Sherman M51; an accidental build.

[tomhugill]

Sneaky peak (not finished by a very long shot though!)

[ALPHA]

OOOP....Too beat up for Canned .....................I think

ALPHA

[cannedheat]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm......its nice and yes they did get beat up when in action?.... but also they had to maintain them...... so it does look bashed and tired ? the colour is cool.... yes it would look nice next to my m50

[tomhugill]

Had some issues with paint flaking, think due to the new (expensive) hairspray I borrowed off my missus; back to the cheap aldi stuff me thinks! Anyway, chips are tones down slightly. Usually I chip more heavily because when you weather it everything gets toned down so if I started subtle then its going to get much less noticeable.

I digress, under natural light I felt the colour had too many brick/orangey tones in so used a super secret filter (yeah right....its heavily thinned dak streaking grime by AK) to remove some of these.

Result:







What they say about it being a pig of a colour to get right is so true!

Alpha, not sure they used female crew back in the 60s/70s but you never know! I had a flick through of the Israeli tank school pictures and they do look like kids, without the military look other nations soldiers get

[cannedheat]

I like her ,going on the pc screen for colour, well its not the same as in the flesh so to speak ,but I do like her and if it going for sale let us know ,[ but the crew would still be on a charge ]

[tomhugill]

Not hoping over the Pennines today for the meet stu? I'll be battling her today, I'll let you know how I get on.

Still a heck of a lot to do on her yet though, got pin washes, streaking grime, rust (not much though and only on the stowage and sheet metal stuff) dust etc

[cannedheat]

no not popping over them there hills ,to be honest I feel like a spare prick at a wedding not in the same league old chap wot wot ......

[Horses45]

It looks as good as ever Tom and stu if your not in there league I'm not even in the same game. But looks good and even better next to you M50 .

[ALPHA]

It'll gather it's fare share of double takes for sure Tom...think you will fare well in competition...

ALPHA

[The Tank Man]

Had a good go at Battleing against Tom at the meet! It gave back as good as I gave it with my Elephant! And Stew you were missed buddy get your heels down to next months meet!!!!!!