My first in 19+ years: Tamiya M4A3 Sherman

Gamera

Member since
November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Saturday, June 1, 2013 6:33 PM

Yeah, other than the floating tracks and the loose storage very nice work! I too really like how you weathered the stars.

I hope you'll be posting more of your work in the future!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

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PeteG

Member since
December 2012

Posted by PeteG on Saturday, June 1, 2013 6:21 PM

Thanks to all for the positive feedback. I will take all comments and apply them to my next armor build!

Pete Gottfried
Buffalo, NY

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Stuart06

Member since
December 2005
From: Toronto, Canada

Posted by Stuart06 on Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:12 AM

Very nice...

Most of my friends are imaginary

Sell your watch, because time is money $$

In Canada hwy speed is measured by number of moose tracks per hockey goal.

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T26E4

Member since
November 2005

Posted by T26E4 on Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:55 AM

Yep -- looks great. I concur with the advice about tying down the engine deck stowage and spare ammo cans. Imagine if you had stuff lying in the bed of a 4x4 pick up truck and the rear gate was down. Now go 20-25 mph over some farmland and across streams and ditches. How much stuff do you have left in 10 minutes?

Apply the same logical eye to your stuff too. Keep up the good work

Roy Chow

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f8sader

Member since
May 2004
From: Mount Bretherton Model Aircraft Observatory

Posted by f8sader on Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:22 AM

Good model! Good comments! I love the weathering on the "stars".

Lon-ski

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SchattenSpartan

Member since
April 2013

Posted by SchattenSpartan on Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:36 AM

Nice Sherman, Pete! This kit was my first serious attempt on an armor model and I loved building it as well. It's a nice kit... I think the weathering is just right and the olive drab has a nice shade. I weathered mine like it drove through a giant hole filled with mud Wink .

Clemens

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Tojo72

Member since
March 2003
From: Western North Carolina

Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:58 AM

Nice work,I do like your handling of the tracks,and the wood crates look good.I think your tracks are floating,glue them to the return rollers,but good job overall.Remember,it's in the details

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:11 AM

Not bad at all Pete. Welcome back to the hobby. The only real thing that I suggest is to tie-down the stowage on the rear deck.

Eric

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disastermaster

Member since
July 2003
From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in central North Carolina.

Posted by disastermaster on Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:52 AM

As far as the paint goes...... don't use the camera flash when you take pictures.

The flash will wash out the appearance that you are looking for.

I never use the flash.

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FlyItLikeYouStoleIt

Member since
April 2013
From: Minnesota City, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Posted by FlyItLikeYouStoleIt on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:24 PM

Awesome Sherman, Pete! Details are spot on! As for the weathering, I don't think you killed it at all. In fact, I personally would've done a tad more. Great job!

Bill.

On the bench: Lindberg 1/32 scale 1934 Ford Coupe and a few rescue projects.

In queue: Tamiya 1/35 Quad Tractor or a scratch build project.

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PeteG

Member since
December 2012

My first in 19+ years: Tamiya M4A3 Sherman

Posted by PeteG on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 8:19 PM

Hello all,

I've posted a few times in the airplane forum regarding a Hasegawa P-51 I have been working on. Yeah, I'm still working on it but I needed the gratification of a finished kit. After reading an article in the Feb 13 issue of FSM on a weekend tank build I decided on a the Tamiya kit.

Prior to the Tamiya and the Hasegawa kits I hadn't built, let alone completed a kit, in about 19 years. I essentially had to reteach myself how to build. But with the help of FSM, the forum, countless internet pages and doogsmodels.com I jumped in feet first. So here are the results. It is by no means an award winner and I could pretty much detail every damn mistake, but boy did I have a blast. I think what I liked best was the "let's try this and see what happens" philosophy I adopted for painting and weathering. Prior to this I had never done anything other than a straight paint job. With this kit. I looked at the previously mentioned resources and tried everything. Critically, I think I overdid it and killed the olive drab. But now I know. As I said, it was fun and I can't wait to do more amor...after I finish the bare metal Mustang. Pleae let me know your thoughts and let me know what I can do better.

Thanks,
Pete
Buffalo, NY