Gigglin' an' scratchin'.......  sounds like a Hee Haw line.

Rear deck and stowage rack done, almost time to start on the turret, but I think I need another book.

IMG_5320 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

The Lion and Lioness of the Line book I got is great, now I need the next volume that covers the late M50 and M51 tanks.

Looks good! Great job there bringing all the different parts and fusing them into a complete whole- I'm thinking Doctor Tankenstein again!

'IT'S ALIVE!!!'

(Drooling contently)

I like it. 

Looking good. 

T'anks all! I have a Legends set on the way for the M51 final version, that will probably be started soon. That way I can paint them all at once (yeah, sure).

Scratching my head now.... this tank probably should have the bix stowage bin at the hull rear instead of the folding tray like the M50's and earlier M51's, so I dug an old Academy bin out, cleaned it up and quickly saw that it's narrow, narrower than the PE and resin part in the Legends M51 Dalem Gimel set which showed up the other day. I think I need to either find pics or wait until my budget allows the purchase of another couple of the SabingaMartin books. In the meantime, I'm keeping my Sherman craving satisfied.

Some turret and hull fittings and bits found their way on, stuff that's the same whatever I end up with.

I'm thinking now I'll go ahead and scratch up the last style rear bin, and the turret box as well and save the Legends "gimel" set for another model.

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I like it. 

No idea about the storage bins but she's lookin' good for sure! 

Thanks guys.

G, the gimel has a bin on the TC's side of the turret bustle, and the spare track holders, previously found on the hull sides, at the front, are on the turret. That I have pics of, it's just the type of bin on the rear hull I'm unsure of, but I ordered two more SagingaMartin Sherman books today.

Books came, and amazingly enough there's a pic of the tank I'm doing, complete with line drawings, so I had to change the engine deck (no louvers) but the rest of it was good to go. So now it's ready for basic stowage and paint:

IMG_6847 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

IMG_6848 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

I'm real happy with the SabingaMartin books........

Looking forward to seeing some paint on it. 

Paint!

IMG_8913 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

Not sure what I'm going to do about stowage, but I suspect this (and the other three I just painted) will get stowage after paint, something new for me.

Great to see you moving into the paint stage! 

I always leave stowage off till paint, I make too big a mess out of it otherwise. 

Funny, I'm just the opposite, but I've put off painting for so long and didn't want to miss the opportunity.

I've got  a few, thinking of which model to use one on. The very late VVSS M50 could realistically use one, and maybe this one..... now with markings:

IMG_0195 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

Wow, nice work! A wash and a little weathering and you're done!

Very close, plus I think I'm going to add some crew figs and a bit of stowage. The pics I have of this tank show it heavily stowed.

More closure:

IMG_1907 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

IMG_1908 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

IMG_1906 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

So cool. I love these. Looking forward to seeing stoage and crew.

BK

She looks fantastic!!! 

Are you still adding the figures? 

T'anks!

Not sure about figs, I did make the TC hatch workable, and stowage is a definite maybe. It depends on what I can find in the way of suitable figs, waiting for MiniArt's new IDF set. I'd like to work from a pic of this tank in one of the "Lion and Lioness of the Line" books, it's of the crew outside the tank, either immediately before or after an action, very edgy.