Sherman Collection

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:21 AM

sasd,
Thank You Very Much.

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:11 AM

Hi Aimdcv64,
The next time you go out into your backyard to get rid of some dead vegitation check out some of the small dead tree roots,bang the dirt off of them,let them dry out and cut to
desired lengths and glue onto your dio. Maybe a little tough to do now depending where you are,ground might be a tad frozen. Anyways there you are,great lookin trees!

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:00 AM

Super nice job on all of them. Thank you for sharing them with us. I think I like the last one the best, the trees look just fantastic. If I may ask how did you make the trees?

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mjohnson

Member since
August 2003
From: PA

Posted by mjohnson on Friday, December 17, 2004 9:58 AM

Great builds. Thanks for sharing them with us.

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Friday, December 17, 2004 8:14 AM

Thanks so much yw18mc and Zokissima,your comments are much appreciated. I`m looking forward to seeing that Centurion your working on,did you get that site that I posted in the reference section for you? My Dad spent 9yrs in Gagetown driving the Centurion so has a little special meaning for me. Thanks again.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Friday, December 17, 2004 6:39 AM

Holy cow, those are some spectacular builds. Great job. I'm afraid I can't offer much in the way of criticism, as your skills greatly surpass my own.
Way to go on the Canadian Sherman. I so rarely see models of one...

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yw18mc

Member since
April 2004
From: sunny imperial beach

Posted by yw18mc on Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:25 PM

Exceptional work Russ. I really like the settings and the overall interest of the dio's. Thank you for sharing your outstanding work and ideas. Semper Fi, mike

mike

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:26 AM

Thanks Steve,I have a few more to post to show my tecknique and unorthodox way of putting a dio together,it`ll be fun.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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crockett

Member since
April 2004
From: The cornfields of Ohio

Posted by crockett on Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:56 AM

Russ,

Very impressive work. Now that you have this many Shermans, you can feel kind of confident on taking on one tiger! ha!, No, really, these dio's are the best. Can't wait to see your future posts......
regards,
Steve

Tigers no Lions, no Bears...OH MY

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:05 PM

Thanks guys,more to come soon.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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rrmelend

Member since
January 2004
From: Phoenix, AZ by way of Carlsbad, CA

Posted by rrmelend on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:59 PM

Awesome collection! Keep up the good work.

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:23 AM

Nice collection of Shermans there.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:39 AM

Many thanks Armour_freek and Stickjockey. The frostyness was achieved with first putting on the base colour of olive drab,then a heavy drybrush of whitewash,then a black and brown wash to tone down the white camo and then redrybrush the white to put back the frost on the raised details. As for the mg mount yer eyes are better`n mine so will need some checkin into.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:12 PM

How did you get that frosty look on the first one? That just looks cold!!

On the second one (the one with the HVSS suspension), where is the pintle mounted to the topside .50? It looks like it might be a bit far back on the receiver. It should be mounted under and just forward of the ammo box, kind of on the bottom front corner of the receiver. A small trifle, really, and easily fixed.

Nice collection!

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Armour_freek

Member since
April 2004
From: QLD, Australia

Posted by Armour_freek on Monday, December 13, 2004 7:12 AM

I agree, awesome work my friend

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Sunday, December 12, 2004 10:39 PM

Thanks alot guys for your comments and for takin the time to have a look. I hope
I have given you all some ideas for future projects and hope to see some your work in this forum. I have been touring all the foums here on FSM and the quality of work is outstanding.Hope to see more,keep it coming.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Model Maniac

Member since
February 2003
From: Thailand

Posted by Model Maniac on Sunday, December 12, 2004 10:12 PM

All your dio's look great, keep them coming! Wink [;)]

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ponch

Member since
February 2003

Posted by ponch on Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:15 PM

Very nice builds, and good job on the scenery as well

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 11, 2004 6:39 PM

AWESOME WORK!!! the weathering is mind blowing!! i have never seen the 4th sherman.....it reminded me of a movie (i cant remember the title) where the turret was blown of and the commander was drivin' with a .50 tryin to get away....
AWESOME! Thumbs Up [tup]

three thumbs up!! (power plant) lol

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 11, 2004 5:17 PM

Great Shermans!!!! I think the M4 is one of my all time favorate tanks. You do fantastic work. Keep it up!!!

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Saturday, December 11, 2004 4:17 PM

I appreciate your comments J-Hulk, it does take other onlookers to see what the builder misses. Thanks for taking a look.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:40 AM

Sasd, that is amazing work! Beautifully weathered finishes, well-composed scenes, and great figures, too. Fine job scratching the dozer blade, too! Very impressive!

I scoured the pix long and hard looking for something to offer some constructive criticism on...but that's a tough job! If I had to mention anything (and I stress, these are only small, insignificant things), it'd be that in the first pic (Winter M4), the left track doesn't quite seem to be fully seated on the sprocket. And in the fourth pic (early M4A1 "Alberta"), the suspension doesn't quite seem to be engaging the terrain as well as it could be. Seems to be kind of floating over the rubble in some places.

Anyway, I had to look real long and real hard to find those two things to comment on, neither of which detract from the impact and beauty of your work. Big Smile [:D]

Looking forward to seeing your two other Shermans! Smile [:)]

~Brian

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Saturday, December 11, 2004 7:13 AM

Thanks very much Tankergeoff,hope you found them to be useful too.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 11, 2004 6:56 AM

sasd.... those look great! thanks for sharing!

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Sherman Collection

Posted by sasd on Saturday, December 11, 2004 12:17 AM

Hello everyone,
I thought I would share with you all the rest of my Sherman collection and maybe give you some ideas for a future project or a current one.
Most of my Shermans are built straight out of the box with additions of stowage.
One exception is the Sherman Dozer,I scratched the blade. So here are a few more to have a look at and please do make a comment or two.