Thanks Bish, I'm hoping to get her finished in the next couple of days

I got a nice chunk of time to work on my Hellcat today.  I attached the stowage and did a bit of weathering.  I really like the Tamiya weathering set.  I might have to get each set after working with these.  Just need to get the tracks on and weather the wheels, attach the ammo can for the .50, and make an antenna.  After that I think I'll be done, unless someone notices something I missed.

All finished!  Sorry I'm a couple of days late, but life has a habit of getting in the way.  I'm pretty happy with how my Hellcat turned out, with the exception of the decals.  I learned a lot building it, and I'm sure I'll learn more as I get more armor kits under my belt.  Thanks to Eagle for hosting the build, and my condolences again for your loss.  And thanks to Bish for taking over.

Bob: She turned out great! Other than the #@%$@#$ silvering she's perfect! Everything, paint, tracks, storage looks great.

Ghostrider: That's kinda odd on the storage. I've seen Shermans with stuff loaded on the rear engine deck behind the intakes. And if the storage partially blocks the intake you're fine but I'd think they'd be problems if the whole intake is covered.  

Thanks Gamera!  I'm pretty pleased.  The Tamiya weathering set made it very easy.  I'm thinking I might have to get all the sets.

That's a great looking build Bob, thanks very much for sharing. I have added a pic to the line up on page 3.

Thanks Bish!

yeah, I pretty much just followed the example stowage picture in the instructions, I've already recycled the instruction sheet, but it definitely had all three of those crates on top of the intake.  I suppose it could have been wrong, the scale of some of the stuff was a bit off in the picture.  I rearranged the crates to clear some more space on the intake.

I also took the time to paint the three soldier figures that came with it.

Hey Ghostrider, sorry didn't meant to come off telling you what to do! I'd guess partially blocking the intakes like you've got there shouldn't be any problem. Nice work - the figures look really good.

I really like that Ghostrider!  The whitewash looks like the crew just slopped it on as fast as they could to get back into the fight, and the fresh mud is a nice touch.

Really nice there Ghost. You want me to use that as your final pic, or do you have any more.

well, I thought those pics on the last page were better, but if you like it, go ahead, I've got a few more angles from the shelf there in my photobucket album , but I'll leave the final shot up to you.

http://s56.photobucket.com/user/ACESHIGH1/slideshow/Model%20pics/Tamiya%20M4A3%20with%20105mm%20howitzer

Thanks Bish for taking over this GB, and Eagle for starting it.  If I haven't mentioned it already, Eagle, you have my condolences.

Ok Ghost, I have added one from the previous page.

gamera, sorry, I had not added one of yours, done it now.

And thanks again guys. Some great work there, and thanks for the words for eagle.

And, as a bonus, I painted up thwe George S. Patton from the Tamiya Famous Generals set.

the photo probably doesn't do him justice.

Bish: Thanks! I was kinda hoping to get some better photos when I get the dio finally finished- just wanted to get something up to show that the Sherman was in fact finished even if the rest isn't! Still it works - thanks!

Ghostrider: Cool, I think he came out pretty darn well.

yeah, the camera kinda washed out the colors a little though.

Not sure if anyone is still checking this GB out, but I had to post something.

Bish!  Thank you so much my friend!  I really can't thank you enough for all you have done.

I'm sure you all know what happened by now, and I want to thank everyone who kept the GB going!  Awesome work everyone.  Thank you for the support and wonderful posts of your work!

I'm going to do my best to get back on the forums and start posting again, but had to send out a special thank you to Bish and thank everyone for keeping this GB going!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Hey Eagle, it's good to see you again! Hope things have calmed down at least a little bit.

Thank you sir for a great group build!

It's great to see you back Eagle.

Thank you Gamera!  Bish was a huge factor in making it happen too!  Big thank you to him! 

Thank you Dan theman!  It does feel good to be back!  Now I just need to get all my modeling stuff down here!