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I should have joined the Sherman Build - my first kit in 25 years! Pics.

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  • From: Ontario, Canada
I should have joined the Sherman Build - my first kit in 25 years! Pics.
Posted by Copterguy on Monday, March 1, 2004 7:45 PM
Hey Folks,

At long last, here it is! This is the first kit I've built in 25 years (since I was 11), Tamiya's new M4A3 with 105. I'm darn happy with how things turned out. Approve [^]

I started it last fall for a break from a couple of copters I started when I returned to the hobby. Between work and kids, progress was slow. I managed to get most of it done over Christmas and then finished the painting the past couple of weekends. It seems like a long time, but I can usually only work at things maybe a couple of hours a week, if that.

Anyway, you can check out the pics at the following hosting site (I could not figure out how to stick them directly in the postBanged Head [banghead]). Just click on the "view shows" button.

http://www.blackphotocentre.com/photosite/jwchase@blacks

This kit involved a lot of firsts for me:

-first kit in 25 years
-first paint job with an airbrush
-first time trying anything like camo
-first attempt at any kind of weathering (washes, drybrushing).

Many thanks to all of the very kind advice and tips from everyone on this site, in particular Dominique (djmodels) for the watercolour wash method (I used sepia watercolour for the shadows and dirty look) and Robert (Shermanfreak) for ideas for the tracks and drybrushing. I drybrushed with steel and rust on the tracks and with OD, steel, and rust on the rest.

The only thing I haven't done but would like to try is a bit of pastel weathering, although I really haven't a clue as to the approach I should take with this kit. It doesn't seem all that realistic to put dust onto something in the snowy Ardennes. Any ideas or suggestions would be great.

What to do next? I really should finish the Hasegawa Apache Longbow on the bench, although I have a feeling I'm going to pick up Tamiya's ODS Bradley this weekend - I've definitely been seduced by the dark side. Wink [;)]

Jim
Current Projects: Tamiya M1A2 Tamiya LRDG Chevrolet CWT 30
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  • From: Newport News VA
Posted by Buddho on Monday, March 1, 2004 7:52 PM
Great looking Sherman...Jim!

Regards, Dan

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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Monday, March 1, 2004 8:02 PM
Very nice job Jim. My only critique is you might want to tie down the gear on the rear deck. Otherwise for a lot of firsts, great job.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, March 1, 2004 8:12 PM
And a fine looking Sherman it is !!!!

You've done great with this build Jim. A lot of firsts listed there, that's always good to hear someone trying some of the techniques mentioned here at the forums.

I agree with Eric's point that a little well placed rope will round that finish out.

Thanks for sharing with us and we hope you come back and build some more armour with us.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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  • From: USA, GA
Posted by erush on Monday, March 1, 2004 8:21 PM
Good job Jim. Excellenet work for the first time out in a while!

Eric
Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.     "Friendly fire...isn't"
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  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, March 1, 2004 8:55 PM
Hey, great job, Jim. I did the same kit last year and it seems you did a better job than me, too.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 1, 2004 9:02 PM
Awesome job Jim.
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  • From: Kent, England
Posted by nmayhew on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 2:22 AM
excellent!!Cool [8D]
by the way, pastels are one of the easiest mediums to work with...put too much on? just brush it off...simple as that! but agree there probably wasn't too much dust in the ardennes!Wink [;)]
thanks for sharing.
regards,
nick
Kind regards, Nicholas
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 2:24 AM
Great job with all your first. What's next.
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  • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 2:47 AM
Nice job Jim. Thats looks great for a first time out. I've not yet attempted a white wash but looks liek it came ntural to you. Get the gear tied down and it would be even better. Try out a tea bag string for a piece of rope. Looks to be about the rigth scale and easy to work with. Thanks for posting it for us to see.
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  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 3:47 AM
Good-looking Sherman, Jim!
~Brian
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  • From: West Grove, PA
Posted by wildwilliam on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 6:51 AM
Jim,
good looking Sherman!
welcome back to the hobby, and welcome to the forum!

i am going to try to link one of your pics here



just to see if it is your host site or if it is how you are doing it.
seems to work ok, so here it what you need to do, for future reference:
i went to the page you put in your mail and clicked on a picture.
after i got to the page w/ the full sized pic, i right clicked on it and
selected 'properties'
on the properties window, i highlighted the address, right clicked on that and chose copy.
then in this message, i pasted that address between the two commands
as shown below (except that when you do it for real, there are no spaces
after the left bracket or before the right bracket)
[ img ]http://image.internetimagingnetwork.com/gi/i4/ph129667220419[ /img ]

i have to put the spaces in, or it would just put the image there again and
you would not be able to see how it is done.
so when you try it, take them out!

also, some browsers do not bring up the properties menu when you right click
on a picture. (my home browser does not, my work one does)
i have no idea why.
if that is the problem you are having, you can usually ask someone else to put a pic or two in the thread for you and they will.

anywho, nice Sherman!
and thanks for the pics. Big Smile [:D]

ed.
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 7:14 AM
Jim,

That is one fine looking Sherm you have created!

I know the rest will agree with me when I say, I look forward to seeing more of your Armor posted here!

Keep up the great work Tongue [:P]
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 9:10 AM
Good job on the sherman. TUrned out really nice. Wouldn't think you'd have been out of the hobby for 25 years if this is what you're turning out as a first since then :)
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  • From: Utah - USA
Posted by wipw on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 11:34 AM
Fantastic job, Jim. The build looks terrific and the whitewash is phenomenal!

Congratulations on a beautiful model.
Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 1:42 PM
Well, Jim,

For a 'copter guy' you sure do a great job with a bit of armor! Very nice indeed.

Ron
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    February 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by mark956 on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 4:45 PM
Great Sherman Jim. Thanks for the link.
mark956
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 5:45 PM
Looks great
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Posted by r13b20 on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 5:51 PM
Good job Jim!! That tank looks like it's really cold, brrrr.
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  • From: Ontario, Canada
Posted by Copterguy on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 8:18 PM
Thanks for all of the kind words! I think one of the reasons that the kit turned out as well as it did was the easy access to loads of modelling info on the forums and the internet in general. No reinventing the wheel at all. When I needed to do something with the kit, I just simply searched or asked at the forums and found a dozen ways to do it.

Best sources of ideas: this forum of course, the Armorama site, and the Tamiya site (plastic/tips and techniques - great info for the whitewash).

Definitely gonna get some tea bag strings for the stowage!

Also, does anyone know how to take better photos? I found that my bench light and the camera flash seemed to wash out a lot of the colours and shading. Perhaps daylight gives a better more representative photo?

Thanks again!
Current Projects: Tamiya M1A2 Tamiya LRDG Chevrolet CWT 30
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Posted by shermanfreak on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 9:04 PM
Natural sunlight is always great .... but if that's not available, artificial lightning needs to be used. The flash on the camera is one of the biggest distorters of close up pics. I use 3 halogen spot lights (2 in front, 1 overhead) to light my models for pics and tuen the flash off.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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  • From: down South
Posted by ga.retread on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 10:10 PM
Hey Jim, All I can do is echo everyone else's sentiments, "great model and great paint job." I'm like you, just returning to the modeling game after a really long lay-off, and I hope my first efforts turn out as nice as yours. Keep up the good work.
"Shoot low boys, they're riding Shetland Ponies!" - Lewis Grizzard, revered Southern humorist
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    March 2004
  • From: Belgium
Posted by DanCooper on Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:36 PM
Thanks for mailing the solution to my problem copterguy, meanwhile I had already done the same thing as you did ; posted a link to a temporary page, if you are interested here it is http://users.skynet.be/Modelers/Huey.htm however don't expect too much at the moment.
Next pictures, I will post directly into the forum.

On the bench : Revell's 1/125 RV Calypso

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  • From: NE Georgia
Posted by Keyworth on Thursday, March 4, 2004 8:34 PM
Nice work on the Sherman, Jim.
"There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, March 5, 2004 1:36 AM
Nice model! Thanks for sharing!
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  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Friday, March 5, 2004 5:17 AM
Very nice work, Jim. Way to go blazing new trails! Looking forward to seeing pics of that Longbow.

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