Sunday 3 March 2024

From BenitoV: White Scout Car (35 points)

After being conspicuously AWOL for three weeks, I am now able to rejoin the Challenge for its last lap until Spring. Today, I´m introducing the third (after the German Lynx and the British Humber Mk IV) and last recon vehicle planned for this Challenge - a US M3 Scout Car (known in the British and Commonwealth armies as the "White Scout Car").


Approximately 20,000 units were produced and used by the Allied Armies in Western Europe and the Pacific; additionally, roughly 3,500 were lent to the USSR during the war.


With a crew of seven, the vehicle was armed with two 0.3 cal MMGs and one 0.5 cal HMG boasting an impressive firepower.


This is 28mm scale 3D printed model  from Trenchworx. It's a well-designed vehicle with great attention to detail. However, despite three attempts at printing it, the 0.5 cal gun barrel has bent upwards and I haven't been able to fix it (...may be too much Viagra in the resin mix?) 



 Scoring now: I value this entry at  27 points, with 20 for the vehicle, 5 for the model serving the gun and another 2 for the driver and copilot. 

This looks really good Benito! The coloring on the car itself, alongside all the weathering is spot on! I always tended to make mine too green, and would get scolded by the older members in the club.. but this would be right up their alley! 

Giving you actually 35 pts, as the figures are figures in the end. Even if only half sized. 

So 35 pts for you here!
Kyle

 

23 comments:

  1. Great weathering on the scout car.

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  2. That is a lovely looking scout car Benito (if a scout car can be described as 'lovely'). Nonetheless, I think that 50 cal needs a barrel change. :)

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    1. After the third print, I gave up, the problem is the resin and the tension of such narrow barrel when curating . The alternative was to use a spare 0.5 from a Rubicon Sherman model, but the guy serving the gun gave the vehicle a lot of character

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  3. Very very nice, the weathering is spot on.

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  4. Love the Scout Car great work

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  5. Love the interior detailing with all the stowage!

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    1. That's from the Rubicon Allied stowage box, great for this

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  6. Fantastic vehicle painting - so difficult to get right! Cheers Jez

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  7. Great looking scout car ,finished to your usual,consitantly high standard!
    Best Iain

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  8. Well done Benito. I have the same model and enjoy trenchworx vehicles and crews. Excellent. The viagra gives the .50 cal Al little extra elevation for anti air.

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  9. Good looking car. I hope you can solve the barrel issue.

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    1. Not a good solution in prospect: three prints of the model (with different resins) and all bent while curating. Either this or replacing with a spare 0.5 from a Sherman model

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  10. Kyle thank you for the additional points!

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