hi there,

this will be my first pics on the site.

it is tamiya's m4a3e2 jumbo 95% OOB.
he's almost finished at these pics.
i have attempt to made weldlines.
put a support for de engine doors.

if you have any comments + and - .
anything is welcome
i always learn from it.

Sander




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sorry for the bad quality of the pics, they where scanned.

Sander:

Nice looking Jumbo! :-) :-) :-) How did you do your mud?---its looks very authentic.

A figure would certainly look good in the turret hatch, (if you have one).

Your canvas on the rear deck is well done as are the tracks. Keep it up, and thanks for the pics.

Steve aka WeWillHold

Let me help you put them up for display Mr. Sam. Cool mud and dirt.... very effective.

the mud?

humm, thats a nice one.
when i was finished with the mud i could not see smell or drink it any more for a week.

it is made of COFFEE!!!!

i put the coffee on the wet plaster en pressed it a little bit in to it.

o yeah, dont forget to say it to your mom/wife.
she will missing the coffee


sander

thank you , plasticbattle.

how did you do it?

sander

MUD!!! I like it! just wondering why the black star and not white?

Nice muddy tank you have there my friend.

Coffee, whel that must give a nice small for a while, lekker bakkie !! :-)

gunnerk19, Allied tanktroops (mostly US) found out the hard way that after D-day the white stars where perfect tageting spots for the Germans, the tank was green and moslty camouflaged but in the boccage the stars where so visible that the german tankkillers could spot them from far, that is why a lot of tankers painted over there star markings

That's a nice muddy tank.... if I didn't know any better I would say he joined the muddy roads during the operation barbarossa... Just kiddin' here.

I like it. And about that star...Ronny thanks I didn't know that, but it sounds like logical to me. I bet ShermanSam knew it, and therefore.....Great eye for detail !

Keep up the good work.

Danny

Gotta luv a dirty Sherman...very nice work on getting this beast all filthy. Coffee you say...hhhmmmm.

Ronny, thanks for clearing that up... Geez, I'm learning more on this site every day

Very nice, i love that mud, and the kit on the back looks very realistic too.

How did you do the tarp?

Roger

roadkill,

thanks for the explanation,
i saw it on a pic .
and i dislike the decals come with the kit.

the pics of the jumbo are from 2/3 weeks ago,
at this time i have put 2 verlinden tankcrew figures on it

the tarp is made of aluminium folie coverd with a tisue.
why aluminium? it is easy to set .

if i have pics of the complete one, i let you know it.

greets Sander

VERY NICE WORK IS VERY NICE - CONGRATULATIONS
ROBERTO

Sander

That`s a really nice sherman you have there.
Man that thing would look good in a dio. The mud on the beast looks really convincing
congrats for that.
Can`t wait to see the pics with the figs in it

O.K. I was wondering about the black star too.

o yeah,

i forgotten that.

the mud on the dio is made with coffie bu tthe mud on the model is made of sawdust.
the sawdust from very fine wood in Holland called MDF, i don't know how you called it there overseas/anywhere.

if i have some pics of the completet model i will post them.

greets Sander

It's a beauty ShermanSam
The mud looks good, very convincing. For a while I thought you had used real mud. (A favorite trick of mine is to mix mud with white glue amd earth tone paints to get that clumpy mud effect.)
Very nice work indeed
Looking forward to any pics you may have with the figures

Sander,

Great Job! She sure is beautiful (even though she needs a good bath :-)). What did you do for the stowage covered by the tarp on the back? It looks really good.

Adam,

do you mean under the tarp?
the tarp is made of aluminium folie coverd with a tisue.
why aluminium? it is easy to set .
there is no storage under it just folie, put in the right place

if you don not mean this, i think i don not understand the question
could you explane it a bit more?

greets Sander

Sander,

You answered my question mostly. It looks like the tarp is covering something. Is it really covering something (i.e. boxes, jerrycans, etc.) or is it just a tarp lying on the tank?

Thanks.

o now i get it

i take my english-dutch word
there are no boxes etc under it.

greets Sander

looks great, nice work there

Bender