Hi all,

I have finished my "Duke" from Dragon Models.

I hope you like it.



















Comments are welcome.


Greetings from Germany
Bernd

Wow Bernd that looks beaut!
I can see you have taken every effort to make it as accurate as the original as possible
The stowed .50cal mg looks great. What is holding the jerry can in the right spare tracklink mount on the rear?
Good stuff
Brad

Really nice work Bernd, I like the stowage and the weathering.

Very nice looking Sherman you have there Bernd have you considered entering this in a DMoM and/or sending in a Feature to Armorama?

Hello,

I am glad you like it, many thanks.




I have made it out of lead, view original image





where can I do this?

Bernd

great weathering and paint job!
very nice indeed

Nice looking build. Dragon did include a small error, in that the front mudguard should be in two pieces, with the joint parallel with the end of the side edge piece. There should also be a small triangular support welded to the hull holding the front mudguard in place. Also, as built, the commander's hatch did not open directly to the side, it opened to the 4 o'clock position. Cupolas fitted in the field to earlier 75 mm gun tanks varied, though, as in the rear angle photo you posted (it's a rare 75 mm gun tank on the early large-hatch hull). The commander's cupola on M4A3E8 tanks during the Korean War did open sideways, so presumably, a directive was issued to update the tanks after World War Two (it was a simple matter to unbolt the cupola and rotate it to the next set of bolt holes).

Hello,
do you mean?



but the commander's hatch is on site but to, see pic.



greetings bernd

Nice job.
Like the stowage the best ,plus the tracks.

I love it! Looks real.

Hi Bernd,

Excellent looking kit, best camo I've seen for some time.

Thanks for sharing, 1st class.

Al

Very nice work, Bernd!

An excellent 76mm Sherman! One of my favs, I really like the weathering and the gear stowage, the .50 cal MG stowed is a very nice touch!

Thanks for sharing "Duke" with us!

Very nice sherman! The weathering is very well done as is the stowage.
Darryl

Regarding the mudguards in your photo, no that's not the part I'm referring to. On the top of the mudguard, there is a separation parallel to the leading edge of the hull. The curved extension is bolted to it (the rear part of the stamped reinforcing rib molded to the part must be shaved away, and the joint scribed with an X-acto knife). The small triangular supports are welded to the upper hull, but are concealed beneath the sandbags in this photo. If you pick up a copy of Steve Zaloga's Osprey book on modelling the 76mm Sherman variants, he walks you through the corrections for this kit.
As for the cupola in the photo, the hatch appears to be oriented correctly to the four o'clock position, about thirty degrees back from directly sideways. As mentioned, it could be repositioned by maintenance personnel, but this was more common on 75 mm tanks, since this was often a retrofit on those vehicles. In some cases, it was oriented to open directly backwards, or more rarely, directly forwards (if the crew were particularly concerned with small arms fire).