1944 M4A3 105mm

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:40 pm

Good Afternoon,
Thanks, Alpha, Once finished. I will do a 'walkaround' series of pics that will show off Mike's dished road wheels to good effect. Believe me when I say that they only enhance all the detail work that I have done. Dished road wheels are a rare treat in 1/16 scale late war Shermans. Jarndice, if you really want spam...? ;o) Thank you for the compliments, my friend.
regards,
Painless

jarndice · Post by **jarndice** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:19 pm

Painless in my previous incarnation we were being taught Langlauf skiing and operating out of a German army alpine unit in Bavaria, It was lunch time and I had been entrusted with checking the kitchen and the food within was as it should be, ( what does a boy of 25 know of matters culinary?) I asked the chef what was on the menu, " Rabbit sir " he said, and sure enough there was the empty box marked " RABBIT, PRODUCT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA"!!!!!!!!!!! For goodness sake we were standing shoulder to shoulder with our NATO allies ready to defend the western world against the Communist hordes and the bloody people are feeding us. If Chairman Mao had known he could have poisoned all NATO forces in Europe at one sitting. shaun

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:26 pm

Jarndice,
Myself, I would prefer whatever Kookie was ladling out of the Goulash Kanone to rabbit from China. Maybe it was a treat the Bundeswehr soldiers enjoyed and they wanted to share it with you guys. O.o
regards,
Painless

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:21 am

PainlessWolf wrote:Good Afternoon,
Thanks, Alpha, Once finished. I will do a 'walkaround' series of pics that will show off Mike's dished road wheels to good effect. Believe me when I say that they only enhance all the detail work that I have done. Dished road wheels are a rare treat in 1/16 scale late war Shermans. Jarndice, if you really want spam...? ;o) Thank you for the compliments, my friend.
regards,
Painless

That would be great Painless.... as even with all the research I had to do for my build ... I never ran across any image of a SHERMAN wearing those rollers....Mike showed me a set he had just finished... those little grease fittings are done so well....and you detailed them even more.... I guess it's the reason I wouldn't mind seeing a panoramic view of them with the tank ready to go ....as I really feel you have a "one of a kind " Lady on your hands

ALPHA

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:52 am

73rd Day: Alpha, the dished road wheels were rare all the way up until the last months of the war. They were generally used for heavy weight tanks like the Jumbo and occasionally on the 105mm. They sometimes made their way onto the gun tanks as well. Look up pictures for 'Caballero', the tank we were given markings for by HL, (which is a 75mm tank, not a 105mm, by the way) and you will see one or two of the dished road wheels have been used for replacements on it. http://www.ww2incolor.com/art/M4A3+Sherman+Tank.html shows a complete set. Tonight, I tapped track together, adding two links per side to get proper slack in the set of MATO T74s I received. After that, I test ran it a bit and was exceedingly pleased. I love the way it skid turns even on rugs. This tank is way speedy and could benefit from a set of 4.1 black gears. It certainly is worth the extra expenditure so I'll see to that soon. Just for fun I put the tools on to see how they looked. You guys can be the judge. Pics:

cannedheat · Post by **cannedheat** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:10 am

that is one nice Sherman old chap ,wot wot ........

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:39 am

Statuesque mate, are you going to go the full noise on all outer stowage, or stay close to the newly deployed look ?

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:54 pm

Good Morning,
CH, thank you, Sir! Herman, I am not quite done yet. The walk around pics were for Alpha to see the dished road wheels mounted. I've still got a tiny bit of detailing and paintwork then yes, more stowage and stowage mounts to add. The pieces you see there are things I keep on the tank so as not to lose track of them. ;o)
regards,
Painless

scalawag · Post by **scalawag** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:59 am

Looking very nice Painless, Can't wait to see it finished now

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:04 am

PainlessWolf wrote:73rd Day: Alpha, the dished road wheels were rare all the way up until the last months of the war. They were generally used for heavy weight tanks like the Jumbo and occasionally on the 105mm. They sometimes made their way onto the gun tanks as well. Look up pictures for 'Caballero', the tank we were given markings for by HL, (which is a 75mm tank, not a 105mm, by the way) and you will see one or two of the dished road wheels have been used for replacements on it. http://www.ww2incolor.com/art/M4A3+Sherman+Tank.html shows a complete set. Tonight, I tapped track together, adding two links per side to get proper slack in the set of MATO T74s I received. After that, I test ran it a bit and was exceedingly pleased. I love the way it skid turns even on rugs. This tank is way speedy and could benefit from a set of 4.1 black gears. It certainly is worth the extra expenditure so I'll see to that soon. Just for fun I put the tools on to see how they looked. You guys can be the judge. Pics:

Heck Painless... you should send them pics of your SHERMAN.. it looks way better than the picture they have... the wheels are so sublime in that one.. but look great on yours

ALPHA

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