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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Kent, England
Posted by nmayhew on Friday, March 19, 2004 8:37 AM
cool pic!Cool [8D]
seeing as i'm stateside right nowSmile [:)] (friend's wedding in NY), work on my firefly has stoppedDisapprove [V], although having seen some of those pics i feel tempted to "muddy up" my tank!Smile [:)]
regards,
nick
Kind regards, Nicholas
  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Upstate NY
Posted by Build22 on Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:22 PM


Great job, Gary ! Thumbs Up [tup]

Nice dusty Sherman. Great weathering. Nice build.


Jim [IMG]
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:14 PM
Great work Gary.
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Denton, TX
Posted by gnsnow on Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:04 PM
Thanks for all of the kind words everyone. I have had a great time with this build. Everyone's work has been so inspiring. I'm looking forward to the next one.

"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can attain it in nothing."
   - Eugène Delacroix

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    July 2003
  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:51 PM
Gary: That's a finely weathered M4. Looks like it just got off the beach. Normandy, I suppose? Great job. Love the sand and dust.

Hmmm. I think I am beginning to fall in love with grime. LOL. This must be the after effect of the M1A2 wash thing. He-he-he.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:46 PM
Gary...Nice!
John
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    March 2003
  • From: Newport News VA
Posted by Buddho on Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:39 PM
Great looking Sherm...Gary

Thanks Robert for posting

Dan

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    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:31 PM
SITE UPDATE

gnsnow's M4A3 has been added to the site. I find this build of Gary's to be most interesting as it was built for a veteran Sherman jockey whose pic is included on the site.

Here's a teaser

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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    February 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by mark956 on Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:03 PM
Thanks Robert. Last week I ordered some parts from www.formations.com. I hope this will add a lot of great detail to my Calliope.
mark956
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:04 PM
Thought I would be ready to lay down paint this week, but that was before I had a good look at the 17 pounder arrangement in the Academy Achilles. Now I am scratch building the shell guard (ejected shells) as the kit one is not even close to the real thing, as well as the other little bits.

Finally made enough 17 pounder rounds, ended up making them all as the moulds kept splitting (old RTV I guess), but you will only really see about 15 of them on the finished thing. Busy painting these, so I shouldn't end up dragging the chain too long.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:21 AM
Started the base last night. It's looking good so far. The tank itself is 99% done... just have to finish weathering when it's on the base and add some straps for stowage. I still have to build some tankers to work around the tank!

Ron
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:00 AM
I am awaiting a straggling order! I had decided to go with the kit tracks as a time saver but I will probably start the AFV Club set while I wait. Once my order arrives it will only be a couple days.
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  • From: Kent, England
Posted by nmayhew on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:39 AM
thanks sherm!!!
Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
regards,
nick
Kind regards, Nicholas
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Posted by shermanfreak on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:28 AM
Nick - Pads can be either black or brown. The housing, O.D. and the scopes, either O.D. with black right at the lenses or overall black.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Kent, England
Posted by nmayhew on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:26 AM
sherm hiSmile [:)],
been really busy so only painting my firefly now...Disapprove [V]...the o/d is all done but i have...you guessed it....a question!!![:0]Tongue [:P]
i know from other postes that the hatch interiors were o/d like the rest of the tank, but am curious to know what colour the "padding" or "cushions" (!?...i'm sure you must know what i mean!) were on the hatch interiors; also, what colour were the periscope housing and vision blocks please?
many thanks...Smile [:)]
the website is really looking cool now...so many cool builds!!Cool [8D]Cool [8D]Cool [8D]
regards,
nick
Kind regards, Nicholas
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    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:57 PM
Tim & Mark - don't worry guys .... no rush to finish.
The Group Site will be open for a long time yet for all you that signed up during the official build times. Still lots out there that I want to see !!!!
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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    May 2003
  • From: Ft. Sill, OK
Posted by beav on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:23 PM
It's over so fast
well, I gotta go see how everybody did, and all the pics on shermanfreaks website up until yesterday looked awesome! It is amazing to see what a group build can churn out
CONGRATULATIONS ALL

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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    January 2003
  • From: Central MI
Posted by therriman on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:05 PM
Unfortunatly I can only build on the weekends. However, this weekend I going to fix my snafu on the tracks and get this thing finished.
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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    February 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by mark956 on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:32 PM
Robert, Due to my current work load. I hope I will be done with my model by the end of the Month to first week of April. I hope this will be alright.
mark956
  • Member since
    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:26 PM
Well all .... the 15th has come and gone, the official close date for this build.

Of course we have a couple of stagglers (present company included), and that was totally expected.

But one thing that I will do so that this doesn't turn into an endless thread (not that having a Sherman thread permanently displayed is a bad thing), is I am closing the Group to any new additions. Only the members that have already been added to the Group up to this point will have acess to display their finished works there. Hope that sounds good to everyone here.

So on a lighter note, here's my latest progress report.
The tracks for the Firefly are almost finished painting and weathering. Still need to mount them on the Friefly, a little drybrushing, and some mud and pastels and she's all finished. Then I can leizurely work on the dio for both the Firefly and the Ram.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:19 AM
John, the Jumbo looks great!
I'm still on a holding pattern here (too much going on outside of the build), but might get to do something tonight. I'm almost done with the Sherman, but the base and all of the little extras are going to take a while. Not too long I hope!

Ron
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 15, 2004 10:01 PM
Wow, the shermies are really piling up! Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]

Well, I learned a valuable lesson in building models today; resin burns! I was trying to lower the arm of a figure when all of the sudden WHOOSH, this whole arm is up in flames! I blew it out quickly, and was able to lower his arm, everything worked out alright. Just scared me for a second is all.

Status: Well, hehe, I ain't quite done yet. For the M10, all I have to do is glue the treads on it, decals and weather. I will probably get the first two done tonight, but the weathering will probably be done this weekend as well as the base and figures.Big Smile [:D]
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  • From: Upstate NY
Posted by Build22 on Monday, March 15, 2004 9:04 PM

Nice job, Johnpo !Thumbs Up [tup]


The shermies are beginning to pile up !


Jim [IMG]
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 15, 2004 8:10 PM
Good Job Johnpo!


Thanks for the compliments everyone.

I stayed up late at night trying to figure out how to weather that thing. (No, really, I did!)
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Newport News VA
Posted by Buddho on Monday, March 15, 2004 7:24 PM
Just visited the group site:

Latch...your BARV is fantastic

John...Looks great...
nice weathering and added details on your Jumbo...
You should be very proud of your fifth model.

Regards, DanApprove [^]

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 15, 2004 6:30 PM
Dwight thanks for the kudos, time constraints and a road trip (plus starting halfway through the build) did not allow me to put all the final touches I wanted...mainly Robert's muddy track techniques. Thanks again Robert and to everyone else on the forums!
John
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, March 15, 2004 6:20 PM
John:

I like the look of that rusty/dusty Sherman. It looks as if it has seen some real action. Great job!

Sherm: Thanks for sharing ther pics.

  • Member since
    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, March 15, 2004 5:46 PM
SITE UPDATE

Johnpo's Jumbo has been added to the Group Build Site

Here's a teazer pic ... more on the site



John - thanks for your kind words, been a pleasure being part of the build with you.

Latch - in case you forget the address in the future, it's in my sigtag so it's available on any post that I have made.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Exit 7a NJ Turnpike
Posted by RAF120 on Monday, March 15, 2004 5:15 PM
Robert you Ram looks great and thanks for the lesson on the netting.

latch you've done a great jod on your BARV, the weathering looks great.

Tim your Sherman is looking good. It should make a fine looking piece.
Trevor Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 15, 2004 1:17 PM
Robert, Nice job on the Ram, too bad the kit wasn't up to standard. It's a unique vehicle. Nice 'fix' on it though! Less than exemplary kit, super netting.

Latch, Looks great! Like everybody else, I want a BARV!

Tim, Looking good also!

Ron
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