All done now! DML’s (now Dragon) 1995 issue M4A3E8 kit. The kit includes extra armor plates for the turret front and glacis plate that were added in 3rd Army workshops in 1945 to increase the armor protection on their Shermans. Patton did NOT like the sandbag armor that was used by some units and forbade it in his Army. I did add some casting texture to the turret and transmission housing cover, as well as some cargo/grab rails onto the turret sides. Markings are what came in the kit for a 6th Armored Division tank photographed in Spring 1945. Stowage is mostly Value Gear along with some Tamiya bits. Crew figures are Dragon, Tamiya, and a hodgepodge loader of various parts cobbled together.
Thanks for looking, comments and critiques are welcome
Great work. The weathering stands out the most, and you made the figures look like actual people (as opposed to zombies, which is how my figures tend to turn out).
@Demolition, I started this back in mid July, but really couldn’t knuckle down on it until early in September.
@Aggieman, my figure painting is definitely a work in progress and in the past year or so I have changed from using mostly enamels with oils to acrylics, so that’s a whole new learning curve for me. One of these days I’ll get it right. But for now, not having the faces look like zombies is a good start
Thanks Tiger! It is a good kit to have a go at once you get past the lower hull clean up. This comes with the original Italeri hull tub with the VVSS attachment points. Thank goodness for the rotary tool!
