The Quickwheel 1:35 masking set for the road wheels of the M3 Grant, M3 Lee and the M31 recovery vehicle is for the Takom kits. An accessory for painting the wheels, not a kit.
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A masking set for painting the road wheels of the American M3 medium tanks in the British Grant form, the American Lee form and their M31 recovery version, 1:35 scale. It is not a model: the masks stick onto finished wheels and separate the rubber from the rim. The set is cut for the kits of these machines from Takom.
The M3 family rides on VVSS vertical volute springing, which makes painting the wheels the most laborious part of the whole build. The running gear consists of three bogies on each side, and in each bogie are two road wheels with a rubber tire band, so six wheels come to a side and twelve to the whole model. Above each bogie sits a return roller as well, which has a rubber running surface of its own and tends to be overlooked when painting, although it is as clearly visible from the side as the wheels below it. The drive sprocket at the front is toothed and has no rubber. The M31 recovery vehicle shares the same chassis, only with a different superstructure. The combination of many small, identically shaped discs means that lining by hand comes out slightly differently every time — and it is precisely this mismatch that shows best on a model with VVSS.
The chassis of the M3 is most often painted over a light olive base, and that is treacherous for a dark rubber shade. Gray and black pigments do not cover over light green in one coat, and the second coat is often laid on too thickly to catch up. Work the other way round: thin the paint and count on three or four passes, letting the surface really dry between them. The base under the mask has to be matured, or the mask will tear the olive paint away too when it is lifted off. Choose a rubber shade toward a cool gray rather than brown, because with twelve discs side by side every warm tone looks like rust. Finish matte and do not concern yourself with shine on VVSS at all.
This is a masking set, not a model. The kit, paints and glue are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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