Shermanfreak,
The BARV I have is from Resicast, but it is the full kit, and not the conversion.
It doesn’t look to be that involved of a build. It also looks complete and correct, but I haven’t put the callipers to it yet. (Probably won’t put the callipers on it anyway. I don’t have a lot of reference on it other than some decent photos of BARV’s in use at D-Day, and the few pictures/text the Hunnicut provides.)
Is there something about it I should be aware of?
Thanks.
Not at all latch … it’s one kit I’ve always wanted to see done up and haven’t yet had the pleasure. Should be a fairly straight forward build.
Here’s a link that you might find to be extremely useful.
http://www.kmk-scaleworld.be/WalkAround/BARV/index.html
This is one that I really look forward to !!!
Thanks for the link Robert. That would be a sweet tank to build. Latch I am a little jealous.
mark956
I’d like to join in with you guys on this build as well. However, I’m gonna need some serious ‘grace’ when it comes to the techno-speak about armour…
Here’s what I know: I have a 1/72 kit by Italeri and it says “M4 Sherman” on the box. That’s all I know so I assume it qualifies… all this other talk about various versions and such is total jibberish to me…
I don’t actually have “posession” of it yet, but I bought it today so my wife could put it in my Christmas stocking. Won’t that be exciting!!
So, here comes the newbie armour guy that doesn’t know the back end from the front. Watch out, it just might be built exactly out of the box… (regardles of accuracy).
BTW, anyone know anything about the kit? Cautions or suggestons? I did build a 1/72 Crusader a couple of years ago and actually liked that quite a lot as well.
Murray
Thanks Shermanfreak, I appreciate the link.
Those pictures will help a great deal.
Thanks Mark956,
I hope I didn’t bite off more than I can chew for the time frame we have. The kit looks great with no obvious supprises lurking in the resin. Resicast has a solid rep, so I’m not expecting much trouble. But the proof of all resin kits is in the build. I’ve had some which looked easy enough, but the build didn’t work quite that way.
Murray Kish,
I don’t know much about the 1/72 scale armor. One of the “Brail Scale” fanatics will have to help you there.
But, being Italeri, I would think it would be a reasonable kit.
Have fun with it! That’s what this is all about.
As Robert already mentioned, the ol’ Hellcat’s just not in the family.
Ostracized! [V]
It’s just gonna have to wait for it’s own group build one of these days![:D]
welcome Murray! I would never have guessed you would do armor. just so you know what’s what, I’ll give you a rundown on the sherman’s variants (I won’t go into their different versions though)
An M4 sherman tank(early versions had 75mm guns, later vers. had 76mm guns)
A sherman firefly (the british version of the sherman)(17 pounder gun)
The M10 (a tank destroyer made with the m4’s chassis)(76.2 mm gun on it)
The achilles tank destroyer (the brit version of the m10)(it had a 17 pounder gun on it)
The M32 recovery vehicle which was based on the M4
an m36 tank destroyer (based on the m4 chassis)(had a 90mm gun)
The M7 priest was a self propelled artillery piece using a 105mm gun(later versions used M4 parts)
the sherman calliope (rocket launcher on top of the turret)
The BARV (Beach Armored Recovery Vehicle) (It was to provide vehicle recovery during amphibious invasions)
The Duplex Drive Sherman was an ordinary sherman had a flotation screen around it for amphibious landings and it had to propellers for power in the water.
I won’t be bringing in Lees nor Grants, do not worry. I was just asking! In fact I’ve bought Italeri’s M4, which I’m planning to chop and modify into one of those early Israeli weirdoes…
Murray, the kit is originaly a ESCI design, arguably one of their finest ever. The had it in Calliope too, but that one is not yet re-issued… (boohooo!) I had first in mind one of the later Israeli weirdoes, but I had so many troubles with Fujimi’s 1/76 HVSS-type Sherman when I built the T31 that I gave soon up the idea…
Wow, guys.
Thanks for the warm welcome and helpful advice.
Chris: thanks for the lesson. Very much appreciated. It’s nice to have a little ‘reference chart’ when your just starting out. However, a few of the pictures wouldn’t show up. I’ll see if I can go directly to the links… I may know diddly-squat about armour (and planes for that matter), but they sure do intrigue me. There’s a few guys that build WWII armour in our club and I continue to be drawn in when I see their build-ups. I still enjoy planes and cars too, but I’m looking forward to this build. I also have the Academy 1/35 M3 Stuart Honey, but I’m gonna build a few smaller things first to build up my skills a bit.
Domi: that’s the kit I’ll be using. I’ll do a bit of research and see if there’s anything ‘special’ I’d like to do to it…
Thanks again.
Murray
Here ya’ go…
Thank you!! any pics of a DD?
Okay, here’s the plan, build lots of Shermans and you guys can keep the Tiger busy while I sneak around and shoot it in the a… uhm… back plate.
[:D]Ron.
Doing a little research at home about which 70th Tank Battalion Sherman to do!
Welcome aboard Murray … good to have you join us here on the Dark Side. Nice of the wife to give you a Sherman for Christmas … nothing quite says “peace on earth, good will to all men” better than a Sherman. [;)]
I’m not familiar with the kit itself as I don’t build that scale, but Domi and a couple of others have built it and there’s some very Sherman - knowledgeable people who have already signed up for the build so you’re pretty much covered.
Domi - out of curiousity … what’s in the box, an M4 or an M4A1. The reason I ask is the box art shows an M4A1.
Chris - here’s a pic of the Duplex Drive with the screens up on display in England.
Don’t think anyone is going to tackle this beast for the group build though, very complex plumbing inside those screens.
I’d figure it’d be a B36 PEACEMAKER.[:D][;)]
If someone wanted an easy way out of the DD screen nightmare, they could build it with the screens off. As soon as the tank was where it could, the crew would shed the screens. There are several pictures of DD Shermans with no screens once they got inshore at Normandy.
Resicast use to make 3 different versions of the DD. One with the screens up, one with the screens off, and the third with the screens down.
I have the one with the screens off in my collection. I didn’t pick it because I thought someone else had already claimed the DD.
I hope some one builds the M4 DD version. That tank would look cool.
mark956
latch66:
Hey dude, that’s okay. A lot of us are building the same model, even the same kit, for that matter. If you want to build it, go for it. I’d really like to see it done!
Bill
I agree with Bill, thats part of the fun of a group build. Not only do you get to see all the different variants, but also the styles, techniques and versions of similar or the same vehicle. Individuals interpretations of the build so to speak.
Did it with another group once doing a figure. Everyone built the same figure. Other than “some” similar poses there were 16 differnt figures, all from the same figure kit. The level and detail of some of the conversions was amazing.
The local woodworking group here has a contest every year at building something from 2 pine 8 foot 2x4’s. More than a dog house frame I can tell you. I saw a small curio cabinet made from those 2x4’s that would knock your socks off. No extra lumber added (he added the glass after the competition) just the 2x4’s and the hardware.
Thats why I look forward to these. Just to see what everyone is going to do. Nothing like a group project like this to both instill some creative energy as well as some drive to build a project. To see the creativity of others is the most impressive means of improving ones self.
Mike