Hi all
Here are some in progress pics of my M4A3 76mm Sherman.
The turret is Italeri M4A1 76mm turret and the hrest is Italeri marines Sherman. I will be replacing the tracks hopefully with AFV clubs T-48 tracks (opinions on these would be good to thanks)
I scratchbuilt the rack using Clearfile backs for the bottom and plastic strips for the cross bars.
I am really pleased with it and can't wait to start the other side.
All comments are welcome

well i see some nice compilation Sherman there !!!!!!!!!!!!
keep on the good work and i am expecting to see the racks stuffed with nice material !!!!!!!

Costas

well, since i saw this when we talked on MSN, aand i already told you i like it so far...keep it going and keep us updated

Andy
Looks great so far Great job on the sandbag racks As far as the AFV Club T48 tracks go,they aren't too bad to deal with On the inner pad they have an injector pin that could be sanded off

If you are going to use the duckbill extended end connectors,they only include 120 of them So you won't be able to put them on each link

Thanks for the comments guys,
Zod, I was hoping to do this tank as a beat up one so haveing duckbills missing will be good.

Hi Andy
Your model looks great to me.I have the same tank nearly done somewhere about the place and was thinking of using the Verlinden Sherman stowage set on it.
Pete

Looks like very good work there Andy. I cant wait to see it full of sand bags!! Be sure to make a couple with some small arms holes since you want to make it a beat up sherman. Very good work!! Cheers Kevin

Looking good so far Andy. Keep up the good work. cant wait to see more updates of this one.
Mary (++)

Hi all,
Here are some update pics for you. I know the sandbags are a little big but have them there just for display purposes at the moment. All stowage is temporary for the same reasons.
All comments welcome

Andy
Coming along great dude (++) You may want to lower the stowage on the rear deck Generally they didn't put stuff there high enough to interfere with the main gun being able to rotate around fully

Thanks for the comments Chad, That did not cross my mind at all so I will change that when I finally attach the stowage.

Looking great mate!
keep it up!
cheers

Andy didn't you do a large hatch M4A1 with cast in applique? What happened to that project?

Yeah I am Alan, It is at the painting stage but I am with out an Airbrush at the moment but once I get a new Air brush i will have it completed

Lord Kiwi

Sorry I am late on this thread --- quite a nice project you have going here.

Nice to see you trying the sandbags on this one. Sandbags settle and kind of wrap around each other's contours due to their weight, so the bags in your side racks could maybe be snugged up to each other and flattened out a bit. It's kind of fun working with these

Love the bucket on the one rack ---nice touch pal :-)

Keep us posted.
Steve

Thanks for the comments Steve,
Since those photos I have redone the sandbags and stowage I should hopefully have some more pics for everyone this weekend.

Hello, may I ask what the red stuff is all over your tanks??

Certainalty Harrison, Its Automotive filler I use it to add texture to my tanks and fill in gaps.