Frank Blanton, Richmond, Virginia

A Legend Productions conversion set turned Academy's 1/35 scale M3 Lee into an M31 tank recovery vehicle of the 191st Tank Battalion, deployed to southern France in 1944. Tamiya acrylics and artist's oil dry-brushing gave the vehicle its distinctive camouflage; enamel washes and powdered pigment weathered it. Frank applied Aves ClayShay to styrene foam for the base.