Hi All

I show you the other sherman, that I made. I Hope You like it.
Cheers!!!












It´s an italeri kit - 1/35

Omar

Thanks for posting your pics. May i suggest two corrections?
1) the antenna post is a mistake by Italeri. They provided a British mount. It should be an american mount
2) Only the top left oval light was red. The lower left light was black and both lenses on the right light were black

Excellent work despite the discrepensies. I still have to purchase a Sherman for a campaign. This has inspired me to go with the cheaper Italeri kit instead of the Dragon. Were there any major fit issues with this kit?

Matt,

The Dragon kit is better (thus worth the money) but the old Italeri kit is still quite good with a little modelling effort - I've built several over the years.

The hull fits well, but be careful and do some dry-fitting around the front or you'll have trouble with that separate bolt strip. The tracks are tight and stiff - I've made stretching templates from scrap wood so I can gently heat them with a hairdryer to pre-set the bends for the sprocket and idler to reduce the stress on the suspension. (AM tracks can be used, but if the total cost reaches the DML level you lose any savings advantage...) On the turret the barrel has a strange "step" near the mantlet that isn't accurate - I sanded mine smooth with a bit of very fine wet'n'dry paper wrapped around the barrel and twisted back & forth by hand. The other turret boo-boo is the separate frame for the "pistol port" on the side - this was part of the casting on the real thing so needs blended in at the edges with some putty.

These minor snags aside, it still builds up to a decent model - especially if like me you search ebay for really cheap ones!

Tom

Tom: the reason for the step in the barrel is that the Italeri designers used a de-milled MAP M4A1 that was on display in Italy. Its fake barrel had that step. Nice fidelity to detail by the designers but they didn't know they were looking at a poswar/de milled modification

Roy,

Wow! That's a great story! I just thought it was mis-interpretation of the worn-bare section seen in photos. The truth is always weirder than fiction...

Tom

Omar, looks great . Good job on blending in the pistol port on the turret, I remember how that looked.

Matt, grab this old jewel if you can, the tracks are awful, the figure makes you cringe but it is a true classic on the lines of the old Monogram B-17G.

Tom: This may very well be the tank that the designers used
http://www.modellismopiu.net/m+gallerie/main.php?g2_itemId=24629

Note the barrel's step

Looks great!
I am starting a build of the Tamiya early Sherman soon.
What did you weather yours with?

Roy--

Great pics of the taillights. But, do you have a pics of the British and US antenna mounts to show the difference? Thanks.

Here's your typical US antenna base




Here's your British antenna bases

Roy, that link to the M4A1 is great! (I've seen pics of the M32 behind it in the line-up, but never knew what else was there...)

Tom

Roy--Thanks a lot. Also love the turret surface that you catch on your shots too.