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KO Sherman M4A1
MVisser
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Utrecht, Netherlands
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 05:53 AM UTC

Hi All,

I've finished my latest work,

I wanted to recreate this photo


I've used aitaleri lowerhull with a resin ABM M4A1 DV early conversion,
transmission is from tasca,
the interior is from Verlinden, TWS and CMK.
Some extra parts (turret) are from dragon and tamiya
the tracks are a mix of AFV club and panda plastic

The rust has all been done with MIG Pigments and AK fixer
AK interactive africa dust effect has been used for the dust on de "clean" part of the tank

I hope you like it




















Martin

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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 06:23 AM UTC
That is absolutely stunning,love the way you have done the right hand track pads as they have melted with the heat.
Can you tell me where is has took a shell?

Karl
IamTJones
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Niedersachsen, Germany
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 06:30 AM UTC
Absolutely amazing work and I agree, the melted track pads are a brilliant little touch of detail that really bring the piece to life.

Tristan
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 10:15 AM UTC
Awesome!
Dangeroo
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 07:33 PM UTC
Eerie Scene... Fantastic build! You've captured the picture magnificiently. Congratulations. I especially like the way the left side is still unharmed.

The only thing missing is the debris around the tank. Currently it looks too clean on the ground.

Cheers!
Stefan
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 08:24 PM UTC
Awesome work mate as the others said those burt tracks look amazing
trahe
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Virginia, United States
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 11:13 PM UTC
Be honest. The "real" photo is just a black and white of your model, right? Seriously, this is incredible work. You have captured the photo incredibly well! Absolutely amazing work.
Audren_Dbo
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 12:57 AM UTC
Great work Martin, the apearence of your model is amazing. Very good job. I realy like KO models, and yours is absolutely well done!

Any history about the original photo?

I'm agree with Stefan, the ground looks much clean.
jon_a_its
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Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 03:38 AM UTC
Ouch, that godda hurt...

very well done Martin
MVisser
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Utrecht, Netherlands
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Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 06:20 PM UTC
Thanks for the kind replies,

I've added some more debris and it looks much better now.

The impact is on de lowerhull near the first bogie

Martin
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Dublin, Ireland
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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013 - 02:47 AM UTC
Great work Martin, good variation in all the rust tones
USMC6094
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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013 - 10:40 AM UTC
thats stunning I like every bit of it
MVisser
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Utrecht, Netherlands
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Posted: Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 06:06 AM UTC
Thanks all for the comments.

Here are the final photos, I've added some extra debris and have lowered the tracks in the grondwork































Martin
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Posted: Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 10:32 PM UTC
Congrats!!! I love it.


Rick
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