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                        10-26-03 Sherman work in progress

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        10-26-03 Sherman work in progress
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:51 AM
                        Well, I am getting close to completing my 1st Sherman. This is Tamiya's M4A3 75mm. I still have more weathering to do and once the tracks and accessories (backpacks, gas cans, etc) are installed, will dirty it up a bit more.

                        I know the wooden tool handles look new (I just finished the base coat and will add darker streaks for wood grain) I will also apply the pastels to them when the kit is complete.



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                        Build22
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Upstate NY
                        Posted by Build22 on Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:02 AM

                        Great Job - Erock.

                        Nice, slightly used Sherman. Nice dirt, dust and rust.

                        Does this mean you have turned to the "light side" of the "Dark Side".

                        Awesome Job !


                        Jim [IMG]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:02 AM
                        Coming along nicely, Eric. Maybe if you get the weathering just right, it will look like a Tiger!

                        demono69
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                        erush
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:25 AM
                        That's looking really good Eric! Can't wait to see that one finished.

                        So this is why you've not posted any more progress on the Tiger??? Wink [;)] Big Smile [:D]

                        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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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:29 AM
                        Looks great, Eric. I didn't know the Tamiya Shermie was that nice of a kit. I should have known better. Looking forward to seeing more of it!

                        Bill
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        styrene
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
                        Posted by styrene on Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:41 AM
                        I'm impressed! Nice work Eric. I especially like the weathering job. What did you use and how did you do it?
                        Gip Winecoff

                        1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

                        1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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                        Moses
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Long Island
                        Posted by Moses on Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:04 PM
                        Looks great thus far Eric. How dare you turn to the dark side? After that great work on the Marder you do a Sherman Evil [}:)]. evil, pure evil. Wink [;)]

                        Get more pics up..as soon as you can.

                        Cheers

                        Rob
                        "ZIM FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER!!"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:33 PM
                        QUOTE: So this is why you've not posted any more progress on the Tiger???


                        Eric,

                        That's the reason. I really wanted to take 2 Armor pieces to the Cleveland Model Show on November 1st (which is next weekend) so, I had to get going on them. Each is at a different stage of completion. Work threw me the biggest curve-ball with all the overtime coming my way. I so want to get going on my Tiger but, I gotta keep focused Wink [;)]

                        As for the weathering, it's very basic right now. I painted the entire kit in Tamiya XF-62 O.D. then I did the oil wash with Burnt Umber, lightened a bit with White. I then RE-washed with just the basic Burnt Umber on the lower hull (front, back and sides) I dry-brushed Steel, Gun Metal and Rust on the rest.

                        I almost had a stroke this morning when I found out that the cat had played with (and eventually lost) one of the suspension pieces during the night Black Eye [B)] Shermanfreak came through in a pinch and is sending me the needed parts.

                        Turning away from my beloved German armor? No! I do however really like the way this Shermie is progressing.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:03 PM
                        Eric,

                        Very nice! Looking forward to seeing the finished pix!

                        Ron
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:07 PM
                        Be careful Eric ...... you're slowly being lured to the O.D. side of the dark side .... the darkest of all.

                        As already mentioned, your Shermie is coming along nicely. Very clean build so far. I really look forward to seeing the finished product.

                        Thanks for sharing.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:01 PM
                        Looks good Eric, to bad about your cat at least you can get rid of it , I'm kind of stuck with my part stealer I can just hope it's part of the terrible twos.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:31 PM
                        Not to worry! I've found that a Sherman suspension can actually be quite easily whittled from a cat's skull. Tongue [:P]

                        Oh, kitty! Fear not. The bad man was just kidding.

                        I really like the way this one is coming out. Makes you want to hop on and lob some HE at the Heinies. Good show!

                        (I just read that many of the Shermie crewmen actually preferred the 75 to the 76! Weird, huh? Apparently the 75 was vastly superior in HE work to the 76, and since 75% of the ammo a Sherman fired was HE, well, there you have it.)

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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:13 PM
                        Looking good Eric.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:34 PM
                        Looks great but...

                        where is the hole?

                        All kidding aside, it looks great.
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Thursday, October 23, 2003 8:49 PM
                        That's one good looking sherman, Eric. Good job. Man, with all this good sherman jobs posted lately, I am having second thoughts posting pics of my winter M4A3 105 that I just completed. I really messed that one up. Maybe I should go get another M4 kit.

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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:08 PM
                        Dwight ........ what did you go and do to that poor, defenseless M4.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        erush
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:12 PM
                        Ok Eric, we'l let you slide on the Tiger for a little while. Besides, you're way ahead of most of us anyway Big Smile [:D]

                        Please, post more progress pix on the Sherman though. It's looking great.

                        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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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:27 PM
                        Sherm,

                        Nothing, I swear. It just came out...well I don't know. Anyway maybe I should post pics of it here next week after I get through with the figures.

                        I just think that it won't stand a chance against the other really good M4 builds posted here recently.

                        Well, good luck to me.

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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:13 PM
                        Whew, you scared me Eric, I thought you forgot your roots. Big Smile [:D]
                        Looking great so far, hope to see more soon.

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

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

                         Eric 

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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, October 24, 2003 6:17 AM
                        Very nice Sherman, Eric!
                        That rascal should do well in Cleveland!
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 24, 2003 3:32 PM
                        Very nice work indeed Eric. I'm tempted to go and buy another one of these to replace my ancient effort, that currently hides out in the garage storage.

                        By the way, did you know that a properly cured cat pelt or bleached skull looks fantastic as a dio base for German Tigers, Panthers, etc?

                        Sorry guys and girls, I'm not a cat person!Dead [xx(]

                        LQ. Hear you on the 2 year old thing. Lost my wedding ring and signet ring to my, then, 2 year old's penchant for flushing things! They grow out of it after a while, then progress to other mischeif (put the video recorder out of reach now.Big Smile [:D])
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                        r13b20
                        • Member since
                          April 2014
                        Posted by r13b20 on Friday, October 24, 2003 4:59 PM
                        Great looking Sherman! Just the right amount of use showing. Keep posting those pics!
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Friday, October 24, 2003 5:18 PM
                        One of my kids filled my VCR with Jello, or something. I don't remember exactly what, now. But that was a few years ago and vcr's weren't $49 to replace then!

                        My oldest son, when he was about 2, poured a glass of koolaid into the keyboard of my Apple II. (That was a popular computer in the days before Bill gates owned the world and the pc was the standard!)

                        My second oldest son, when he was about 8 or 9, decided, for some reason unknown to me to this day, to run a nice little bead of Elmer's Glue between each row of keys on my pc. (At least by then I was using a pc with a detached keyboard, and it was easy and cheap to replace!)

                        Bill
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Friday, October 24, 2003 8:52 PM
                        At least I have not yet had mine do me as bad as a buddies kid did to him. His was 4 years old and thought he would help out dad and fill the car up with gas, only thing was though is he used a garden hose that had water running. I think he got caught after at least half a tank. At least I thought it was pretty funny (pre-kid days) until I had to help drop the tank.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:56 PM
                        6 days left until the show and here is my progress:

                        I added storage crates to the back and most of the suspension is complete. I also scratch-built the Hedgerow Cutter (Cullins device) and added it to the front (Thanks for the link Sherm)

                        I am now working on the roping that will tie down gas cans , crates and supplies to the back.

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, October 26, 2003 4:13 PM
                        Looks grat Eric. Great job on the hedgrerow cutter. look forward to see it finished.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Sunday, October 26, 2003 5:03 PM
                        Will you look at the teeth on that baby ....... excellent !!!

                        Looks great Eric ... glad I could help with the link.

                        Keep the pics coming.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, October 26, 2003 6:10 PM
                        Very, very nice!
                        ~Brian
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, October 26, 2003 8:09 PM
                        That baby is is getting better everyday. Nice job on the hedge-cutter. Scratch-built you say? Oh my.

                        More pics please!

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                        erush
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:14 PM
                        Looking better and better Eric!! Nice job on the hedge cutters!!

                        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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