
I wanted to spruce it up a bit, so I added a few small touches of my own. There were some extra treads, so I added a few more links to the rear deck. Still had some extra treads, so added some to the front of the hull. The piece I used to attach the treads to the front looked ugly, so I stashed it under a sand bag. I bought one of the Cobi jeeps recently, and it had a machine gun emplacement with sand bags, so I grabbed them from there. In addition I ended up using a handful of Lego parts for my modifications.
Now I just need to keep an eye out for the M3 Lee & M7 Priest!
Overall a good build, and I enjoy the end result. My complaints are the same as ones I have seen elsewhere:
1) open visible studs on the front by the treads. Seems like they could have done something to fill that gap. My M-10 Wolverine does not have a gap like that!
2) the design of both the hull mounted gun and the turret gun. Again, seems like other tanks have more elegant designs
3) Side doors. I'd like to have the gap by the hinges redesigned.
What I loved
1) overall shape of the tank. The M3's have some odd slopes, and I think they captured that.
2) turret design (except for the gun)
3) turret hatch
I wanted to spruce it up a bit, so I added a few small touches of my own. There were some extra treads, so I added a few more links to the rear deck. Still had some extra treads, so added some to the front of the hull. The piece I used to attach the treads to the front looked ugly, so I stashed it under a sand bag. I bought one of the Cobi jeeps recently, and it had a machine gun emplacement with sand bags, so I grabbed them from there. In addition I ended up using a handful of Lego parts for my modifications.
Now I just need to keep an eye out for the M3 Lee & M7 Priest!
