New York, United States
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 07:23 AM UTC
Hi Guys,
Here is the progress so far, it's an OOB build, an I know this kit has its faults. That and my faults as well. But I got rid of that nasty seam
I know the color is very green but hopefully after the washes it will dull it a bit. Added the tools as well
But other than that things are going smoothly.
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Washington, United States
Joined: February 11, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 11:28 AM UTC
I just stumbled across this campaign yesterday, and since I'm not one to pass up a perfectly good excuse to build another Sherman variant, I've decided to jump on board. I plan on finally building an old Italeri M7 Priest kit that I've had in my stash for a while. I've collected enough spare parts and aftermarket bits to have a go at backdating the kit from a late model M7 to an earlier version as seen on Sicily in 1943.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Quebec, Canada
Joined: November 15, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 03:39 PM UTC
Hi Ed and welcome aboard ...Yikes !That's quite the conversion ..Are you sure you want to go to all that trouble when Dragon is just about to release a brand new Priest ? It looks like it'll be very close to what you want to build ..But Hey go for it !Have fun!
Nevada, United States
Joined: December 21, 2008
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 04:12 PM UTC
Richard, I have a perfectly good Dragon M4A2 Late PTO kit lying around and some USMC PE on order.
#1 Can I join?
#2 Can you, or anyone, advise me if this is a good kit to represent the 4th or 5th Marine Tank Battalions on Iwo Jima?
Regardless I'll be building it as a Marine variant with wooden side armor. I'm thinking basswood.
G
Lasci la pistola. Porti le cannoli.
Victoria, Australia
Joined: March 14, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 04:40 PM UTC
Welcome Ed,
the M7 will be a great addition to this Campaign.
@ Sal - good progress, very fast build so far
@ WEGray = of course you can join, you are most welcome !!
There are many experts here that know more about that kti and the Marine M4A2's at Iwo Jima, so I'm sure someone will point you in the right direction with that question
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Washington, United States
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 06:42 PM UTC
Hey Richard
Yeah, I know it will be a lot of work, but I've had the idea to do that conversion bouncing around in my tiny little mind since before the Academy kit came out, never mind the Dragon announcement. Besides, I have the kits and parts I'll need at hand, and it's been a while since I really pushed myself with a vehicle build, so I'm ready to plow on ahead.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 10:09 PM UTC
89 Starters and 13,000 hits to this thread !
Doing well
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Oklahoma, United States
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 12:36 AM UTC
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@ Jeff - that resin Roller set will be really interesting to see on that M4 ....
Whicn resin kit is it ?
Verlinden Paul.
Old but the only dog on the market actually not to bad if you get all the roller parts sanded up good.
Dragon needs to do one in plastic that would be killer and a lot of time saved I bet.
Soon I will start it.
cheers
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 12:39 AM UTC
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@ Jeff - that resin Roller set will be really interesting to see on that M4 ....
Whicn resin kit is it ?
Verlinden Paul.
Old but the only dog on the market actually not to bad if you get all the roller parts sanded up good.
Dragon needs to do one in plastic that would be killer and a lot of time saved I bet.
Soon I will start it.
cheers
Cheers Jeff !
That'll be a ripper !!
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Oklahoma, United States
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 12:44 AM UTC
I hope Sal that you take this as a compliment but that color is a bit off really.
Looks way to light almost like sap green.Tamiya FX -62 my man.
From an Ex New Yorker.
Fast build there also.
Any base work for this thing?
My brother was an ex New York cop 10 years he did then quit used to kick himself for quitting but had enough.
A long time ago early 70's to 81 I think.
Enjoy that build.
New York, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 01:04 AM UTC
Hi Guys,
@ Paul I'm recovering from ankle surgery so I have a make shift workbench in the kitchen that I sit at all day can't leave the house except for Dr. and Therapy visits so I have plenty of time to build.
@ Jeff yeah the color was my first attempt at using an air brush that I got as a birthday gift. I used a mixture of Badger Airbrush paint of Green, brown, yellow and a drop of white. Turned out a little to dark green but hopefully the washes will help. I'm up to 23 years in some of worst neighborhoods in the city. Gonna pack it all in when the leg is better
Well here is some progress was working late into the night
Gonna add a brown wash to hopefully tone down the green.
Active Campaigns on the bench:
Operation Fall Gelb - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C
Engineering the Future - M-26 Recovery Vehicle
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Jerusalem, Israel
Joined: February 06, 2009
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 03:40 AM UTC
George: "If we do happen to step on a mine, Sir, what do we do ?"
Blackadder: "Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet in the air and scatter oneself over a wide area."
Quebec, Canada
Joined: November 15, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 10:28 AM UTC
Hi AgentG ..I went snooping around and found some good news and some bad news for you ...The 4th and 5th Marine Battalion had brand new M4A3's while the 3rd MB had midproduction M4A2's ..If you want a great book on Iwo Tank warfare you should pick up the Squadron /Signal book call Tank Warfare on Iwo Jima written by David E. Harper.. It was thought for a long time that the 4th and 5th used late M4A2`s so much so that Dragon got it wrong ...If you want to do an M4A2 you`ll need the Tarawa kit and Bison Decal... (I wouldn't trust that camo scheme on the number 8 tank) but if you want to use your kit ,The late M4A2 was used on Pelilieu with the 1st Marines Battalion..Check same decal sheet ...
hth
Rick
Nevada, United States
Joined: December 21, 2008
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 12:07 PM UTC
I was afraid of that. The M4A3 really really looks like my M4A2 late.
Ok Pelielu and the bison sheet it is!
G
Lasci la pistola. Porti le cannoli.
Victoria, Australia
Joined: March 14, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 02:07 PM UTC
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Hi Guys,
@ Paul I'm recovering from ankle surgery so I have a make shift workbench in the kitchen that I sit at all day can't leave the house except for Dr. and Therapy visits so I have plenty of time to build.
Gonna add a brown wash to hopefully tone down the green.
See how it goes after the wash Sal, you way also need some pigments to help take that Very Green 'tinge' away.
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 03:25 PM UTC
Hi Sal...I think the weathering will help alot..I'm sure a few brown washes should help ..maybe a filter of a mix of black and yellow ochre might do the trick..Keep on posting !!
Have fun! I wish I had time this week..1000 bails of hay done 7000 more to go!!!aaarrgggh
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 07:15 PM UTC
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I wish I had time this week..1000 bails of hay done 7000 more to go!!!aaarrgggh
Thats good going Rick !
1000 bails in a day !
Sounds like seriously tough work... Good luck with the rest of it.
Looking forward to you posting more pics of your project !
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
New York, United States
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Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010 - 02:27 AM UTC
Hi Guys,
Here is some yesterdays progress before the parting started
added some weathering and some of the cargo
Have it all tied down still need to add some more stuff to the front maybe some more ammo cans to the rear. Then I'll do a brown wash and try Richards suggestion of black and yellow filter.
Active Campaigns on the bench:
Operation Fall Gelb - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C
Engineering the Future - M-26 Recovery Vehicle
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Nevada, United States
Joined: September 07, 2002
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Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010 - 04:49 AM UTC
Good morning gentlemen, count me in! I'll be doing the Dragon 1/35 M4 Sherman "Composite Hull" PTO for this build. I haven't decided which set of markings to use... still doing my research.
Scott Espin
Always do the right thing, even when nobody is looking.
United States
Joined: January 07, 2006
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Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010 - 05:03 AM UTC
I finally cracked open the box! Man, this thing is tiny. I've never seen a braille scale kit until now - this may get interesting....
Nevada, United States
Joined: December 21, 2008
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Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010 - 05:14 AM UTC
Ok I feel like a dunce but.....
Kit is ready, PE enroute, decals to be ordered However having searched as many online sites I know, where does one obtain a 1/35th scale wading trunk
G
Lasci la pistola. Porti le cannoli.
United Kingdom
Joined: October 20, 2007
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Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010 - 06:23 AM UTC
"Ok I feel like a dunce but.....
Kit is ready, PE enroute, decals to be ordered However having searched as many online sites I know, where does one obtain a 1/35th scale wading trunk"
Tank Workshop make two sets for the USMC M4A2. These were reviewed in issue 20 of Model Military International. The review gives product codes as 0034 and 0034A and can be purchased directly at
www.tankworkshop.com or from Friendshop Models
www.friendshipmodels.com.
Resicast also produce a set for the British Sherman III - product reference - 35.2271. I purchase my Resicast items from
www.historexagents.com.
Andrew
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010 - 02:04 PM UTC
@ Scott - welcome mate. The Composite will be interesting, looking forward to seeing you progress through this one. Will it be OOTB ?
@ Michael A - TINY comes to mind
@ Sal - I think Richards suggestion will be the way to go. The tracks will need some dust / mud too.
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Quebec, Canada
Joined: November 15, 2002
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Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010 - 02:49 PM UTC
Got home from work at 4:00 did another 2600 bails of hay till 9:45 tonight ...Might I just say there is no update tonight!!!
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010 - 03:11 PM UTC
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Got home from work at 4:00 did another 2600 bails of hay till 9:45 tonight ...Might I just say there is no update tonight!!!
Crikey Rick !
Sleep well, not many bales to go I hope. Looking forward to your next update
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
