Your little Sherman is already looking GREAT even before its weathering stage!!!  I am very impressed...  because of this, I am sending you two s.  

Thanks again guys , i really appreciate the feedback . It keeps me going .

Bill , Future is great ! I'm doing more weathering with chalks right now . The matt finish from the Future / Tamiya flat base is holding up well .

Gamera i wont be putting the dozer blade back on until at the very last . It should really change the appearance of the whole model . Weathering the blade will be a new challenge .

Rob, yes , i decided it was time to remove the paper skirt ! LOL

Andy , this little Shermie has a ways to go yet .Thanks for the brews .

Thanks again guys !

I think the turret is completed now . I'll put a T.C. figure in the open hatch later .

wow. i was just able to catch up on this.  all i can say is i hope one day to achieve this level...

Thanks duke  I hope you can hang around for the rest of this w.i.p. I still have the hull , dozer blade ,figures , stowage to finish ..........man this might take a while   !

Moving right along Carl, nice work on the turret and MG!

Carl, love the weathering you've got going there, subtle and to me very realistic looking.  

Bill , good to read that you like the M.G. .

Gamera , i wasnt sure about leaving the weathering where it is now but sense you like it i'll leave it alone .

Hey Shellback,

That is really looking sharp!

Hiya Shell :  )

coming down the home stretch buddy !

tread

IBuild, thanks for taking a look . Good to read your comment .

Tread ....Hi man .........thanks for hanging in there with this build my friend .

What can I say?  It is looking great!!!  That Ma Deuce really gets my attention every time I look at your build.  Bet your friend Gunny is one real happy man...

Hey there Andy , was thinking you were awol or something my friend . Good to see back here . Thanks for the input and glad you like the .50 .

Me AWOL?   Never!  Just having a very busy month. Our friend John (ogrejohn) and I went to AMPS Auburn yesterday and we saw many Sherman tanks.  What we found this to be unusual... there were more Allied armored builds than the Germans.  

Andy , good to hear about John .That is surprising about the allied armor . Glad you stopped by ..............excuse me for thinking you were awol , all i had to do was look at your post at the top of the page ........doh !

Carl

You going to put periscope guards on the turret? Outstanding work, can’t wait to see more. Keep up the good work.

This is really coming together beautifully! Did you add a little more highlight? It looks as if you did and it looks just right to me. Like the green shade you have, not so much of a drab color. The USMC vehicles had that more green tone to it and you really captured that. More please

MajorGeneral

Carl

You going to put periscope guards on the turret? Outstanding work, can’t wait to see more. Keep up the good work.

Major General , i havent put guards on the periscopes because i wasnt sure about their application in the Pacific theater on this USMC M4. Any info on that i'd be more than happy to learn more . Thanks

PANZERWAFFE

This is really coming together beautifully! Did you add a little more highlight? It looks as if you did and it looks just right to me. Like the green shade you have, not so much of a drab color. The USMC vehicles had that more green tone to it and you really captured that. More please

Rob , a few things i did changd the highlights . I went over the model again with a third dry brushing . I've been using Model Master Neutral Gray , FS 36270 , for the dry brushing . Straight out of the jar . This is the first model i tried using neutral gray on for dry brushing and i'm liking the effect .

About the green . I mixed M M Olive Drab and Olive Green on this model . I was after that USMC green you refered to . The green looks greener in the latest pics due to me changing my photo box lighting and the setting on my camera . I was using a 500 watt bulb (remember my Panzer melt ?) on the pics for this build . I switched to a regular 100 watt tungsten bulb for the latest pics . That seems to bring out more of the subtle color . On the camera i switched to the tunsten lighting setting . That seems to bring out more of the green hues , with my camera and set up any way .

Thats about it my friend . Thanks for following this build Rob .

Thanks for that detailed explanation   Using those techniques the results look great!  I too usually use grays for dry brushing and believe dry brushing is a very important step in the finishing process.  That Neutral Gray worked wonderfully on your green mixture.  Speaking of your green mixture, I wrote it down and may try it out on my next Pacific build, Thanks

The last set of pics does show a lot more different hues and good to hear you have figured the camera lighting situation out.  Your new set up sounds much safer then a 500 watt bulb.  "Panzer melt"...... almost sounds like a tasty meal but it is defiantly not one I want to see again. 

Was looking through some books and found only 1 USMC Sherman so far that had the wire/bar type guard on the periscopes.  Have found several with this solid type though.

Hope that helps with any decisions you may make.  Cant help following along with your build, it's to good to miss my friend

Thanks Rob for the info . Its hard to make out in those pics you provided but it gives an idea of what i looks like . Man that stuff looks nasty ! Not sure if i will do the modification at this point in the build though .

Thanks agian .

I'ma just waiting for that "BLADE" to drop.

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disastermaster

I'ma just waiting for that "BLADE" to drop.

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Thanks Steve , i really appreciate your humor !

The blade will be ariving soon ........i promose .

I like my big toe better ................

Pan fried peeps ...........................

Shellback

Pan fried peeps ...........................

Looks like something called "Manny cakes" we had to eat on the Eastern front. bahahahahahahahahaha

..............how many Manny cakes does a peep make ? 

not enough to feed his army lol.

.......Fried Russian peeps ....................its whats for dinner