Heng long 1:30 sherman re-vamp

[sean Half-pint works]

OK guys this is my first RC tank, but its a SHERMAN (couldn't find a Churchill though )

Anywho long to the short is she is a 1:30 scale (a lot cheaper than the 1:16's, just in case I didn't take to tanking!) so she is about 22CM end to end (don't ask what that is in inches as i havent got the tape out yet!)





So as you can see, she is very plain and boring, I am debating weather to go down the black and green, or desert colours (britsh 8th army armored division), hmmmm...

She goes well, but I am not fond of the sound system, nor the gun light, but I think I shall use her as a stepping stone, do my thing with the finish, and sell her to help fund a 1:16!

I had a play with her earlier, and she was happilly scaling a plile of hardcore, and although she struggled with a steep piece of brick! I will post some photos of heron the hardcore another time!

One point, does anyone know what other camo colours would have been used on the Sherman M4A3??

Sean

[jarndice]

Sean, If you want information on the Sherman M4 I would suggest you go to the Referance Websites section, go to subpage 3 and you will get a lead to American Fighting Vehicle Database. there is everything you could want including Camo Patterns.I would recommend using a printer because their is a lot of stuff to take in. Enjoy. shaun

[sean Half-pint works]

Many thanks for the heads up on that Shaun, I had a look see, plus on the camo section of this forum, and chasing up a hinted piece of information, and a little further digging led me to my choice, lets see who can guess it! No it is not the obvious 1944/1945 snow camo either!

Please excuse the paint coverage, its its first coat, and I am building up a careworn texture using cotton buds, it took a good hour to do this layer, and probably another 2 or 3 coats to get the finish I have in mind... anywho photos!















Ok, thoughts people?

[lister fiend]

there's a nasty flock of seagulls about!
to be honest, my painting skills are whats shit
it looks a bit glossy, is it the flash on the camera?
and a bit too heavy.
apart from that it's alright

[doc larsson]

operation torch ?

[MichaelC]

For inspiration......

[sean Half-pint works]

there's a nasty flock of seagulls about!
to be honest, my painting skills are whats shit
it looks a bit glossy, is it the flash on the camera?
and a bit too heavy.
apart from that it's alright

HAHAHA I think its Pigeons rather than gulls here! and they can't be that bad!

I think the glossyness is wet paint an a very potent flash on my camera!

How do you mean a little heavy please, Im having a slow moment!

Doc Larsson, rightish period, but wrong part of the world for what i have in mind

MichaelC I love that image, indeed it has given me some inspiration for the tracks especailly!

[sean Half-pint works]

Righty ho guys, its time to get on track (pun intended) with my tracks, I have retained the rubber ones for now, but a mix of paints did this to them, which I am actually quite pleased with in all honesty!





Any thoughts guys?

I will be putting some photos of her up (she is nearly finished after all!)

Sean

[doc larsson]

is it a russian based sherman ? Also did the sherman have a muzzle break on it ? I always thought it was the firefly onwards ?

[sean Half-pint works]

YAY you got it right

As far as I can tell (and please correct me if I am wrong hear!!!) there were a mix of breaked and unbreaked guns (Is that the right teminilogy??) I intend to remove the break from mine as i think it looks better... but thats just me!