British M3 Grant Tank

As many have said below, it's an older kit but well worth the look. Plenty of detail in the lower hull though definitely take the time to get the 75mm seated right and watch the gluing as it's easy, especially with thin cement, to accidentally glue the gun in place. There's also an annoying gap right in front of the main gun housing between the upper superstructure and lower hull that needs some careful fitting. The big change from the Lee to the Grant is the turret. It was built to British design with room for a wireless set in the back and no extra machine gun turret (which looked ridiculous on the original version anyways). Standard split hatch in it's place. I tried a different approach to painting this model. I figured that the tanks were factory finished in olive drab in the states and then shipped to Cairo. So, I painted it first with a base of OD and then layered first sand, and then red-brown on top of that. Overall, I like the finished effect. Some points to consider: the 37mm does need a drill out for the barrel and that gun assembly has a tendency to stick in it's mount. A bit of WD-40 and some strategic sanding does wonders here. The tracks have the usual issues with sizing. One extra track block in them would solve all of the issues. Too bad they can't model track tensioning systems or a way to move the drive sprocket forward or back a few millimeters to make it easier. Took about two days from start to finish.