Tamiya 1/48 Sherman M4 Early... On the Bench.

Modeling Subjects Armor
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I’m an avid AC modeler, but I find the new Tamiya 1/48 Armor kits kinda interesting. I started this one several weeks ago & only work on it now & then, but I now have the upper hull & turret assembled & base painted. Decals & weathering to follow. It’s strictly an OOTB build & my only painting reference was the kit instructions, so accuracy may be questionable. Anyhoo, thought I’d post it here & give you dark siders a chuckle [:)].

Regards, Rick

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Hey that looks pretty good Rick.

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I too just got into armor modeling. I too have been modeling aircraft for many many years. I must say you are doing a fine job. Keep up the good work. I find it refreshing to switch from aircraft to armor. Most of the time I have at least one tank in progress all the time…

Thanks
Zip

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Good to see you in the darker side of things, Rick. Looking good so far.[:)]

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Cool Rick, those 1/48 Tamiya got me doing armor too!

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I see your A/C experience carried over on your camo job Rick. [;)] Looking sharp so far. But you’re going to have to “dirty it up” unlike a NMF. LOL Have you ventured into 1/48 armor before?

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Looking good Rick, those Tamiya kits really are a lot of fun aren’t they?

The most time consuming thing I found with the Tamiya Sherman was the road wheels. As the part where the wheel makes contact with the ground is slightly concave, eliminating the seam was a bit of a pain.

Cheers

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Thanks guys, appreciate your comments.

Eric, I’v bought a few & have 3 sorta started, but this will be the first one actually completed.

Darren, yeah, the road wheels took some time. My least favorite part of Armor modeling are the road wheels. I just don’t like repetitive tasks.

Regards, Rick

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Especially those with tires. Like a Panzer IV. [:(!]

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Looking good Rick, what color of red is that on your shermen?

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The darkside! muuahahahahahaha Yes My pressciousss he will love loves it toooo yesssss,Yeessss!

Umm uh don’t know where that came from but that sure is a nice paint scheme on the Sherman.

We likes it my pressciousss yes we doooooo

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Nice work, Rick! That’s a sharp camo job!

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Thanks guys. The Red Brown is ModelMaster Burnt Sienna.

I painted this per the Tamiya kit instructions, but was told on another Forum that the Red Brown camo should actually be black. My knowledge of Armor is limited so I guess I made a newbie mistake. I had looked at some profiles in an Osprey book on the Sherman (Snuck a peek at the LHS) which showed the red brown camo & is what I used as a match with the MM Burnt Sienna. But I’ve also been told that the Osprey book is a 1980’s edition & later research showed the camo as black. And here I thought Armor would be simple [:D].

Regards, Rick