1/72 Dragon Sherman M4A1 Normandy WIP

tlivancso

Member since
February 2004
From: Connecticut, East of the River

1/72 Dragon Sherman M4A1 Normandy WIP

Posted by tlivancso on Monday, March 28, 2011 3:40 PM

Hello All,

It has started out to be a really nice build so far with only a couple of issues, one of the periscopes part number 7 was completely missing from the sprue A for placement in the turret and the pivot bar at the end of the barrel part number 3 on sprue A was not moulded on so I had to add a piece of styrene rod to fix it as for the missing periscope I cut the one out of the unused hatch part number 23 on sprue B.

I have started with the turret assembly first and added a few bits and bobs both scratched and with the kit supplied PE with a few more on the way.

With barrel and mantel added.

With a No, 11 blade for size comparison.

More pics to come as building progresses.

Thanx for looking and as always comments and critiques welcome. Big Smile

Cheers, Thom

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spadx111

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April 2015

Posted by spadx111 on Monday, March 28, 2011 5:51 PM

Yes nice start good work on the build.

Ron

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Nachtflieger

Member since
August 2003
From: Connecticut, USA

Posted by Nachtflieger on Monday, March 28, 2011 5:54 PM

Thom it looks great, but wow; is it TINY! Big Smile

Nate

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TD4438

Member since
March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Monday, March 28, 2011 7:39 PM

Stuff like this just amazes me!

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Shellback

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March 2006
From: Right Side of a Left State

Posted by Shellback on Monday, March 28, 2011 8:00 PM

Small and well done detail .

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tlivancso

Member since
February 2004
From: Connecticut, East of the River

Posted by tlivancso on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:40 AM

Thank you for all the nice comments, hope to have some more pics up soon. Big Smile

Thom

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tlivancso

Member since
February 2004
From: Connecticut, East of the River

Posted by tlivancso on Friday, June 24, 2011 12:12 PM

Well all I have completed work on this one and now it is time to throw some paint on her. I also decided to replace the kit barrel with one from Aber. So onto the update pics.

Comments and critques welcomed.

Cheers,

Thom

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IPMS Northeast Military Modelers Association (Web Master)

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redleg12

Member since
July 2006
From: New Jersey

Posted by redleg12 on Friday, June 24, 2011 12:21 PM

Thom - PE on this small scale.....I am going blind Indifferent

Outstanding work

Rounds Complete!!

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:48 AM

Very nice work so far. Dragon's range of 1:72 Shermans is excellent

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jetmodeler

Member since
October 2009
From: South Carolina

Posted by jetmodeler on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 6:30 AM

madmike

Dragon's range of 1:72 Shermans is excellent

Ditto Dragon does an excellent job on making those little buggers.

Looking very nice so far.

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TD4438

Member since
March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 6:51 AM

I don't know how you do it,but I love watching the results!

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wbill76

Member since
July 2004
From: Texas

Posted by wbill76 on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:19 PM

Very nice work on the detail additions and PE work. I'm with Mike, no idea how you guys are able to work with PE in that scale Wink Yes

BP Models

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Nachtflieger

Member since
August 2003
From: Connecticut, USA

Posted by Nachtflieger on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:08 PM

Looking good Thom, can't wait to see some paint on it! How were the tracks on this one? I know the 1/35 scale DS tracks run about 2 links too long, and was curious if it's the same in 1/72.

Nate

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tlivancso

Member since
February 2004
From: Connecticut, East of the River

Posted by tlivancso on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:15 PM

Thanks for all the compliments guys, really appreciate them.

Nate : The DS tracks on this a spot on nothing needed to be done to them except glue them together.

Hope to have some color on it soon.

Now back to cleaning the pool, mowing the lawn and what not...... Crying

Cheers,

Thom

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IPMS Central Connecticut (President)

IPMS Northeast Military Modelers Association (Web Master)

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Chazzer

Member since
January 2011
From: The Great North Woods, Maine

Posted by Chazzer on Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:13 PM

How in the hell can you work with those tiny PE parts? I have trouble with 1/35 PE. The model is excellent! Alot of those parts are smaller than the pieces of plastic I remove from my builds! What a pleasure to see your work!

Scott

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