BiggTim Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I used to build a lot of armor, but gave it up years ago. Always loved early Shermans, so decided to take a break from airplanes for a bit and build what is arguably the best and last evolution of the cast hull M4, the Israeli M51, circa 1967. Kit is Tamiya, 1/35, totally OOB. Paint is Model Master with some washes and lot of chalk dry brushing. Cell phone pics, nothing special. Out2gtcha, Eagle Driver, Hardcore and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Love it roomy! Was that the same kit you picked up in Phoenix? BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Very nice,! I just picked this kit up last month to go with all my Fireflys. Carl BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said: Love it roomy! Was that the same kit you picked up in Phoenix? Sort of. The one I grabbed in PHX turned out to be the wrong version, so I sold it and grabbed this one. I'm especially happy with how the rubber tracks came out. Usually those things suck, but I painted them and then dry brushed them and they look pretty decent. Carl, I highly recommend it. Typical Tamiya quality. Would probably really come of well with some Fruil metal tracks and some nice PE, but I didn't want to get that far into it. BloorwestSiR, LSP_K2 and Daniel460 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 That's a big gun! Looks great. I've been building a lot of armor lately also BloorwestSiR and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) Good to hear Tim. I haven't decided on what AM if any I'll throw at it. Ron, I've been mixing it up with a number of armour kits lately. Currently, I've got a Firefly Vc on the bench at the moment with Fruil tracks on it along with a Leopard C2. Carl Edited November 12, 2018 by BloorwestSiR LSP_K2 and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Looks sweet, Tim! That is the best looking out all the Sherman's, I'll agree. Gaz BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONG Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Very nice Tim I've also got a few pieces of armour as well. Don BloorwestSiR and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 54 minutes ago, BloorwestSiR said: Good to hear Tim. I haven't decided on what AM if any I'll throw at it. Ron, I've been mixing it up with a number of armour kits lately. Currently, I've got a Firefly Vc on the bench at the moment with Fruil tracks on it along with a Leopard C2. Carl There's a boxing of the kit that comes packaged with a bunch of Aber PE and maybe some AM tracks. You can buy the same Aber AM separately, but the boxed set is a pretty spanking deal. BloorwestSiR and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel460 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Excellent build! Dan BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Gazzas said: Looks sweet, Tim! That is the best looking out all the Sherman's, I'll agree. Gaz I like the Shermans with the hedgerow cutters on the front; totally bad to the bone. BiggTim and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Lovely! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffH Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Great job. I like armor for a distraction. You can be painting (the fun part) more quickly I find. BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 13 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: Nice! Those Ishermans always look badass to me. We had a member of the glider club I belonged to in Virginia who had won the Israeli equivalent of the MoH commanding a platoon of Shermans in the 6-Day War. Sadly, he was killed in a glider accident in 2010. Can you imagine if the early Shermans had that French 105 mm Modèle F1 gun in North Africa, or even D-Day? Holy crap, they would have made hamburger out of the German tanks. Out2gtcha and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Nice job Tim. 'seems like a big back end of a big gun enclosed in that turret. Rick BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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