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1st sherman and pic post

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    November 2005
1st sherman and pic post
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 21, 2003 8:03 AM
I had the pleasure of building Italerie's M4 USMC sherman during Isabel. Construction started and finished on Wednesday as i got out of school early. Painting was done the next day as the island i live on was getting battered with rain and wind....and the finishing touches were made on Friday as i had notjin to do since my power was out the ENTIRE day. This is the 1st sherman ive built and it wont be the last. Brushpainted using Tamiya Acrylics. The sherman was a great build and there are probably some inaccuracies but i can care less as it looks like a sherman. im kinda new at modeling but constructive criticism is always helpful.
(i managed to clear some of the pics up)







thanks!!!!!!!
p.s. sry for the image quality, i ont have a digital camera so i used my camcorder and tried to clean the pics up as best i could.......
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, September 21, 2003 8:07 AM
Hi, Laxman!
The pix are kinda dark, but what I can see looks good.
You finished it in three days? Good work!
~Brian
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Sunny Florida
Posted by renarts on Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:27 AM
Necessity is truly the mother of invention Laxman. More light and I think you will be able to overcome the "sans digital camera" problem. Video camera worked pretty well.
From what I can see it looks just like a Sherman. Nice build. Is that some weathering on there? Looks like you did a fair amount of work on this piece in just three days. So what's next? Next hurricane isn't for a while yet?.......
Thanks for sharing.
Mike
Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:23 AM
thanks for the replies. I did weathering using tamiyas flat earth and some good ol' maryland mud and elmers. I doubt you can see the mud as the pics are dark but i put them on the bottom of the hull and along sides the running gear and suspension. As for the next model.......i have no clue, depends if hockey, work, and college aps dont take a toll on me as well as my money!! But i gotta say this is a record for me, the fastest model i built was the old tamiya sdkfz 251/1 and that took 2 days......
- Andrew
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Sunday, September 21, 2003 1:45 PM
It's a pity the pictures are a little dark , but from what I see, the Sherman looks pretty good. Perhaps you might send a few more with a little extra light. Glad you enjoyed it.

"It is well that war is so terrible ,lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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 Eric 

  • Member since
    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Sunday, September 21, 2003 2:32 PM
Looking good Andrew !!!

I've always liked the Italeri Shermans. They take a little more work than the Tamiya's but in the end look just as good.

So for weathering .. did you apply the mud or just let Isabel do it for you. lol

Nothing like a dirty Shermie.

Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, September 21, 2003 6:14 PM
Well, not all days during the war were bright, don't you think. This ones probably trying to sneak at a Tiger or Panther fro a closein kill.

Nice work.

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Upstate NY
Posted by Build22 on Sunday, September 21, 2003 9:57 PM
Nice laxman,

Even with the dark pictures you can see you put the effort into weathering.

Nice

Jim [IMG]
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