Haven't been brave enough to scratch build anything, but that looks great!  Awesome work.

Eagle90

Thanks!  This is only my second attempt at it personally.  I've always been more of an "O.O.B" guy but I've always wanted to try a hedge cutter and I thought, "what the heck!".

Well, it looks great and I think you are well on your way with the scratch building.  Great work!

Eagle90

Looks pretty good! Since the Cullen Devices were jury-rigged by field workshops I'd guess you don't have to be too careful about it being perfect.

I've got the running gear on the Sherman over the weekend. Will try to get some photos up soonish.

FYI..... the hedgerow cutters, aka Culin/Douglas devices, were only used on 2nd/3rd Armored Division, 747th TB and 102d CRS tanks during the breakout of Normandy (Operation Cobra).  For those interested, there was an article in the March 2002 issue of the Journal of Military Ordnance by Steve Zaloga.  These were put on Sherman's (M4-mid, M4A1), Stuart's(M5A1), M8 and M10(3") GMCs.

Also, by the time the M4A3 showed up in France, the breakout was over.

I would like to enter in these two work horses,

Got you on the roster Dan.  Great kits!  Welcome aboard!

Eagle90

Ack, off the front page!!!

I've been making slow progress here:

Gamera: Looks good, so far.

Looking good Gamera!  

Eagle90

Thanks guys, a bit slow going - I've been kinda burned out this week for some reason.

Gamera: Nice work on your Sherman

Here's my update,

After airbrushing gray primer, I airbrushed XF-49 Khaki on the seats and roof cover.

Cab floor,

Chassis,

Dan: Looks good! Amazing the detail they put into kits these days that you won't even see unless you model the truck rolled over!

Thanks Gamera, yeah so much detail that you won't see when it's all put together.

Looking good Dan!  

Thanks Eagle90.

Plans have changed on my build.  Instead of Tamiya's M4A3 Sherman, is it ok if I substitute it for Dragon's M4A3 (76)W?  The wife and I are in the process of buying a house and the Tamiya kit got boxed up and then....well....smooshed by accident.  (D'oh!!)  Anywhoo, I'd like to go all out on the Dragon kit with aftermarket add-ons and use the Tamiya Jeep with it.

No problem Dan!  Got you changed up on the roster.  We will have a moment of silence for the Tamiya kit!  Is it crushed beyond any use?  That does suck!  Good luck on the rest of your move!  No more disasters!  

Eagle90

OUCH DD - now that really sucks! Good to hear you've got another model though.

Here the Jumbo is starting to look like a tank now that she's got her OD on. I added some colour modulation though I'm not sure it's easy to see.

Gamera, looking good. I can see some variation in the OD, I like it.

DD, a moment of silence was just observed here....

I want to get my Merkava along far enough that I can clear off enough space to comfortably work on the Super, hopefully next week.

Thanks! And looking forward to the Super M26- I've got a M26 I want to build as a Korean War tank and going to have to pick up the Super too - well just because it's awesome!

Gamera: Great work on your Sherman

My cargo truck is coming along good

Dan: Thanks, your truck is coming right along- nice work!

Dan and Gamera, those are some very nice looking builds there.

My group builds for my local IPMS club are now finished so my Cromwell is ready to start after I clear the bench a bit.

Thanks BW! Looking forward to the Cromwell and Sherman guys!

Cliff: Nice looking Jumbo! I really like your OD paint job! Is that the Tamiya color?

Dan: Looking very good there! I gotta get me one of those trucks myself...

Clemens: Yes, I used the Tamiya as the base coat but built up the paint using a colour modulation technique with an AK Interactive Olive Drab paint set. You get six bottles of pre-mixed paint and you just start with the darkest and then work your way up the tank using lighter and lighter shades from bottom to top. If you were cheap you could do the same thing by adding a couple of drops of white or tan to the OD each time but the AK set is pre-mixed and makes it so much easier. You don't even have to clean the brush- I just spray all the paint out and then add the drops of the lighter shade to it, then mix it up. 

That is slick!  I'm going to have to look into that when we get all moved into our house and I can have an airbrush.

Dan: They work pretty well and it's easy as pie. They have different sets for Soviet green, German grey and mustard yellow, and primer red. 

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