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M4 Sherman tank (early production)

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This is the very latest project ive just started. The M4 Sherman Tank. Its the 1/35 scale Tamiya kit. It has excellent molding and detail to it. Im adding the Verlinden Sherman update and also the Verlinden Sherman Interior to it. Like all Verlinden Resin, it is excellent!! There were no problems at all with this.

The only real problem I had with the kit was the fenders, and getting them to fit properly. I had to boil some water, hold the fenders in the water, then slowly bend them to the right angle.

All other modeling details and what ive done will be called out with the pictures.

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Here Ive sanded the ejection pin holes smooth. As the resin interior will be added here

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Here the resin parts are layed out drying after washing them.

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Heres the resin transmission that will be added.

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Heres the steering system.

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Here im adding a new resin hatch.

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.50 Cal. machine gun. I painted it in a base coat of flat black, then put a final coat of flat black with some silver mixed in, to give it the gun metal look they have, then dry brushed silver to highlight.

The front view of the fenders. The right fender is a little off kilter but its good enough.

I messed up doing this right sprocket. I didnt put the polly cap inside, that would make it turn. So I had to glue the sprocket to the sprocket plate.

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(above) The gun breach and housing. I painted two coats of flat white, dry brushed a little silver and painted the inside of the breach with chrome silver. I then used a wash of Winsor and Newton's black and brown and washed the housing area.

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Here I have the left side sponson painted in its base coat of flat white.

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Heres the resin interior added and all painted in the base coat.

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This is looking down into the interior. I have the fire wall painted in its base coat of flat white

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Heres a top view of all the interior added and painting in its final coat of Flat white.

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The drivers panel is painted here along with the equipment packs. These were painted in olive drab (ana 613).

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The painting is complete with a final coat of flat laquer. I applies a wash of flat black and dark brown to the appropriate areas. After that was dry, I added pastels. Black,brown and off white. I applied then a final coat of flat laquer to seal it all in.

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The inside turret with the washes and pastels added. I used stretched sprue for the cables on the intercom box's.

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Here is the resin periscope added to the commanders hatch.

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Here Ive added the two resin periscopes.

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Right side of transmission. The drivers seat has been painted Black semi-gloss.

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The three L shaped braces are in place. These help support the wire cage that will wrap around the turret floor.

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The firewall washed and pastels addes.

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Heres the left sponson finished in the wash and pastels.

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Heres the shell ejection hatch. I cut the hatch out, and made the handels with small styrene rod, then painted it in the overall final coat of Olive drab.

(Below) Heres the two tracks painted overall Flat black. The I painted each link on them in Italian Dk. Brown. Talk about time consuming! No wonder this is what most tank modelers dread.

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