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Sherman Crab WIP

Capt_Concussion

England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, December 20, 2010 - 12:33 PM UTC

Apologies if you've seen these on track 48, but here's my first 'non OOB' build - a Sherman Crab, Fighting 48th conversion, which I have to say was an absolute pleasure to build.

Comments, and ideas for a base, welcome

Dangeroo

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Posted: Monday, December 20, 2010 - 10:05 PM UTC

Great work on the Crab. The first non-oob build is always the hardest and many will follow...

Might want to give it a coat of mat varnish to take some of the shine off.
Are the chains resin items?

Cheers!
Stefan

reeeedfish

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Posted: Monday, December 20, 2010 - 11:53 PM UTC

Great crab! Always wanted to do one meself, it looks great.

ModelBuildingTanks

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Posted: Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 08:22 PM UTC

Nice! Should build the mine roller as well.

AlanL

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Posted: Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 11:02 PM UTC

Excellent work, looks terrific.

Al

retiredyank

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Posted: Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 11:31 PM UTC

Looks awesome. You may want to paint the teeth on the tracks steel. For a base, you could put it on a plowed field. You definitely don't want to put it on undisturbed land, unless you're going for it moving into position or just passing through.