USMC M4A3 Dozer Riff Raff . Camera broke . No updates . 6/3

Speechless....love the details....the blade looks fantastic....I am not a Sherman person but looks great

Rounds Complete!!

Bill , i've enjoyed you being here and following this one . Thanks for participation .

Eric , glad to hear from you here and thanks for the comments .

Steve , its been great having you come along on this build also . What , my plywood and bean can base needs a replacement ? LOL  . OMG , please put away those big gyrating hips ! Awwwgggg !

  All it needs is a simple base.

Get downnnn & Boogie!

.... such a beautiful beast!

Wow Shell, that sure is sweet. I'm loving the weathering, the wood, and all in between. Cool and rare subject too.

Beautiful work all around Carl!

Bill De , i didnt know you were out there following this one , thanks for being here .

Tread ole buddy its been good having you along on this one . Thanks for hanging around and helping me with the details of the t.c. sight .

That's how I like it ,man !!   lettin' em all hang out all at once....just a terrific display Shell !

Congrats my friend ! I am very happy for you

tread 

Wow, simply the best......I am very impressed, and glad to have been able to watch your work and see the fantastic result!

Continue...............

Hope you arent to worn outafter looking at all of the pics . Thanks for looking .

I'm just going to post all of these pics . Obviousely some repeats but i'm dont feel like sorting them out .

Break time ................

Duke , there's been heavy equipment around my house for over a month now . Mud , dust , water shut off numerouse times ,equipment back up alarms (beep-beep-beep ) , ground vibrating , driveway blocked , roar of diesel engines ...............the best part of it all has been the construction crew . Bunch of good guys ! I'll actually miss going out and b.s.ing with them when this job is over , which is replacing the dilapidated water system in town . I used to work construction so i feel a kinship with the crew . Course they probably think i'm the old geiser with the war stories ...............lol . Sounds like cool score on the M113 .......with the M4A4 in there also !!! Wow ...........bet you were surprised ...........

I certainly hope your hardships come to an end soon Duke . Take care man and thanks for stopping by .

man, shell,   lookin good...  and totally diggin the pics of your yard equipment...  so lookin at those pretty much anythings goes as far as weathering for these beasts...  i'm a heavy handed weatherer, so i always likme to have some good ref... to back up my way of thinking...  oh yeah...  through all my hard ships this past few months, we had a yard sale and this dude came by and grabbed some old tools i had...  while he was there i was loading alot of my stash kits into my car to move, and he just up and took off, only to come back with a bag...  so long story short i traded an old gear puller and a ball joint socket for an old tamiya m113, and low and behold the cyberhobby boxing of the sherman m4a4 with the crew figures...  he said he grabbed them from the trash at the local swap meet...  that was such a cool score...  i was only gonna get about ten bucks for the tools...  now i have a sherman and a m113 to go with the eduard zelda big ed set i came up on last year....  man, good work and keep it coming...

Thanks again guys for following along with this build ! Its been great reading your comments . 

Tread , not sure whats going to be next . I'm thinking about building something modern Russian . Still not definite on what ............?

Rob and Bill , i recovered from the grand daughter visit ( man that kid wears me out ) and took some more pics .

Ok you have my attention with the teaser...looking forward to the full spread once you recover your energy!

Looks FANTASTIC !!!  All the little details and updates are very well done and has turned this into a master show piece   Just looks great!  I too look forward to more pictures when you get to it.  Was great following along with this build.

Cograts man on a great piece !  You pulled out all the stops on this baby,Shell ....and it really shows!

Can't wait to see it with the figures !    I really enjoyed hangin' out for this build with ya man   ...

What's next  ?

yer pal,

tread

Andy , thanks . No , i'm not fast , just retired ...more time at the bench . I had the grand daughter for last two days already (maybe thats why i'm tired ) but not this weekend  .

Dig the chain hanging around the blade!   Wish I had your speed building high museum quality models.  Looking forward to more pictures next week... I guess you have your granddaughter for the weekend?

Its finished except for the figures . I'll take more pics and post them this weekend . Right now i'm tired and photobucket isnt co operating ................

malone duke

i've been able to get back on here and caught up with everything.  i'm still amazed man.  really incredible work. one thing tough. looking at your front yard i really hope you got some close ups of all of that equipment. first hand reference. especially since i see back on the road a similar blade.  plus all the running gear covered in mud.  just sayin...  man i gotta get sherman now... 

I took this pic today . There is no dozer on the job so i took a pic of this loader . 

Bill , thanks for your comment .

All the little details are just as they should be Carl, nice work on the shroud!

Shellback

Steve , i cant do nasty as well as you my friend , your the king of Sherman nasty in my book !

Tread , my armor bro , thanks my friend .

Looking GREAT, Shell

I can see on the piston the different levels the blade has been held at and then moved... that ring of hydraulic fluid that encircles the piston and slight leakage.....  leaky fluids and fuel spills are tough ..it is hard to maintain the glossy look without looking to thick.  and you did a fine job Pal :  )   very convincing !

here comes Shell ... down the home stretch !

tread

I managed to get the the shroud that covers the  piston that lifts the blade finished and attached, actually it just setting over the frame . The shroud is made from a large piece of brass P.E. with numerouse folds in it . Getting the correct shape so it would fit correctly over the frame took several dry fittings . Also i did some weathering on the piston shaft itself to represent hydraulic oil leakedge and the marks that are left from the seal around the piston . The piston shaft is a piece of aluminum tubing that was shined up . There is no extended shaft in the Verlinden kit as the the blade oob in that conversion sets on the ground and i wanted mine raised . I used black oils to represent the dirty hydraulic oil on the piston shaft . . It took several attempts to get the look i wanted of the oil on the shaft .

Thanks Marc . Real dirt clods work best .

The real deal always wins out.  Nice.

LOL Andy ........ thanks .