Hi Group

I need help with some Sherman colours.
I am building a M4 75mm from Dragon and is using Formations Late Split Hatch Sherman Cupola.
I need to know the colours of the hip pads, locking handle, head pad, and the periscopes where.
I could also use I good colour photo af the tools on the deck.

Bobber
Denmark

The hip and head pads were fake black leather material.

Locking handle was olive drab

Most of the periscope is olive drab too. If you do a google images search on "m6 periscope" you'll see plenty of color photos.


http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTom4x0xHwIIBmQdbabc_H3KH2infl5AZKdNq98c42NT7aNhXoZBA

http://wd8bov.net/Pictures/K8LAV/M6%20Periscope%20Stock%207578357%20web.jpg


Most tools were painted OD at their factories. However some were natural wood with black metal parts or stained wood with black metal parts. Different suppliers had different batches but the majority were just all olive drab. When I paint mine OD, I try to make sure my OD tone is different than the tank's hull -- just for aesthetics.

Thanks for the good reply.

Can you tell me what colours hat the straps holding the tools should have ?
Where they made of leather or webbing ?

webbing.

Have a look around these
http://svsm.org/gallery/m4-sherman-family

This shuold real "black fake leather material"

The black was real, it was the leather that was fake...

Just to take a poke at Roy.

Paul

No the black was fake- if you look carefully it's really just very very very very very very dark blue