Here are the pictures of my completed M-32 as part of the 10 of ours are better than one of yours campaign.













I added some knapsacks on a pair of formed copper wire railings on the back of the turret.Also,it has MV lenses.Then I slathered the Hudson and Allen Mud all over the lower parts.I gave it a light over spray of raw Sienna.

See I did it.

Very Nice Carl!!! I like how the crane is internchangeable... Now what will you do for the Recover Campaign!?

That is a beauty. I'm not sure if it's because the M4 hull (instead of Italeri's M4A1 large hatch) is so different that it just stands out!

Looks great Carl. This is one of my favorite engineering vehicles. Nice work.

What kit(s) did you use for this? If you already posted that answer, I missed it.
TIA

On a large building bench,mix the following ingredients:

1. 1 tamiya M-4 Sherman hull and lower running gear.
2. 1 Italeri M-32 turret and interior.
3. 1 Pr. handmade handrails.
4. 1 pinch PE handtools

assemble tamiya hull and running gear,carefully trapping Italeri lower floor in place.Fill Tamiya sponsons as required.
Add Italeri boom and turret.
Add Tamiya extra .50 cal ammo boxes to taste.
Sprinkle with Hudson and Allen US Army sherman towcable.
Decorate rear tow bar support locking pins with fine chain.
Frost with OD.
Personalize with Raw Sienna dusting.

Bone Apatite!

Looks real nice Carl, it is good to see some different shermans now and then

Really neat job there - sherman become more interesting when they get like this - stands out among the sea of 'standard' gun tanks.

That is TOTALY AWESOME! Beautiful build Carl, that sucker sure looks realistic. Well done bud!

Cheers,

Garry

Great job, Carl

Now, when people have questions about the M32, we'll have a great example to direct them to!

Carl,

In a word, AWESOME!

Karl

Love it -- some of your best work pal. Very very fine effort here. Great poses/pics also!

Signed
Hmhmm (tm)

Very, very nice Carl! (and this is coming from someone that's not all that fond of Shermans!)

Q: Wasn't there a mortar on the front deck of that?

Kevin,yes there was a motar on the front slope for firing smoke rounds to cover a recovery under fire.But,the crew stowed it for the photo session,I will make sure to erect on on my upcoming M-32B1 correct build. (++) (++) (++)

Hi Carl ..I've been following your build from the beginning ...All I can say is Nice! Looks great buddy ...inspiring me to try a B1 one of these days.

Rick

Carl
I knee I knee That is some outsatnding work on that beast Was it hard to mate up the Italeri and Tamiya parts? (++) (++) (++) (++) (++)

Lord Chadus Von BrokeVolvo,
There wasn't a major headache mating the Italeri parts and the Tamiya parts.I did have to do a teensy bit of filing to get the Italeri floor into the tamiya hull.Also the mounting pins on the bottom of the Turret had to be removed.I aligned the turret by eye,it looks fine.It is important to add the little "door" at the rear to allow the cable to go out the back if nedbe.I think one of my gallery pictures has it.
The oddest part for me was making the sponson fillers.But it was all a matter of dry fit and then assemble.
Where's my ribbon?