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PostPosted: Thu 23 Oct 2008 12:25 pm    Post subject: Lee/Grant Group Build reference section Reply with quote
Please place any reference material here

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PostPosted: Sat 25 Oct 2008 14:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just to get the ball rolling here are some Lee/Grant links that may prove either useful or interesting to those taking part in this build.

1st up good old wikipedia’s page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Lee

A page from Digger History

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-armour/allied/grant.htm

The next link features an interesting data sheet

http://www.wwiiequipment.com/grant.aspx

More info here

http://www.battletanks.com/new_page_3.htm

http://www.battletanks.com/new_page_14.htm

From the Israeli Armour site, a nice picture of a Grant

http://www.davidpride.com/Israeli_Armor/IL_Armor_04_298.htm

A couple of nice Lee pictures here

http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/mischnick.pages/lee.tank.htm

Some interior shots for all of the super detailers out there

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67176

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PostPosted: Fri 14 Nov 2008 20:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A couple of pictures that I took of the Imperial War Museum Grant whilst on one of the JBOs.


A nice view of the turret top for anyone wishing to detail or indeed change the Airfix kit.


A very blurry 3/4 view of the tank (strange this is before we went to the pub ), you can see the counter weight on the barrel of the main gun, another detail that could be added to the Airfix kit




A couple of interior shots for anyone feeling really ambitious


This is actually on a Sherman but shows the type of bogie used on the Lee/Grant and interestingly two different types of wheel.


An idea for a small diorama

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PostPosted: Fri 14 Nov 2008 20:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The counterweight would not be on all guns. Point of note, some early Shermans had the counterweight (on the shorter, M2, 75mm).
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PostPosted: Fri 14 Nov 2008 21:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brews wrote:
The counterweight would not be on all guns. Point of note, some early Shermans had the counterweight (on the shorter, M2, 75mm).


Quite true Brews, it will not be a feature of my build.

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PostPosted: Sat 17 Jan 2009 16:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is the Prime Portal walkaround of the M3 Lee:

http://www.primeportal.net/tanks/david_lueck/m3_lee/

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