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                        Chop-Shop Shermie - Pics

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                        Build22
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Upstate NY
                        Chop-Shop Shermie - Pics
                        Posted by Build22 on Friday, April 23, 2004 2:43 PM
                        Well, I've kinda departed from the norm on this one.


                        In the many travels through out the web, various armor galleries and coming across many Sherman pics, I couldn't help but notice the aerodynamic shape of the early M4A1.

                        And well, with all the car companies going "retro" with their new designs ...........I thought .......who knows .........maybe a new class of auto, the SAV - Suburban Assualt Vehicle.

                        So I thought what would it look like with a nice shiny coat of paint

                        - I may go to "Sherman Hell " for such blasphemy !




                        Nichimo M4A1 - Very hard plastic - not great detail pieces - was an old motorized model. Purchased on Free-bay for not alot



                        Scraped off all detail from hulland filled holes. Model had a hull texture over the whole surface - lot of sanding . Added head lights to cover machine gun port



                        Metallic undercoat



                        Exhaust pipes for some effect - true blue pearl paint





                        Air conditioning - optional


                        Jim [IMG]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 2:50 PM
                        UGGGG!!! Can't see the pics, their only red x's!!! Have to try when I get home from school, oh did I say school, I ment I'll have to try later, yes that's it-later!Blush [:I]Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:01 PM
                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D] Thats the best looking Sherman I have seen in a long time.
                        Im not sure what Shermanfreak will say.
                        Great idea, I would like to have a sherman like that........I mean for real........not model.
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                        MartianGundamModeler
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:01 PM
                        Where'd you get that nice shade of blue? Did you mix it?
                        "Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:10 PM
                        heheheh, that's crazy! What you need to do is lower it, put on some rims, and paint some flames on to it Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:13 PM
                        LOL! Excellent! I'm surprised you didn't 'chop' the turret, like they do with roofs!

                        I remember a gold M5A1 Stuart on an old Batman episode back in the '60's... but this is MUCH better!

                        Ron
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:18 PM
                        Can't see it yet, but I wanna see the shermandudes' reactions!!!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:19 PM
                        Im looking to see what shermanfreak thinks, I think he is going to have some sort of religous attack one way or the other.Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:25 PM
                        That is one sweet finish! Beautiful man! It's like an Austin Powers American Style variant.
                        I'm truly impressed.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:28 PM
                        To should edit yout title with a disclaimer for Shermanfreak, he might not survive this.
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                        wildwilliam
                        • Member since
                          December 2009
                        • From: West Grove, PA
                        Posted by wildwilliam on Friday, April 23, 2004 3:29 PM
                        i bet Sherm will be happy to see someone making SOMETHING out of that old kit.
                        :-)

                        cool job.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 4:12 PM
                        Very cool. One question why the mitalic under coat?
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                        Build22
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Upstate NY
                        Posted by Build22 on Friday, April 23, 2004 4:36 PM
                        Thanks for all the comments - this was definetly just for fun


                        MGM - it's actually "Boyds" - true blue Pearl - it is like a metal flake. Actually I thinned it a little with glossy clear to get some of the gold to show through. I also did a gloss coat over the whole thing

                        Zokissma - I was tempted to do more - maybe an other time

                        Ron - actually chopped the barrel a little bit - don't need that excess swinging through traffic

                        Dave T - the trick is too spray over the metallic w/ what some people call a candy color. It's somewhat transparent and gives more depth and metallic look to the paint. It's used as an auto finish

                        Moonrad, JimQ, and Ausf - I hear ya. We shall see but I hear rumors Sherm drives the same model around in Canada - except his is Olive Drab metalflake !

                        Wildwilliam - you may be right

                        Jim [IMG]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 4:58 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by ArmorMaster

                        Can't see it yet, but I wanna see the shermandudes' reactions!!!


                        i'va had that porb too, but then i clicked on reply and there they were. can't hurt trying


                        *walks away in tears*
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Friday, April 23, 2004 5:06 PM
                        Yah lower it, add some dice, and then your set for some cruising.

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

                         Eric 

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 5:09 PM
                        Its great
                        you should enter it in a main compatitions, just love the head lights
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                        Abastyr
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        Posted by Abastyr on Friday, April 23, 2004 5:22 PM
                        Very Creative. Looks good.
                        My Model Page http://www.andysmodels.com
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                        spector822002
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Southern Maine
                        Posted by spector822002 on Friday, April 23, 2004 5:41 PM
                        NICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEE!!!!!!! Any german would hate to kill that ! the only thing missing is chrome 20's!
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Friday, April 23, 2004 5:41 PM
                        Wow, Jim! I' am waaay impressed! You might have done it only for fun, but it really shows up your tallent for modifying. I could never have faired in those headlights as well as you did. They would have wound up looking like a couple of stuck on pieces. And I've tried "candy colors" before. I know how hard that can be with a triple layer of translucent paints. I really am impressed by your technical skills. As for the subject, I think it's a super idea, too. How long did it take you?

                        As for Robert, well, after all it is a Nichmo kit!! lol

                        Great job!
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Friday, April 23, 2004 6:47 PM
                        So you're all waiting....






                        waiting to see what my reaction will be .....






                        waiting to see if my heart will stop ......






                        waiting to see if I blow a gasket crying Heresy !!!






                        waiting to see if I like it .......






                        or not ......






                        Well I can honestly say .......













                        FANTASTIC !!!!!!

                        Great job Jim !!!!

                        I really hope you had fun with this ... it looks like you certainly did.

                        Got to love something just a little different.

                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Friday, April 23, 2004 6:56 PM
                        That is awesome, always wondered what a shiney Sherman would look like.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Buddho
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Newport News VA
                        Posted by Buddho on Friday, April 23, 2004 8:26 PM
                        That is one cool Sherman.....great job, Build22!

                        Dan

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 8:46 PM
                        Laugh [(-D] That's beautiful! Laugh [(-D]

                        Very nice job on that conversion Cool [8D]
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                        Mourningstar
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                          March 2004
                        Posted by Mourningstar on Friday, April 23, 2004 9:01 PM
                        ac optional, more like required. That thing is

                        HOT
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                        RAF120
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Exit 7a NJ Turnpike
                        Posted by RAF120 on Friday, April 23, 2004 9:39 PM
                        Very cool looking Sherman dude
                        Trevor Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 10:55 PM
                        Well now that I'm home my PC can actually see the pics, and well I'd have to say that it's [size=10]AWESOME!!!!!![/size=10]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 11:10 PM
                        Someone mentioned chrome 20's no no no no no they would be 24's. with spinners and you could put some subs in that bad boy theat would scare any german away.. looks nice I like it.
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                        M1abramsRules
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        Posted by M1abramsRules on Friday, April 23, 2004 11:17 PM
                        that's one cool looking vehicle, does it come with a block heater for canadian winters??
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 11:52 PM
                        Or trick it out with the chrome rims that stay still even when their moving. And chrome-plated treads wouldn't be bad!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 24, 2004 12:10 AM
                        Could you dangle some tiny little fluffy dice from the barrel? Just for me?

                        Excellent idea and build! Enter it in a car division in a comp, I dare you!

                        Matt
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