as some of you know i have had something very emotional planned. i had planned to keep it out of the forum until i had finished it but some things have changed in my life since that point. i needed something to take my mind off of them. so here it begins. the kit is the italeri 1/35 usmc sherman. i am building something a little different than the box art. i am doing an army sherman from okinawa. this sherman will be the centerpiece of a diorama. more on that later.
i started this build on july 6, first thing up was cleaning up and painting the road wheels. then i mated them with the suspension pieces. then dry brushed the assembly with tamiya aluminum as it seems it will be difficult to do this later in the build.
after that i finished the individual assemblies and drybrushed the entire assembly with the aluminum.
after this was dry i attached them to the hull.
next up will be the drybrushing of the hull and a subtle wash.
i will keep all updated with this build. i would be in grave error if i didnt thank some people for their help in researching this. robert, dean(scubaboy), and rob(lobbie) each have been incredibly helpful. i would not have gotten anywhere on this without their help.
joe