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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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OMG! I ran out of Shermans!
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 11:33 AM UTC
Went to my stash and there are no more Shermans!!! The Uparmored Sherman was the last Sherman. My 105 is still on the slow boat from China. What am I going to do??
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 11:35 AM UTC

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Went to my stash and there are no more Shermans!!! The Uparmored Sherman was the last Sherman. My 105 is still on the slow boat from China. What am I going to do??


I can send you a Panther or two....
WAR-TOOL
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Idaho, United States
Joined: October 12, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 11:41 AM UTC
Yeah, take break from shermans, and do some german armor, or russian armor. Just a sugestion, it seems as if you are going crazy over shermans. I my self dont really like them all that much, Im more of an axis kind of guy.
ShermiesRule
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Michigan, United States
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 11:55 AM UTC
Actually I started preshading a German Tiger today. Since Tigeriv was willing to switch over and give building a Sherman Firefly a shot, I decided to go for my 10-years-in-the-stash Tiger. Looks like a million road wheels to paint. Anyway I figure it will take me a few weeks to do the Tiger.

The stash is down to two kits.
Tiger101
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 12:03 PM UTC
Well enjoy the build. A change now and then is good. The Shermans need targets (or to be targets). Who knows you may change your name to Tigerrules! Welcome to the Dark side Alan.
garrybeebe
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Joined: November 24, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 12:18 PM UTC

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Went to my stash and there are no more Shermans!!! The Uparmored Sherman was the last Sherman. My 105 is still on the slow boat from China. What am I going to do??


Alan, take 2 M-10's and a M-12 and call me in the morning!

, Cheers,

DR. Garry
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Oregon, United States
Joined: March 13, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 02:01 PM UTC
A tiger to pray upon your shermans heh. I find both german armor and shermies fun to buil nearly finnished my first sherman

HAve fun making the tiger
shonen_red
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Metro Manila, Philippines
Joined: February 20, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 06:38 PM UTC
Oh no! We've been overrun by the Axis!!!
csch
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joined: December 27, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 11:12 PM UTC
You can build Tigers - Panthers & Panzers
They are nice to build too !
TankCarl
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Rhode Island, United States
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 12:28 AM UTC
Take a vacation,until Dragon re releases the M-4A1,buy a couple.Then do like I will,and build a correct M-32
bracomadar
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Arkansas, United States
Joined: March 01, 2003
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 01:03 AM UTC
Forget W.W.II for a while, DO NAM MODELS!!! Come to the Dark Side! Be an underground modeler (build a VC spider hole to build you models in). Change your name to SheridansRule! Ooh ooh, better yet, SampansRule!
LogansDad
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 01:15 AM UTC
Well, Shermie- If the Withdrawal symptoms start getting to ya, I've got a Tamiya M4A3 (complete kit, sans box) I could send you to help out...
Especially if you've got an M113 you'd be willing to part with- need one for the 'Bucket' Campaign...
ShermiesRule
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Michigan, United States
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 01:37 AM UTC
It will be no problem getting more Shermies... just poor logistical planning on my part that left me high and dry. I too plan on doing the Bucket Bonanza so I need my M113s. For the Ardennes Offensive I have a secret weapon being researched right now that might not even pertain to a Shermie!!!
MEBM
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Indiana, United States
Joined: July 19, 2003
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 02:26 AM UTC
Well, you could make the TIger stuck in trap, soon to be attacked by some US Infantry......For all we know, they could have been riding on a Sherman, thus, your diorama is still Sherman-related! Thanks for your time.
Neill
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Joined: May 26, 2003
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 03:44 AM UTC

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Went to my stash and there are no more Shermans!!! The Uparmored Sherman was the last Sherman. My 105 is still on the slow boat from China. What am I going to do??


Take a deep breath.... count to 10 backwards slowly...

OK, now get a sign and markers pens, print:

WILL WORK FOR
SHERMAN MODELS

We will start a fund immediatley... S.F.S.A.

"Shermans for ShermiesRules Association"

There is a cure if we are all only willing to give!!!

John

P.S. I have a set of M4 road wheels I can send you so you hold on to them till your 105MM arrives...


blaster76
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Joined: September 15, 2002
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 04:29 PM UTC
2 models in your stash....MY GOD I haven't been that low since....well.....uhhhhh......maybe when I was a kid and the folks only let me buy one model at a time. Haven't hit 100 yet, but I'm slowly but surely creeping that way.
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 08:50 PM UTC
I have had good discipline in the model stash department. But then I crack them out fairly quickly so I can usually build a kit as soon as it comes home.

As for the Tiger I am building, So far it is going slow. It's a lot different than a Shermie because the upper hull is in 5 pieces (4 sides and a top) instead of a single piece like the Shermans. My kit may have been sitting on the shelf a little too long because some of the sides are warped with required strategic use of CA and Quick Grip clamps to square off. That endless line road wheels is beginning to scare me. I think I will build the rest of the Tiger, paint the primary colors before tackling the road wheels. Took a quick look at the hull I tried to square up last night and it looks good but I won't be able to get to it until after work.
TreadHead
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 09:55 PM UTC
Holy Batman & Robin!!

Our good ShermiesRule is out of Sherman's!?!...........and, worst than that, he's building a TIGER????....... ...................say it isnt soooooooooooooo......

{said in my best Marlon Brando impersonation}

"...oh, the horror......the horror......"

Tread.

Hey Hollowpoint!!........I think we may have lost one to the 'Dark Side'...........you know how hard it is to 'reel-em-back-in' once they've gone 'grau'........;-)
greatbrit
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 10:06 PM UTC

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Hey Hollowpoint!!........I think we may have lost one to the 'Dark Side'...........you know how hard it is to 'reel-em-back-in' once they've gone 'grau'........;-)


i wouldnt worry tread,

once he's built the ridiculously over complicated suspension system, and painted all those roadwheel tyres, he will soon be craving the blissful simplicity and technological superiority of allied armour once more! :-)

and ill bet a squadron of shermans on it!

cheers

joe
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 10:57 PM UTC

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Hey Hollowpoint!!........I think we may have lost one to the 'Dark Side'...........you know how hard it is to 'reel-em-back-in' once they've gone 'grau'........;-)


Call it an Officer's Exchange Program with Tigeriv (he's building a Sherman Firefly) but in reality I'm just making a reconnaisance mission to the Dark Side. Best to know one's enemy!
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 04:03 AM UTC
Well guess what! I found another Sherman. I accidentally put a full Italeri Marine M4 box in the pile of empty boxes. This was the Sherman I was reserving for the "One of our tanks is better than 10 of yours" Campaign.

It will be the M4A2 USMC 55gal drum wading project.
Bodeen
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Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 06:53 AM UTC
OK...Don't panic...i'll walk you through this. First you'll need to boil some water. Get some white towels and peroxide. Get me some garlic and wolfbane. I'll require some witchhazel and iodine. I'll need a fifth of whiskey, a gallon of rum and couple of bags of those baked potato chips that George Hamilton is hawking on TV, and maybe a rubber chicken. We'll need to move fast. You'll have to keep up or we might lose you. Are you listening...get a grip man. This is no time to lose your head. Now i'm going to send you out on this mission...you might not come back (today). If, and I mean if, you come back you will probably forgotten the reason you went out in the first place. Hence the cure for your "Shermaholicism". If this doesn't work, and you still have the "Shermies".... drop back and punt!
That will be $575.00 for the first hour. Thank you!
I knew this Guatamalean Psychologist degree would come in handy some day. Best $30.95 i ever spent.
DR. Bodeen,Ph.D.,MD,MIA,ASPCA,AWOL,LOCO
TreadHead
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Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 07:00 AM UTC

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"...It will be the M4A2 USMC 55gal drum wading project...."



There he goes again!...........I swear, I'm going to put a Contract out on this guy!!...... ................

....either that, or I'm going to fly to Michigan and tear down your deck rail so you cannot display anymore of your Sherm's!.......

Tread.

Oh, and Bodeen........I like your humour. :-) ;-)
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 07:50 AM UTC
Treadhead didn't you already start your 55gal project? I'd like to see some pics
Hollowpoint
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Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 08:09 AM UTC

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Hey Hollowpoint!!........I think we may have lost one to the 'Dark Side'...........you know how hard it is to 'reel-em-back-in' once they've gone 'grau'........;-)


Call it an Officer's Exchange Program with Tigeriv (he's building a Sherman Firefly) but in reality I'm just making a reconnaisance mission to the Dark Side. Best to know one's enemy!


I'm not worried about him, Tread --- he'll soon tire of those complicated paint schemes and overlapping road wheels, plus those mysterious numbers on their turrets. He'll be back in no time.
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