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Ram II
wbill76
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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 03:21 PM UTC
Patrick Bernier's (patb) build of a Formations conversion of a Sherman into a Ram II, including his own printed decal markings, has been added to the On Display gallery.

Ram II On Display



If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Tarok
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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 05:39 PM UTC
Hi Patrick

Very nice work. Excellent conversion.

Is that camo netting an AM product? Or did you make it yourself?

Thanks for publishng, Bill.

Rudi
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Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 06:29 PM UTC
Great job on that one. Especially the camo netting turned out very well.

Thanks for sharing
PatB
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Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 10:23 AM UTC
Thanks a lot for your kind words.
It was a project I had in mind for years !

For the camo netting, I've used a net from custom dioramics soaked in white glue. I applied it on the tank and let it dry. Once dry, I added the hessian stripes from Tamiya masking tape. Quite easy but time consuming

Happy modelling,
Pat
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Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 08:29 PM UTC
That certainly is a very nicely built and finished model.
exer
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Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 08:35 PM UTC
Fantastic model. Great work all round on the tank, figures and stowage. I really like it.
jjumbo
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Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 09:08 PM UTC
Great subject and build.
One observation though, in reality it's a Ram OP Tank.
Ram OP tanks were used as forward observation posts by Field Artillery Regiments equipped with the similarly based Sexton SP's and by Armoured Division FAR's and Armoured Brigade HQ's.
The 6pdr cannon barrel was actually a dummy made from a section of pipe and a cable reel for laying down communication wire was installed on the rear deck.
The communication cable reel is a dead giveaway for identifying this vehicle.
The removal of the 6pdr permitted the installation of a map desk and additional radios and interphones in the turret.
The Ram OP tank's similarity to the Sherman permitted it move about the battlefield without drawing any additional attention from enemy gunners.
A much ignored subject and it's Canadian, Yaaaaaaaay
Well done Patrick, merci bien.
Cheers

jjumbo
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Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 11:38 PM UTC
Pat-- great job on a often missed historical vehicle. Can you describe the type paint applied - - base, weathering and highlighting?
thanks
DJ
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Posted: Friday, August 24, 2007 - 04:31 AM UTC
Hi Pat,

Great looking build you have there and a nice unusual subject. Thanks for sharing great work all around.

Cheers

Al
PatB
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Posted: Friday, August 24, 2007 - 04:11 PM UTC
Thanks all very much for your kind comments.

As John mentionned, this should be called Ram mk. II OP. I also saw pictures of the OP version on a Ram mk.1 chassis.

As for the paint job, I used Tamiya XF-65 Field grey for the basecoat. The weathering was done with a couple of filters and wash of raw umber (oil). I also did a very light drybrush of khaki. I concluded with some artists' paint pigments fixed with taltine (free odour turpentine).

Thanks again. Very appreciated.
Pat
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