Tamiya 1.35 M4A3 Sherman 105mm Howitzer.

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I did not drill the holes to put shackles on for towing cables etc. As I did not drill the holes on the shrapnel guards for drainage. But then, this was not the purpose of this build.
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I may rectify some minor mistakes and paint up the three figures as the Commander is hunkered down in the cupola, so the detail is lost. And present a little vignette at a later date.

Comments

28 28 February, 19:13

Mr James
What a beautiful job it is too Mark. Love the colour decolourisation and the dust. I really like the stowage too. Very nice

28 February, 20:44

CaptGPF
Agreed - excellent build

28 February, 22:37

Rui S
Great work and excellent Paint job & weathering 👍
The only drawback in my opinion, would be the lack of sag on the tracks close to the rear idler wheel 🤔 but I could be wrong.

28 February, 23:41

Mikel
The pictures of shermans that i see do not show sag. No sag at all.

29 February, 05:13

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Mr James, CaptGPF, Rui S and Mikel. Thank you for the compliments. Rui, yep I noticed that and as I took the snaps going through my mind was " Yer daft owld DUFFER you forgot the sag 🤣" Mikel. I'm only going on experience of operating tracked vehicles (360 excavator's) from the initial track pull yes no sag, but over time and operation link's loosen up, idlers sag, weight of mud etc cause a slight sag. Plus the way I operate them, crash, bang, wallop style 🤣🤘🥸🤟🤣👍🥸. Thank you all for the likes too.

29 February, 05:50

Mark Sherwood
Neuling. 👍🥸🤟

29 February, 07:23

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

29 February, 08:42

Mark Sherwood
Guy, Gabor. 👍🥸🤘 Cheers.

29 February, 10:23

Juskifo
Very nice paint & weathering on this M4 Well done Mark 👏

29 February, 13:53

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Jusfiko. 🤘🥸👍

29 February, 17:11

Juskifo
🤟👍

29 February, 18:38

Mark Sherwood
Pavlo and everyone else who clicked likes, thank you. 👍🥸🤘🥸🤟

1 March, 05:31

Gary Curling
A lovely model,well done.Will it go on a diorama?

1 March, 08:19

Mark Sherwood
Hi Gary, thanks for the compliment. The kit came with three figures recent Tamiya mouldings, which I will paint up at a later date and after I've re-modded the Sherman. I am contemplating a vignette (start small) as I've never done dio's etc, before. 🤟🥸👍

1 March, 08:49

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This is one of my De-Stress/Mojo builds. After attempting to build several Eduardargh! Kits. As such I did not set out to build a fair representation of a Sherman in 1.35th.

My Eduard De-De Stress Build.

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1:35 M4A3

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