U.S.M4A3 76 mm Sherman
- Escala:
- 1:48
- Status:
- Concluído
- Iniciado:
- February 18, 2012
- Concluído:
- January 27, 2013
This beautiful kit (includes transmission and turret interrior) is in my stash for a couple of years. I always wanted to build it but never did because of the tracks which are not state of technology ( one piede vinyl with wrong profile). Meanwhile a friend provided me the tracks, bogies and traction wheels of a Tamiya M4 kit. So its time to start this project now.
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![1:48 Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun (Hauler HLX48195) HLX48195](/products/img/1/3/3/109133-10000-t180.jpg)
Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun
Hauler 1:48
HLX48195 ![1:48 M4A3 (76)W Sherman (Hobbyboss) (Hauler HLX48162) HLX48162](/products/img/1/0/0/109100-10000-t180.jpg)
M4A3 (76)W Sherman (Hobbyboss)
Hauler 1:48
HLX48162 Figuras
![1:48 US Equipage ETO (Gaso.line GAS50386) GAS50386](/products/img/5/8/4/139584-10976-t180.jpg)
US Equipage ETO
Gaso.line 1:48
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28 January 2012, 17:15
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Hi Christian,
wish you a lot of fun with your Sherman built. Do you like to use the vinyl tracks? If you think to do a change and you want to select an alternative track for your M4A3 have a look at this fine cast tracks!
track48.com/shop/pro..mp;cat=67&page=1
Garfield Ingram, the owner of Track 48 is absolutly reliable and he like it to see your products on his homepage later! 🙂 I have him in mind as an enthusiastic modeller and distributor!
He like also aircrafts in scale 48!
Greetz Dirk
28 January 2012, 17:28
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Hi Dirk,
thanks for this hint. As written above a friend of mine provided me the tracks , bogies and traction wheels of a Tamiya M4A1 kit which I plan to use. They are no seperate links but I think they are o.k. for my purposes. If they make difficulties when I adopt them the gaso.line tracks may be an alernative.
28 January 2012, 18:18
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Uups.....I have not read that last sentence correctly!! Sry!
Greetz
Sirk
28 January 2012, 18:51
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No problem, doesn´t matter. Nevertheless an interesting link 🙂
28 January 2012, 18:53
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Hello Sherman specialists,
I need your support . As a plane builder I am not so familiar with the paints used in tanks. I started to build the engine and transmission. I am a little unsure about the colors to use. The instruction says: All surfaces insinde (hulls and turret), gear box housing, air filters, Fans: white, Cylinder block( V type in line engine): blackish iron? , valve covers: olive drab?, cardan shafts, air tubes: black; not stated are : Color of air cleaner assembly, pulleys of the fan belt drive
Can somebody confirm these colors?
Does somebody have a foto of the engine to add the ignition wires, as well as fotos of the inner turret ?
29 January 2012, 17:59
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Hello together,
has the turret of this version been casted? Are there ather parts of this version that have been casted?
Greetz
Christian
13 February 2012, 17:49
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Stefan, 30 years ago I buit nearly the whole 1/72 Esci tank kits. I also built Airfix´s sailing ships like Wasa, etc.. I am focused now on planes now (got no reference about tanks 🙂. This will only be an intermezzo. Also to try some of the painting technics of the tank builders. Maybe they can be adapted for plain paintin. Furthermore it is a scale for planes 🙂
Greetz
Christian
13 February 2012, 20:52
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Got one week of vacation now. Hope to get some progress on this project within the next week.
30 March 2012, 21:06
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The bogies are assembled and painted - ready for mounting now
next step: bending the duckbills ( the set contains of 140 pc.) to prepare the tracks for painting
5 April 2012, 13:00
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Have fun during your vacation Lemmy, looking forward to see how the Sherman comes to life. Are you goin' to display it solo or in a diorama setting ?
5 April 2012, 13:37
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Hi Wilfried,
in a first step it will be solo withnthe crew. In a second step it is intended to use it on a small diorama with some additional figures.
5 April 2012, 15:15
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Progress is slow at the moment because of less motivation but during eastern the duckbills have been bent and mounted at the track; tracks have also been pre painted
9 April 2012, 19:48
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Today I also get the aluminum gun barrel that my father turned by using the original plastic part as sample
9 April 2012, 19:50
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This is no problem for him, he has more than 40 years experiance in turning, milling etc. He is retired now for a couple of years has a lot of time and likes challenges like this. I could also do this by myself but he owes the turning machine and has the time to do this
9 April 2012, 20:57
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My regards to him, too please! I can turn, too, so i know how good his work is!
10 April 2012, 17:31
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Looking great Lemmy, I follow this one, looks very impressive, how was it the hairspray technic? greetz Phil
11 April 2012, 11:37
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@ Phil: worked well, the results are best displayed on the gear box and the block of the gun. I did it on the floor too but the contrast between aluminum and whit is less o the foto does not show the result very well. I used it at Slave I too.
@ Wilfried: Thank´s.
11 April 2012, 15:17
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Hi Lemmy, next time you can try to give floor first a alclad layer, than sale it with a enamel clear cote, a hairspray cote, give it than a light or dark brown layer and then the wite, maybe is the contrast better? try this first on a pace of plastic, this is just a idea 🙂 greetz Phil
11 April 2012, 17:38