My condolences Paul, and thank you for letting us know. Best wishes to you and your family mate, and look forward to your return.

Nope.

Ok, I've gotten my Sherman in and will begin work on it later in the day as I'm not home atm. Well while I'm waiting for my departure back home I was wondering what paints you guys use to make your Sherman look as realistic as possible and what paints you use for the other parts of this tank as for me I'm totally new to this Sherman building as this will be my first Sherman and pretty much first 1/35 tank and have realized there are these "shermaholics" here that could help me. So any advice would be greatly appreciated. If you want to reply to this post or PM me it's all up to you. Thanks and good look building.

My condolences as well Paul, hope to see you around again soon.

Some great progress in the last 4 weeks here! My build will be on hold for the next months, as I'm concentrating on a floting thingie and will have to start on my 1/48 scale campaign entry.

Jay: Are you asking what color to use for Olive Drab? I would suggest Tamiya Olive Drab lightened up with Dark Yellow for scale effect. That's what I use.

Cheers!
Stefan

Paul,

My condolences too. Take some family time - we'll keep ourselves busy in the meantime.

Regards,

Tom

I spent yesterday throwing together Tasca's nice Sherman III at a model show, and I hate to break ranks but I managed to get all four D8s on intact. I used clippers to remove them from the sprue without stressing the part, a foam nail file to clean up the scar, and VERY gentle finger pressure to push them onto the towing eyes. I have to say I'm glad I don't have to do them more often!

I'll take some pics eventually and post them...

Tom

hmm how many drops of yellow to olive drab and tamiya dark yellow as well? Do you use an airbrush and if so how many drops of olive drab do you use for the coat? Thanks for your help.

Jay, I couldn't give you an exact recipe. It's to the modeler's taste. I would guess about 1/3 yellow to 2/3 OD. I just have a bottle of it sitting around that I fill up once in a while, lighten up or darken as I need it.
Usually I use at least two different shades to get a somewhat lively and irregular paint job. IMHO it's better to be too light than too dark, as weathering will darken everything quite a bit. Just try it and you'll get the hang of it.

I use an airbrush, btw.

Cheers!
Stefan

Ok, thank you so much you've been alot of help now one other thing I didn't get from you is do you use acrylic or enamel?

Acrylic.

Thanks so much for all your help Stefan and I'll hopefully talk to you later once I've started on my Sherman.

There are some excellent builds going on here...

Since I'm still waiting for parts for the M3 Lee, I decided to start cracking on my entry for this campaign. I'm doing Tasca's Mid production M4A1, OOB + Jordi Barrel.

Bogie work:


I'll be painting per the instructions for a 2nd Armored tank in Sicily. The camo pattern calls for OD, and XF 59 (desert yellow I think, which equates to Testors MM Wood.) I haven't seen anyone do this pattern, all the camo I have seen has been a dark brown. Are the instructions correct?

Rich

Hi Jay ...Yep the best OD paint is Tamiya's and as the others have said it is good to lighten it up... I too use dark yellow to lighten it but sometimes for a little change I'll add Tamiya's buff or even yellow green to the mix just to change the shade a bit ...All this can be blended together with filters to get some real interesting effects ...Don't be afraid to try things and remember to have fun!

Hi Rich ..good start and yes the OD and sand camo did exist ..you're good to go ...I'm thinking that MM Wood might be a bit too brown ...go for a sandy brown color...

Amazing what you can accomplish on a day off!

Wood slat side armor made of basswood.





Chicken wire over the engine deck made from bridal tule.





Gaps between the wood and the hull were filled with Apoxie sculpt replicating the concrete that was poured in that space. Sandbags are underway.

G

Not too much work on my Baldwin M4 DV. I got the antennae pot and mg port done and weld beads from epoxy putty.





ps - My condolences as well Paul, whenever you're ready, we'll still be here.

Jim

As promised, sandbags!









G

Here is my build for the campain.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/163768&page=1

Hey thanks but would you mind letting me know what filters are lol. I'm younger and more inexperienced and thought I'd ask. As for my build I've gotten mine started after waiting a bit for FedEx and was getting ready to prepaint my tires and ran into a dilemma. I didn't know whether to paint the tires with a brush using enamel or airbrush them with acrylic. Any ideas please let me know.Thanks.

Jay: You can paint or airbrush your choice of paints. The advantage of most acrylics is that they're often water-based and have low toxicity. They are also less harmful to your brushes and airbrush. Looking forward to seeing some progress pics of your build.

Not sure how to describe a filter other than a final wash that helps blend all of the colors on the tank together a little bit to create more harmony in the models finish.

Jay, a filter is a very thin color coat that, as stated, subtly blends and changes the final appearence. Think of looking through sunglasses of different shades.


G

Ok well is filter just like a wash then or can you buy a filter at a hobby store?

hI Jay ...yes you can buy filters from MIG or AK productions to name a few but all it really is is 95% thinner to 5% paint wash ..enamels and oils work best for this ...I should start painting soon and I'll post pictures as I go...

Hey I like the variety I'm seeing here!
Wayne, your Marines M4 is coming along nicely, and Jim that is some neat converting with the Baldwin components! I'll have to show my efforts soon enough.

My M4A1 DV is nearly built, and I have added a winter combat jacket laid out on the rear deck. This is to serve a two-fold purpose. One being that the figures I am to sculpt for this will be engaged in hardwork and have removed the bulkier garments, and two is that there will be a cat resting on the jacket itself which is why it appears quite flat...
Brad

Gman I don't think that's what the little woman meant when she told you to pack your bags.

Great work bro
Tony Lee