Buy Tamiya 1/35 WWII U.S. M3 Stuart Light TankTamiya 1/35 WWII U.S. M3 Stuart Light Tank Product Description:
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Highly detailed 1/35 scale assembly model kit of the M3, a World War II light tank developed by the United States. Nicknamed the "Stuart" by the British after the illustrious Confederate Calvary officer James E. B. "JEB" Stuart, the M3 series of light tanks were in use by the U.S. Army as well as British and Commonwealth forces during the early stages of the Second World War. This Tamiya 1/35 scale assembly kit features: Detailed riveted hull with welded turret. Optional open hatch. Commander figure.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Tamiya M3 Stuart Tank Kit
By TankCdr
This is an excellent kit for young modelers. It has sufficient detail to represent the real M3 Stuart tank well and it leaves you room to do some basic scratch building to make it better. However it doesn't come with all the resin details and photo-etch (which by the way, is available to you at various hobby sites) or the associated cost that is driving youngsters and beginners away from the hobby. I recommend this kit for all levels of modelers, but encourage beginners to give this kit a go!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.Another Great Tamiya Tank
By John M. Staehle
This is a straight forward little tank kit to have around for the afternoon building of something relatively simple. I have build the Academy models version and this one as well many years ago adding to my inventory of M3 Stuart tanks. In 1/35th scale this is a simple yet educational and plain fun kit to have in your collection.Anyone that is experienced with small part kits this one is no different. I highly recommend this kit to anyone over 14 with several years of experience that are demanding for detail.Watch for the photos I post later.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Model kit not a toy.
By R. Adams
I rated the item based on the questions and that the item is a plastic model kit and not really a toy. You can play with it but its very fragile and requires assembly. I have seen lots of negative reviews for model kits based on the parent or child thinking its a toy. many of the kits in the details do list how many parts or that assembly is required. Just FYI generally if it says a scale or 1/35 1/72 etc 9 out of ten times its a model kit. There are a few companies that do make toys in these scales, but they are few and far between compared to the model kits. Usually if its made by Tamiya, Revell, Monogram, Verlinden, Airfix, Testors,Dragon (however dragon does make some 1/16 figures that are pretty much toys) or says resin it requires cutting, trimming, gluing, putty or sanding to put together and generally then needs to be painted. Now onto the review of this particular kit. Its been a long time since i put it together, and i know the parts count is over 100, but not sure the exact amount. Its mounted on a few sets of sprue(runner), and the parts need to be cut out, trimmed and glued together and painted. Most of if not all Tamiya kits come with water transfers, they do make some rc cars too, but not familiar with what those entail. you will need a hobby knife or xacto blade of some sort. model kit rubber cement or model glue. small cutters and a file can also be handy. Sometimes the kits have mold release or silicone spray on the plastic , this is used to keep the plastic from sticking to the mold as its injection cures and is exjected from the machine. some smaller brands do this by hand. washing in soapy water can help with painting, if there is too much chemicals on plastic the paint just beads as rain does on a car. I usually wait to test paint something and if it does not stick then i wash the plastic. Some parts are pretty fragile and can be broken or deformed when removing from the sprue, if this happens and is not a critical part its not the end of the world, you can just try to make it look like battle damage or worn out from driving into things as some tanks do. This around a medium difficulty kit, the amount of parts is not overwhelming and the only tricky part is not to use too much glue on the wheels if you want them to spin, and the gun to elevate up and down, the instructions do list this, but its just a tiny note next to them not to glue certain parts. The only real gripe i have with this kit is the rubber tracks are a bit undersized, once you have them on and heat a screwdriver or something to melt the ends together. Most of the time this is not a issue, but on this kit i had to really stretch them to get it on over the wheels and sprocket. Unfortunately part of the track started to rip when i did this, but it did not tear completely. so i can still roll it on the tracks. Also don't use the antenna that included, or at least not the aerial, you can take a piece of sprue that you clip straight, heat the middle with a lighter or candle and then pull to make a thin tall antenna thats not brittle. glue that to the mount and the tank has comms. On ww2 russians tanks keep in mind only the tank platoon commanders had radios. the rest of the tanks used hand signals and flags much to the delight of the germans. This is a fair price for this kit and even after all the years i still remember building this one. maybe ill make another for the british. the russians also used most american and some british tanks during the war. and every now and then so did the germans if they captured some. so have fun putting it together. as for painting. tamiya paints are great, but they are pricey and not every place carries them. Floquil makes some nice paints in a lot of colors, and testors has some really good ones too. There are many companies paints that great for these kits.
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