Well... it's 99.9% done.. so I thought that I could still post it here... the only thing left is to paint the vision blocks, the tail lights and the .50 cal...
The weathering is done... and it'll be posted very soon in it's completed state.

Later,
Tim

Very Impressive! How did you do the tarp on the front fender?

tankshack,
That is one of the most impressive M-26's I have seen love all the tarps and bits on it.

very impressive indeed. And as mentioned earlier... the tarp does look the part! Nice realistic finish to a fine model!!

Hey guys,
Thanks for the nice words about the model... It really was a fun project, The Cold war Campaign. I really like the M26 series alot... it is such a brutish tank.

The tarps were all made from Tamiya Epoxy putty... maybe Keith will let me write a "Digital Diamond" for the site??? #:-)

Thanks again.
Tim

Very nice Tim, the weathering is very effective.

Looked awesome!!!!!

Man, thats beautiful. I would love to see an article on the tarps.

Tank

My all time favorite tank---good job. What's your secret on rusting/weathering the spare tracks on the turret?----They look great.


Steve

Beautiful job Tim. Terrific weathering.
Now that's one mean green fighting machine.

Nice job Tankshack and great weathering too...
Ciao

Very nice work with top notch weathering. It really looks like its made of steel and has been out in the field for some time.

very nice work, the weathering looks great, that pershing is a tough lookin ol' tank

Bender

Great work Tim. This bad boy is even more impressive in person. Pictures just do not do it justice.

Holy cow

Now that`s a tank you definitely don`t want to have against you. What a beast.
superb painting and weathering nice decal job. I really like what you did on the Sparetracks attached to the side of the turret.
Really a good looking vehicle congrats

Great job, Tim!
Looks awesome!

This is one fantastic example of the M-26. My hat's off to you sir!! The finish is great.

Great Job, I'm with WWH, the rust on the tracks looks awsome....

Porkchop, Bender, Adam, Greg, Ken... and all the rest of you... THANKS....

Come on over and see it some time... the are on me!.

Later,
Tim

Tim, I'm on a crusade for Armorama... any thoughts on writing an article for us all on your build?

Hi Tim,
The Pershing looks absolutely awesome !!!!


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Very well done.I like the weathering too.
Constructive crit.
loop the rope through the handles of the jerry can.After a few minutes of vibration,it will slip down and fall off.If you can find very fine chain,put some on the cap to the handles of the jerry can too.
But it all is great as it is.

wow outstanding my man how long did it take you from start to finish? and tell us how you done those spare track links the painting and weathering looks spot on even to the extent that even though it's plastic i'd still not like to meet it on a dark night!

Thanks...

The total project really did not take that long. The Tamiya kit is a very, very easy build. I'd say that I did the actual construction in two or three sessions probably 10-12 hours total.

The painting took about half as long... probably 6-8 hours total.

I followed a really basic scheme of preshading and weathering.

The spare track links were easy... the "trick" is to under coat the links with Flat Black and then I use three or four different "shades" of rust and sand colored pastels mixed with thinner. When this mixture dries... just scrub some of it off... that'll leave some black showing through.

Thanks again,
Tim