England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: June 11, 2010
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Posted: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - 08:22 AM UTC
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: August 15, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 04:08 AM UTC
Hi Mick,
She looks great. Nice base. I like the scenic effects, there are well done.
Your track marks look good.
Great job.
Garth
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Georgia, United States
Joined: January 31, 2010
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 05:19 AM UTC
You have turf being torn up and thrown onto the spare tracks rack in the rear, and on the front fenders. But the tracks themselves look almost new, except for some dusting. I'd try to add some build-up of muck along the tracks. It doesn't have to be full blown huge chunks, but at least something to look like they're really digging into the turf.
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Arkansas, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 06:32 AM UTC
Not big on Shermans myself, but this one looks clean. Too clean, when it comes to the tracks. A little rust pigment on the links should make it shine. Shine being weathered.
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 07:09 AM UTC
Thank guys.
Someone else mentioned that before, but once I explained that the tracks are mud colour and the lower half of the hull is sprayed with some Johnsons Klear for a wet effect. The fields would have to be damp and wet for lumps of mud to be kicked up onto the tank like that. The rust wouldn't start to show through until the mud, etc, had been either washed off or dried and fallen off.
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53 Chevrolet BelAir Custom, 1935 Mercedes Benz G4
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