Thank you gents

Roy well there go my last two Sherman based builds, thanks for info

Regards,

Mark

Nice work!  Can I offer two small painting nitpicks?  1) only the upper left oval lens was red.  Below it was a black rectangular slit.  On the right, the top and bottom were both black rectangular slits.  2) the spare return rollers -- you have them painted dark grey to represent rubber, perhaps?  In reality, they were all steel --and would likely have been fully olive drab.  Ones that had been in use would have had the contact surfaces worn to dark bare metal.  FYI

Nice build. The kit has a lot of detail.

Stik, you got that right! Watched Kelly's Hero's again just a couple weeks ago. Still love that movie!

G not to worry and no need to shut it, constructive criticisim can be a great thing

SP hard not to, eh?

Rob if you spend enough time on the many Sherman sites you'll come across a picture or two of the large hatch A1 hulls used in this configuration but by and large the small hatch made up the bulk of these vehicles

Bish a short grass mat does look like a lawn does it not?

Regards,

Mark

Thanks for the info Mark. I am not a big fan of grass mats, to well kept and neat. But for this scene, it works a treat.

You done a nice job on the kit, I like it. Folks that say it is inaccurate are right; apparently this combination of recovery on the M4A1's large hatch cast hull didn't exist. It doesn't mean it is a terrible kit, just more of a what if. The kit was designed in the age of when a company swapped some sprues and got an easy conversion.

PeterPan

 

So I guess I’m not the only one who hears “Burning Bridges” in my head when I see this dio.....

Ah, thanks for the correction. Makes sense. 

Looking at a bigger photo I can see it's tiny yellow flowers in there. To my tired old eyes before the yellow flowers looked like really shiney grass! 

Sorry, I'll shut up now! 

Thanks gents

The grass was cut from a Silfor mat, spring grass with weeds I think it was called. For years I tried to do my own grass with varied results but these commercial products blow my efforts out of the water. Accordingly, I swallow my pride and use them.

With the healthy looking grass and the lighter green leaves on the trees I was attempting to give impression of a wet mid spring with everything lush before summer heat strikes. Spring vegitation will look much like this here in the States but perhaps not elsewhere, don't know, I've never traveled the world

Regards,

Mark

That's some nice work! Love the M32, figures, building ruin, the landscaping all look great! 

Only nitpick is the grass does look super healthy and green, almost like a manicured golf course. Maybe hit it with a little yellow or brown so it's not so healthy looking? Just nitpicking though, great job overall! 

Great looking build and very nice dio. I do like those trees. Did you use matting for the grass.

I like it as well.  Very good.

Ditto the other remarks here so far. Very nice diorama and I like all the detail on the vehicle.

I like it, very nice.

Thanks gents

The base is MiniArt's ruined church and the figures came out of the parts box

Regards,

Mark

Looks good to me. What figures did you use and is the base pre made or something that you put together?

Very nice diroma well done