For those that have been reading about my diorama project with the Dragon Wagon, you already know what this Sherman is for. For others please go to the Dragon Wagon concept topic in the diorama section for an better explaination. :^)

Here are a few pics of the burnt out Sherman for the dio. It is nearly complete. I have some details to still add and I am going to touch up the soot covered sections a little. I found a few pictures of partially burnt Shermans and kinda based the look on those.
You can see where two shells entered the tank in the usual spot for Shermans. I think I am going to burn the cargo on the back deck a little. If memory serves, some of the photos I looked at showed the back deck and the cargo tied to it covered with soot and partially burned. I would guess the fire would escape through the cooling vent on the deck?

Anyway, here are the pics of the tank so far....

Looking good DGeraths! Nice job. Who's kit is that?

Very nice !
What did you use for the soot : pastels ? real soot ? paint ?

penpen

DG--superb job. Where did you get that Sherman kit?
DJ

Whoa.... coooooool! Great paint job! Which kit is that? (all the people demand to know...)

YodaMan

True mystery kit. Is this has to be some old kit from the "I am out of business" hobby shop?
DJ

The Sherman was built from the Tamiya M4 Sherman kit. The soot was done with an airbrush and will be detailed out with pastels when I finish it up. Thanks for all the great comments!

Heh, expect plenty more when you show us your completed dio.... We'll probably have to call that 'DGeraths Day' on ArmoramA. :-)

YodaMan

Really nice work DGeraths. Keep up the nice work and pics!!! :-)

Very, very nice.

Combined with the rest of the pieces you've been teasing us with, that's going to be one fantastic diorama when you're done!

-Paul

[quote]The Sherman was built from the Tamiya M4 Sherman kit. The soot was done with an airbrush and will be detailed out with pastels when I finish it up. Thanks for all the great comments![/quote

Amigo--which Tamiya Sherman kit did you use?
thanks
DJ

Ummmmm.......

Tamiya M4 Sherman.

Marvelous......do you recall the kit number?

very nice work no matter who's kit it is. :-)

Okay, the kit number is 35190. As far as I know it is the only M4 Sherman that Tamiya makes. They make other variations on the Sherman but this is the only M4 in the line.

DG--there are many Shermans in the Tamiya family of vehicles....I seriously doubt there are many folks who can come even close to your fine work with the kit.
Keep 'Em Coming
DJ

PDG!!!!!!!!!

Really outstanding work! Battle damage is very hard to do convincingly, and you are right on target.

You took the words right out of my...keyboard M1!

With the risk of looking stupid......

What is PDG?

My guess--"Pretty Darn Good." (NB--Jim expels people for using improper words on his site.)


DJ

Well...expel no. But if you use improper words (some of them) you might be surprised at the outcome (text wise).

Jim

You are correct sir!

Jim--I stand corrected and will perform the mandatory 25 push-ups to ammend my evil ways.
DJ

the tank is comeing along realy well . psot more pics when its done