I've virtually completed my Tamiya Sherman. Just a few small things to finish off, and of course, the weathering to do. It runs great, and not meaning to knock HL, (after all, I own a HL Tiger and love it), it runs and sounds better than my HL tank. But then, so it should, seeing as how much pricier it was.
I'm now looking on Ebay for metal tracks for the sherman.

Looking good there [sm=thumbup.gif] An HL tank with upgrade electronics will also run just as good.

looks great m8 good job now you can reanact kellys heroes scenes with your sherman and tiger [sm=thumbup.gif]

Nice work indeed, really good use of the lighter colour to emulate the chipping/wear to metal. Nice and subtle, one of the better ive seen IMO.

*throws self on ground*

I want one, I want one, I want one!

Ahem, sorry about that.. [sm=red_smile.gif]

..very nice work mate, looks great

really great and very authentic. Nice job. Now I want one but Frau finance minister would vito on the spot!

Bill

Hi Didge
Nice Sherman [sm=thumbup.gif][sm=thumbup.gif]
Did you consider "Oddball" as a new nick?
Regards

Great looking sherman.
Looking forward to seeing it once weathered.

Cheers.

Thanks for the comments guys.
Before I started building the kit, I sprayed the lower & upper hulls, turret and various other bits in Tamiya 'Bare Metal Silver' (AS-12). I cut up small pieces of an old bath sponge, put a little Humbrol masking fluid on the sponge, and dabbed it on the places that I wanted to show bare metal. After painting the required coats of olive drab, and leaving it to dry, it was just a case of rubbing the paint off with my finger wherever there were lumps in the paint caused by the masking fluid. Very easy to do, and well worth it for the effect it gives of making the model look like it's made of steel instead of plastic.
The 'splattering' on the front and rear, is real mud after a run in the garden. (Natural weathering?).

Richard L, I take your point about HL tanks running better with upgraded electronics. In fact that is what I intend to do very soon.
uhu, if I wanted to be Oddball, I'd need to find some 1/16th scale loudspeakers to mount on the turret.

LOL dont forget the hank williams jr " all for the love of sunshine" too

NICE JOB!
Almost looks as good as mine
The sherman is a nice tank you are going to love it!

Problem is, these areas showing bright bare metal would quickly rust over in the outdoors. Furthermore, the turret was made of cast steel, was primered underneath and probably had a darker "complexion" than typical auto body stamped steel. Think 'cast iron skillet' and you may have your answer in regard to color.

-Harq

Looks really nice Didge! Lots of hard work goes into these!


Jeff