Finished this one today. Like the Churchill, it's Tamiya 1:35, OOB, and 100% brush painted. Again, please comment!











Dave

Hi Dave,

Looks like a nice clean build. I don't know much about US Shermans so I'll leave that to others.

Some observations on the finish; You could drill out the barrell a bit more or use gun metal to dull the inside down a bit (same detail on the MGs). The tracks are rubber and sould look a bit more grey rather than black. The headlights appear green? The top of the tank is very clean no dust or oil marks so you could dirty it up a bit with some Mig pigments. The tools on the US vehicles were OD the same as the tank, gun metal would be a better colour for the steel. Try using a lead pencil to highlight some of the areas that might get worn through normal wear and tear. You could put a small black wash around the petrol caps and add some dust into the tracks.

You have the makings of a very nice vehicle here that with a little more work would look great.

If you going to show it with the drivers hatches closed you need to add some periscopes.

Dave aka 'Gumpyoldman' did a good article on the M4 which gives a lot of tips and hints that will help you get a better vehicle. (see Features). There's a lot that you can add to the basic vehicle that with a bit of practice wll make a big difference. If this is your first one and as there is no stowage try adding some welds as per Dave's article, it's much easier than it seems.

Thanks for sharing and don't take this the wrong way OK - I made all these errors and a lot more on my lot LOL, LOL.

Cheers

Al

Thanks for the tips, and your compliments on the Churchill. I'll go and make some changes this evening, and maybe post some photos of the improved model later tomorrow.

Cheers
Dave

Hi Dave,

Here's the link to Grumpy's article:

http://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/1053

If you look in Features under Armour there are several articles about weathering tanks as well.

I can't comment on the spec as I've mainly beeen trying to get to grips with British Shermans, but don't be put off it took me months to get mine half right, they got re-visited several times

Good luck.

Al

Gday Dave
Nicely done, being brush painted and all!
Alan has offered up some good tips here for the future...
I am nearing completion of my own, which I started when Jesus was a lad
You can darken the inside of the gunbarrel too... The end connectors on the tracks should be a metal finish also...
Definitely add the weathering to it if you are to use it in a scene
Cheers
Brad

how do you elimnate the brush strokes?

looks like it was airbrushed

Thanks again for the comments, guys.

-Brad, I'll add giving the track end connectors a metal finish to my things to do for today.

-Armorjunior, I didn't do anything special to remove the appearance of brush strokes. I just used a reasonable brush, decent and well-stirred paint (in this case Humbrol enamel 155), and just did one good layer of it. I don't really know why it came out so well, I just did this and got a good finish with it.

Dave

The following changes have been made since yesterday:
-Tracks repainted dark grey instead of black.
-End connectors dry-brushed with gun-metal.
-Tracks weathered to appear more dusty.
-Tool handles repainted OD instead of wood.
-Metal parts of tools dulled down.
-Inside of gun barrel darkened.
-Top of tank weathered.
-Black wash added around fuel caps.

A big thanks to AlanL and HONEYCUT for their advice.







Dave