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Old 03-12-2018 | 05:19 PM
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manchu9inf
 
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I forgot to mention I am running the Super Sherman electronics in it, which are OK, not the correct engine sounds, but it works for battling. The turret work I had contracted out, so i cant take the credit for that. The barrel i also had lathed for me, but i designed it with the barrel protector instead of a muzzle brake, that is why there is that bulge at the end of the 76mm gun. I started this build last summer, so it has been on the back burner off and on these past many months. One thing i had to do was to modify the tabs on the bottom of the resin turret, they seem to be too long and i has to sand them down and round the edges, which helped with turret rotation. I did primer the tank in Tamiya NATO black and the used Tamiya Flat white for the highlight before i painted in Tamiya Olive Drab as the base color. Normally I use a black wash and do some chipping and other weathering, but i didn't with this tank. All i did was mist the suspension and lower hull with about 90% thinner and 10% Tamiya Flat Earth with just a few drops of Tamiya Flat clear, then over the whole model i did the mist over the tank with about 90% thinner and 10% Tamiya Buff and a few drops of Tamiya Clear Flat. That was all the weathering i did, i think it came out pretty nice. for the this Sherman, i went with the less is more philosophy of weathering.
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