hey guys, another one off the bench and on the shelf, this is the tamiya kit oob except for filling the gaps above the tracks and some weld beads the shermheads will probably see all kinds of errors but it looks the part for me :-) thanks for looking and all comments are welcome.

Well done. Out of the box, you did a masterful job. The wood on the front is great. The only error I see is that I believe the HQ-58 goes on the lower left of the front chassis and not the glacias plate. Other than that, your weathering is great and really shows this model off.

I did this kit a while ago and loved it.

Jeff

Aww man, the biffa-machine keeps churnin em out!... This one looks to be aged in an oak barrel to perfection...
The weather-beaten steel look you have gotten here is second to none as far as I'm concerned...
As for the accuracy of 'stuff', how about I do the build and the scratch work, and you can do the painting and weathering? :-)
But seriously, Curious Brad wants to know...
How do you obtain that effect? Love to see you do an SBS, or failing that, a quick list of the steps and ingredients?
As for this tank, it had the spare bogey attached to the right side of the transmission cover. You probably wouldn't find them positioned on the rear engine access doors, but that's neither here nor there!
It was whitewashed in the latter parts of the Ardennes offensive...


Sorry Jeff, but Ron is spot-on with his placement here...
Cheers
Brad
P.S. Do you do any 'all singing, all dancing' builds, or are they mostly OOB?

Very nice, It looks the part for me also Thank you for sharing.

Is the wood on the front real wood or is it plastic?

Good glaciaus! How did you paint the weathered effect especialy the front plate? Thats outstanding.

I, too, would like to know about the wood beam on the front. Looks extremely real!

Nice build!

- Frank

Wow, man, when do you sleep...or eat....or do anything except build models for that matter. Seems like I see a new painting masterpiece once a week from you
Great work as always, and I for one would appreciate a brief article on your painting and finishing process.

Thanks, I stand corrected.

Jeff

Outstanding!!!!!!!!
I really like the shade of OD.
You weathering is JUST RIGHT!
Great job, I'm buying!

As a newbie all I can say is I will be a very happy man if I ever come close to a finished article like this. I think its fantastic.

If you could post some tips on how you acheived it I would be grateful

biffa, great job on the finish. As you say, I'm sure the shermaholics will update you on things missed. I did this kit a few years ago and it was alot of fun.

Now to be a bit of a d### (carrying over from judging). I see a bit of a seam on the barrel. Other than that looks good.

Sean

many thanks guys i appreciated the feedback, as far as the painting and weathering goes ill try explain a little,
the first coat was mm enamel dark green then i did a little fading useing mm enamel olive drab, see pic below


next i did an all over oil wash with yellow ochre this tied the colors together and gave even more depth, then the weathering was done with oils in the manner of many washes and some chipping, below is a link to an sbs i did on an old maquette su-72m which explains the colors i used and the chipping process a little more, the basics are the same as the ones i used for this build. note some washes i used are pin washes but to get streaking i use all over washes then clean of the excess by brushing downwards and removing the wash

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/86243&page=1

the board on the front was a piece of basswood stained with washes to bring out the grain a little.
hope this is a little help towards explaing what i did,
thanks again
*edit about the seam in the barrel i do see it in the pictures now but to the naked eye it is not visible the finished pics will always pick up things we miss we live and learn.

Another fine effort Ron, good to see your bench clearing exercise is still under a full head of steam.

thanks bill, yup i kinda stalled a little bit there painting and weathering 4 vehicles at once kinda got me craving to build something so i went on a rampage the sturmtiger is the last of the ones i had goin and its all but finished now i have 3 more on the bench :-) too much time on my hands.

Brad sorry forgot to answer, i do tend to build mostly out of the box but will fix obvious flaws and scratch a few things here and there and on occation will go with pe but in the end all the extra expense and time for me to just weather it all to heck to get it to look the way i want doesnt seem right

Great work, Ron! Your Sherman looks terrific. This inspires me to get my M4(105) project going again. Thanks for sharing your work. Dave

thanks jump,

Ron,that weathering is top notch stuff.Basswood piece caps off the look perfectly.
The crowd shouts for more! :-)