started this the other day. OOB building will! Try b&w technique

Progress. So far so good. Side applique armour needs to be adjusted so have taken it off.... Enjoying the build but the suspension has me a tad worried....

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Nice start.
Kit any good?
Never seen to many Eduard plastic kits.
I guess tape on the front?
Will keep an eye on it,love them Sherman's.

So far so good. No fit issues, instructions clear....

Tape was to hold the lower front while the glue dried

It's a Tasca/Asuka kit in an Eduard box.

Progress......

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Good work so far! One thing to note is that you should sand/scrape away that fine seam that is on the left turret wall that surrounds the pistol port. That's a Tasca manufacturing remnant -- not a seam line that existed on the real turret.

progress... been a while but nothing like fiddly PE work to get you back in the modelling mood

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Nice looking sherman the photoetch really makes the clamps pop out nicely. Il be following your build. Im doin the same sherman in 1/72

very nice build ,I will watch .

thanks all...

think this is build done. going to leave th MG without an ammo box. wheels left off for ease of painting and I am adding the hedge cutter that was in the kit but no instructions (got them off the internet)



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so next stop, painting... going to try the B&W method I think

B&W pre-shading and then AK Interactive Light OD Base... for once i didnt go too overboard but i need to do something about my airbrushes.... not flowing properly even after full clean (mind the H&S does have a crack in the nozzle so needs replacing)



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decals on... not sure if i am going to weather this one. will have to see once the detail painting is done



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Matt varnish applied. am still thinking no weathering on this - just the modulated paint. but who knows



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thanks Matthew...

wheels on.... coming on nicely but havent tried the tracks yet ;-)



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tracks on, tools and hedge-cutter next....



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Looking good ! Nice work on all the PE. This is my favorite Sherman variant. Thanks for sharing and have a good weekend !

think i am calling this one done... hope to get some better photos done



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The Eduard Sherman M4A1 is an excellent kit! As mentioned, it's a reboxing of the Asuka kit but with new decals. "Goldie" came ashore on Omaha Beach on June 9th 1944 and took part in a lot of the early fighting in Normandy. Imnot sure how long this particular tank lasted in Normandy but the hedgerow cutter is only accurate for Shermans from July onwards as they hadn't been invented early on in the Normandy campaign.