Well, here she is, my first Sherman project. This is a Tamiya kit with Tamiya & Academy accessories. The entire kit has a base coat of Tamiya XF-62 O.D.
I used thin roping from the local craft store, to tie down the supplies on the rear deck. The Hedgerow Cutter was scratch built, using beam shaped styrene.
I oil-washed the piece 2 seperate times. Once with straight Burnt Umber then again with white added (for shading) I also used pastel chalks, Steel, Rust and Gun Metal for weathering. Since this will be for the Cleveland Model Show, I am using a basic base. I didn't want to go too heavily on the mud (if I were putting it in a diorama, it would have been covered
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) I wanted to achieve the look of it almost being on display.
As for the base, I stained, sanded then masked it off and applied Plasti-Cote's "Fleck Stone" spray.
Thanks to Robert for answering all my questions about this Sherman and supplying me with the part the cat ran off with
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As one member of the forums said; "I'm gonna' run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" :
