Here are some pics of my first tank. It was built about 6 months ago.







I used MM enamels and Tamiya weathering powders. Any comments are welcome.

i hope my Pershing comes out as half as good as yours Samuel i would be well pleased if it does

i love the weathering a really top notch effort

Very nice for a first tank; my first tank was nothing compared to your first; good job.
I really like the weathering. Keep up the good work.

Very nice - one thing - the commander's shirt sould be OD green. It looks like aircraft interior green now. Other than that - a winner.

Hey Sam. Nice job. You can avoid the "silvering" under your decals for your next model if you apply the decals to a gloss coated model. Then return with some flat coat. I like to recommend "How to Build Realistic Tanks and Artillery" by Kalmbach Publishing. Good tips and photos.

Thanks for the encouraging posts, guys!

I did notice that the commander's shirt is the wrong color, but I can't fix it because he is glued down. My sister said he looked like a lime Tic Tac mint!

At the time I was very dissapointed with the decals, so on my current armor project I applied Future first. They came out perfectly!

Keep the comments coming!

Try a dark green wash on the commander. Use the same color as on the tank. The thinned paint should darken the bright green and if you get it on the hatch area, no problem, it will blend in.

Generally, construction lookks pretty good. You might want to check out a book with color plates as a reference for the figures. As noted, the commander looks off, but the loader's uniform doesn't look quite right to me, especially withthe helmet and jacket appearing to be the same color.
Did you paint hte headlights silver? Can't tel from the pics.
The one real constructio flaw I see is the second tot he last road wheel is floating. Does this tank have working suspension? Maybe the wheel is stuck on a guide pin and should be adjusted. If not, this is someting to watch for next time.

When I do road wheels, which hasn't been for a while now, I attach the suspension with slow setting glue like Tenax 7R or Plastic weld or even Testor's bottle glue and place the tank on a flat surface, such as a piece of glass, to make sure the axles are all even. Then I let this fully cure before attaching the wheels. If the axles are higher than the bottom of hte tank, you can attache the wheels first.
Again, not bad for a first effort. Keep up the good work.

Look good for a First one a lot better then my first one many moons ago.

Ditto what everybody said,but I would check Tracks one looks like it might need a change

But after looking again looks like you might of changed it on the Third picture.

Thanks for the comments, guys! Keep them coming as I can always modify this thing!

As for the road wheel problem, It is probably a construction error. The kit had working suspension, and that wheel's spring forced the wheel up instead of down. I don't know why. The last road wheel tends to make the problem worse since it pushes down too much, causing the rear of the whole tank to be higher than the front.

The figures were my first attempt. I used Lynn Kessler's book "How to Build Armor Dioramas" as a painting guide, but I overdid the highlighting/drybrushing which made them, especially the loader, appear to not have any shadows or highlights.

I might try to repaint them. I sucessfully removed the loader figure but the commander will be tougher. I have another one just like him that came in my Sherman kit, so I guess It doesn't matter if I have to ruin him getting him out.

Thanks for the comments, again.

Keep up the good work Sam. Looks better than my first model.