Hi Guys...

I realize I made a mistake with the add-onn turret armor, but I see no way to repair it, so I just leave it as it is!
The first coat of paint is on, and now she's ready for weathering and drybrushing.
Note: I still have to do the spare-tracks on the back!

Lemme know what y'all think....John.

Can you please post, underneath detail pics on the sandbags? I don't have an idea on how I'm going to do mine. Was it just a long strip of metal/wood?

Looking very good john,
I take it it is the Trakz set for the sandbags? i am thinking of getting this set too. Do you know if it fits Italeris marines sherman hull?

Very nice

Please tell us how did you do the periscope lenses

well i think that u have there a very neat and well build basis to destroy with washes drybrushing chipping and all dirty things your dirty mind can come up with. Nice sandbag placing and colouring. The lenses are damn good , i d relaly like to know the way !!!
Keep on and update us. I wanna see that beauty finished !!!
Costas

very nice built...sand bags looks very very very good.
congrats Johnny

Hi Guyz...

I cannot understand entirely why you think these lenses are so special; they're simply painted with Humbrol gloss nmbr. 15, and when completely dried covered with a drop of high-gloss varnish....

That's all there's to it!! John.

John-- what colors did you use on the sandbags?
thanks
DJ

For the sandbags I've used a base coat of Tamiya XF-49 ( enamel), and drybrushed this with Humbrol matt 93, and Humbrol matt 117. AFTER the drybrushing, I did a "pinpoint" wash (only in the seams of the bags) with Raw Umber oil....

HTH, John.

Did the trakz sandbag set fit well?

This build appears to be coming out very nice! I like what I see at this stage - thanks for sharing. Nothing that I'd want to critique yet other than suggesting that varying the tones (not too drastically) of the sandbags randomly would make them visually more appealing. They still look nice as you have them though...

Gunnie

@ Alan....

Yes Alan the fit was very good, it just needed some sanding! I only had to use two bits of Milliput to correct two small gaps at the right headlight, but that was nothing to worrie about!

HTH, John.