TootsieToy Lee

After three years of searching and working, I am nearly done with this project.

This is the Tootsietoy Lee tank, in a new paint job.

The holes repaired, seams patched, ridges filed down and ready for action.

I also added the cupola machine gun with a bit of wire and a dollop of glue on the end as the flash suppressor.

Here is the tank with a 1/72nd scale US Army soldier from Italeri.  Not a bad size match.

I plan on using these as heavy tanks with a 105 howitzer in the nose.  Something the real M3 Lee did not have.  These tanks are also much larger than a HO scale Lee but about the same size as an M6 heavy tank.  So in my alternate universe, these are heavy tanks that saw combat alongside the Lee series of tanks.