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MR Modellbau: M3 Burma Lee
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Posted: Friday, December 01, 2017 - 08:13 AM UTC


Up for release this December is an upgrade set from MR Modellbau to build an M3 Lee as used in Burma. Here we see a pre-production sample used on the Takom kit.

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Posted: Saturday, December 02, 2017 - 04:59 PM UTC
Never thought of a M3 in Burma.
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Posted: Saturday, December 23, 2017 - 12:15 AM UTC
M3s were very successful in Burma. Britain shipped many Grants and Lees from North Africa to the CBI Theater, and mos tof the Lees had the machine gun cupola removed. Stowage was unique, and this set looks authentic.
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Posted: Saturday, December 23, 2017 - 04:57 AM UTC
Interesting subject set.




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