M3 Lee Lulubelle

[Rhino]

The Pup remembers. The Pup Learns. The Pup excels.
Good Pup!

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Brokeneagle]

Lower hull together.
This is fitting much better this time. Has to be that hard to see flash. View attachment 180117

This is looking really good Bob!

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks Ian, now if I can just figure out where I put that fret of PE?

 

[moon puppy]

I can just figure out where I put that fret of PE?

What lunatic leaves PE fret in the box the kit came in?

 

[Rhino]

What lunatic leaves PE fret in the box the kit came in?

Aberrant model behavior to be sure. You're supposed to drop it on the floor and run over it with your desk chair wheels.

 

[moon puppy]

I'm mixed about opening the doors on the engine or not. There was never a scene where that's done although the opening scenes are Sgt Gun salvaging a throttle cable from a knocked out tank. I'm building it up like I will.

 

[Rhino]

You got it all to fit this time. It would be a shame not to show all that detail off.

 

[moon puppy]

Been sneaking out to the shed at lunch a bit.

got side panels glued in as well as the 75 mm housing. The mount and gun are not yet, something going on, can't get it to rest on the mount. The front glacis is dry fit and the alignment looks spot on this time. Recall on the first one I had to reset it a couple of times. Still some bits that will never be seen again to add inside then I'll get her button up.
You might be wondering where the ammo storage is that should be over the radio. If you go back to this scene.

The ammo rack aint there either. Remember I'm doing the movie star.
Then there's this.

It would appear they covered the inside with a blanket or something to cut down the glare from the white paint job. I did this on the Academy kit that got so close, will it be seen when done? Doubt it but I'm doing it.

 

[Rhino]

What is stowed in the rack behind the 75mm gun on your model?

 

[moon puppy]

The box to the rear of the door? I think those are the round Thompson mg mags and in the box are more 37mm rounds. I closed off all ready racks this time.

 

[RichB]

The box to the rear of the door? I think those are the round Thompson mg mags and in the box are more 37mm rounds. I closed off all ready racks this time.

They're the 50 round drums for the M1928A1 Thompson. Unfortunately, the kit looks like it supplies a M1 series Thompson. The muzzle brake is bigger on the M1928A1. The troops didn't like the drum. It was heavy, it rattled, was difficult to load (it had to be cranked to tighten the feed mechanism after inserting the rounds), and the gun had to be cocked and in the firing postion to install the drum. The British returned most of the drums supplied with the M1928A1 and requested the 20 round box magazines as replacement. The M1 wasn't designed to accept the drums.

But it's Hollywood, why let reality get in the way of the storyline.

Cheers,
RichB

 

[moon puppy]

If you check out the movie posters at IMDB you'll see the drum but one clip from the movie has the box loaded. Probably because the drum would have blocked camera angle of Bogart's face. Can't do that!

Sahara (1943) - Photos - IMDb

Sahara: Directed by Zoltan Korda. With Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges. After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.

www.imdb.com

 

[RichB]

That's a M1928A1 with the front pistol grip. Hollywood would of had those on hand from cop and gangster movies made before the war.

Troops didn't like pistol grip either, they broke off to easily. Some enterprising troops modified the pistol grip to fit the slide grip.

Cheers,
RichB