I'm not a Sherman guy but... Jussek's M4A3(76) 'Soul Reaper'

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Re: I'm not a Sherman guy but... Jussek's M4A3(76) 'Soul Rea

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Jussek wrote:LOL! It has always seemed like a horrible vehicle to me
His ugly appearance did not prevent him from being the best tank of ww2 :haha:
Jussek wrote:DKLM is supposedly working on a 3d printable kit...
Good to know. E8 is also on my bucket list. Maybe Tamiya will re release their Sherman as they do every decade or so ;)
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heya guys

Well, I have good news and bad news. I finally finished painting the tank the past saturday night, in time before the sunday meeting, but be in a hurry is not a good friend. I didn't give time to dry between treatments, and this showed up, plus it caused me a huge problem with the weathering in the area of the right white star of the turret. Luckily I was able to minimize the damage and it's not so obvious anymore. :/

After the primer, I gave it a first base coat with XF62+XF60 in a 3:1 ratio, the highlights with XF62+XF60 in a 2:1 ratio, and the shadows with XF62+XF60+XF1 in a 6:2:1 ratio.

sorry for the quality of the photos, I did not have natural light or time for anything, so you can hardly see anything with the light of the desk lamps :eh:

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I didn't even remove the tracks :crazy:

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I was in such a hurry that I didn't even rememberd to paint the white star on the glacis! :{ , the whole issue of luggage is also pending.

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although I will solve this later, as you will see, as soon as the tank was released in the Panzodrom it already suffered an 'accident' with live fire, and I will have to think of a way to hide the damage :wtf:

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the turret disaster...after applying the graphite to give it a metal feel, I can assure you that before applying it to this area, no trace of the previous treatment was visible, but alàs! this hedge showed up

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I had to use a cotton swab dipped in white spirit and gradually removed the mark, very carefully, I also used it to remove the excess of graphite everywhere.

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and finally, some pics on the Panzodrom playgrounds

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for the fire damage in the glacis, i will try to simulate a grazing shot comming from the side :think:

thanks for watching
Jussek

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Re: I'm not a Sherman guy but... Jussek's M4A3(76) 'Soul Rea

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Stunning Sherman! I love to build these and the variants, but I'd love even more to have your gift of detailing and weathering.
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Ecam wrote:Stunning Sherman! I love to build these and the variants, but I'd love even more to have your gift of detailing and weathering.
Thanks Eric

As I said days ago, i tried to 'cover' the fire damage with a grazing shot...

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this is how it happened!

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put also some luggage

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and looking to several period pics, i added also camo netting to the gun shield and the main gun

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best regards
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Re: I'm not a Sherman guy but... Jussek's M4A3(76) 'Soul Rea

Post by EAO »

Jussek,

She's a beauty! Even with the graphite on the turret it looked great! It gives it that gritty, rough and ready, been there, done that look! :clap: And all the stowage is very nice too! Can't have a Sherman without "everything but the kitchen sink" hanging off it!

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thank you very much, Eric!
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