This would be the partner to my M32 B3 that I posted last week. Those of you who saw that post will remember the turret hanging on the crane…well here’s the rest of the kit. This is Tamiya’s M4 Sherman with a whole bunch of AM parts. This truly was an exercise in after market parts (don’t try this at home without a major credit card).
The AM parts are as follows:
Verlinden M1 Dozer conversion kit
Chesapeake Model Designs Turret
Tank Workwhop Interior
Royal Models PE
Jordi Rubio 75mm aluminum gun barrel
Fruilmoddelismo tracks
Collector’s Brass Tools
Grandt Line bolt heads
Assorted sizes of solder for cables and hydraulic hoses
Thanks for the comments juniormodeler, I should have posted it as a “in progress” work. It is still a long way from being finished. I have corrected the topic now to state that.
Great job!! I have to say, you have turned rather boarding subject (the Sherman) into an interesting scene. I might have to build a Sherman kit some time, after the 10 or so other projects I have planned. Mind if I ask what you used for references??
Great stuff Robert. The part I like best is the turret ‘hole’ on the hull, with the hundreds of teeth. Did you cut them out one by one??? Impressive, whatever the case! Can’t wait to see more!
Dan - we’ll have to work on encouraging everyone to get some of their pictures posted here. We’re all here to share and I personally think this is the best way to do it. I really enjoy seeing others workmanship on display and it helps to have brother & sister modellers look them over and give their comments.
Edog - be vewy, vewy careful about laying your hands on a Sherman… once bitten by the bug you’ll never go back to other kits. Boring… to me never … there are so many variations of the Sherman I could build them for the rest of my days. As far as references go, the interior references I used were from photos that I took a few years ago of an M4A1 Sherman … interior is basically the same. For the dozer I had a few pics from reference books that I have and then ran across some excellent shots of one that is in an open air museum in Italy on the net.
Dom - one tooth at a time over one very, very long night.
Beautiful work. Those teeth must have hypnotized you by the end of the night!
Shermans, boring? If you’re just talking about coloration, maybe… (still, a lot to choose from there!). But like Robert said, there are soooo may variations.
You don’t happen to own a real Sherman, do you Robert?
Quite a few of them out there, I understand.
Not cheap, though.
Saw one just last August stuck in the sand on a beach in Saipan. Just waiting for you to tow it home!
Great looking kit man. I’m pretty new to the whole armor scene so stuff like that gives me some pretty good ideas for future projects. Thanks for posting the pics, they look great, nice detail.
happy trails…
josho
God grant me the power to change the things I can and accept the things I can’t
Amen.
Brian - I tried to talk my wife into the purchase of our own little Sherman but no luck. She didn’t like the colour and they’re not the most comfortable of rides. Maybe I should have had her cut those teeth out, by the end of the night she might have given in to the purchase.
Josho - welcome to the armour scene … the bug will take hold. God’s words…great words to live by.
Richard - Kodak CX 4230 Easyshare digital camera
Laxman - you will…just takes time and patience and it will all come together.
Wow, beautiful work, your are a master craftsman! I am almost
embarrassed to mention this but… just a VERY minor detail that I noticed. There would not be any rounds in the turret while performing maintance. This is key area for me, being I work in the munitions career field. Like I said it is a very minor detail and I hate to even mention it. The models are beautiful!!! It makes me want to switch over from German to Sherman (hehe poet, didn’t know it)
Be careful Richard … once the Sherman bug bites you’re in big trouble.
Never even thought about the rounds being removed … it is only logical. Wasn’t really even thinking along the maintenance lines. What I was trying to do with this build was find a way to display all those interior details, the M32 was the perfect vehicle for this.
I have to say, that is the best Sherman I have seen to date and look forward to the finished product. Your detail work is great. Keep the pics coming!
Regards,
Jon
Thanks Jon, I will keep you all posted as this project moves along.
The tracks are from a company called Fruilmodellismo and are indeed a white metal track. I picked them up a couple of years ago from Chesapeake Model Designs and they still carry them. I have heard they are available from other suppliers too so make sure you check your prices out. They are quite easy to work with and certainly add some weight to this project.
