Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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Ad Lav
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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A nice little video of it running at a show last summer.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S9hNUW_G4VM
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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Tank handover successful - one happy owner :)

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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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Excellent reproduction of the real tank Adam :clap: , great vid of it in action too :thumbup:

Cheers , Lee.
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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:crazy: Crazy cool :D
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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Adam the ability to take on the task of reproducing such a realistic scale piece is beyond the scope of anything I would consider attempting. Your work is worthy of a standing ovation :clap:
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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Thanks guys, glad you like it :D

Carl, praise indeed! Your tank stable has plenty priced many a fine vehicle.
I’m glad this one is done :)
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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Brilliant work.
One thing to build a model close to a picture................quite another to build one off a real tank :O

That must be a hell of a feeling Mr Lav
To have an actual real-tank owner commission a build to replicate his own tank is a huge rap, and one that deserves full recognition.

Very well done and all credit to you Sir.
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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:clap: Beautiful model. :clap:
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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Herman, thank you for the kind words. It was great to meet Adrian at the war and peace show, we’ve become good friends now so rather handy I can sort my obsession with rc and real tanks in one hit :)

Glad you all like it :D
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Re: Tamiya M51 cast hull Sherman

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This is a excellent model !!!! Fine details and is always nice to see a real "copy" !!! I was wondering where did you get that infantry telephone box????

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