Hello All have been working on this little project for Sherman campaigne for a while now and thought i,d take the plunge and find out what the rest of the fellow modellers thought
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Still have some wheathering and washes to applie and will definetly be putting a lot of mud and grit on the front end

Very nicely done! Resin kit? The actuator rod on the right side looks a wee bent. Large mine perhaps?
Cheers
Dave

Hi Keith,

Nice work on the kit. Which conversion kit did you use and what ws it like to work with?

Looks the part.

Al

Very nice work. Will it find a place in a dio.

That looks pretty awesome Keith! Very neat! Top notch job putting it together. Thanks for sharing your pictures!

Cheers -
Tim

Keith-- tough kit to complete...well done! I have attempted to place the lane markers on the back correctly and failed. Can you take a shot of the rear of your vehicle so I can correct mine?
thanks
DJ

Wow! That's great! Very nice job, with one exception, I think you have your back up mirrors to far aft.

The Tank kit is Dragon M4A4 1996 The converstion kit is the legends set with a few stowage pieces from the legends firefly set.The convestion build has taken quite a while to do as this is my first major converstion a lot of the main parts in resin where warped or bent hence the push rod a little out of shape some had to be scratched as they had shrunk will follow with more pics after the weekend.

Keith-- danke for the photos.
DJ

Looks Ace. Don't know how you can resist putting a little DC motor in there to get those buggers spinning. Wouldn't you love to see that?

Looking great Keith !!!!

Nice build. How will you be adding the "balls" at the end of the chains?

Darryl

A hell of a nice looking Sherman Bob

Wow, looks amazing.

oop,s i,ll start again
Hi Keith
Another nice 79th armourd div vehicle,just one comment those chain,s look a little bit on the puny side ,would,nt last long on real machine .
can i give you tip for doing the ball weight,s on end chains =split shot fishing weight,s,piece of cotten looped through end of chain close weight gently spot of super glue,trim of cotten.That,s how i done mine when Resicast first brought thier,s out
R esicast sell a set of white metal chain,s separately if that,s of any use
Regard,s BARRY

wow, very ambitious project, and well executed.

good work!

Thanks for the replies Guys. Barry the chains are the ones with the convertion kit I too thought they looked a bit on the small side,Was going to try and attatch the balls to chain with verey fine copper wire but your way sounds a lot easier. A trip to the tackle shop on the cards Cheers.More progress shots soon when the mud an muck drys.

I scratchbuilt my flail about 15 years ago on an MB hull. I think I used 30 link per inch chain and it looked too small until I painted it. Your's looks to be about the same size chain, but because it is dangling in mid-air, it might make it look finer.

Here's a not-so-great shot of mine.



I wish I had though of the split-shot sinkers for end weights. I might have to go get some and add them.

Balls and more Balls, Barry took up your idea and got some various size split shot went with the No8 0.03 Kg Took about 2Hrs to attatche the little buggers Knew there was a reason for not trying to do them but finally got them stuck .Also did a bit of toothbrush flicking with some muck an mig pigments,don,t know if i,ve over done it with the muck an mud but these machines would have been covered after spinning them chains after a short time.



A little more wheathering still to do but nearly there hoprfully

Beautiful job. I am inspired to pull my conversion off the shelf andstart into it. Only thing I noticed are your fire extinguishers. Think they should be a green colour not red. An easy fix.

Doug

Looks pretty decent a nice job on a Different Sherman.

Keith,

Looks great with the lead "sinkers" and I like the muddy,dirty front end. Guess it would be that way until it triggered an AT mine lol.

Darryl

Oh my gosh, what a beauty!
The best sherman flailer i've ever seen an probably will ever see!
Great job!

very nice keith
i think the conversion is out of my league but you have done it justice.the only one thing it needs is a crewman in the turret for a sense of scale...
neil.