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Shermanski; Free Style GB
Topic Started: Jun 1 2012, 08:39 PM (919 Views)
beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
not actually going to be able to make a start on this for a few days, need to finish up whats on the bench to make some room but its had a wash and is drying so it will be ready when i am

why am i doing armour?

i love most things military, love doing braille scale armour but 1/35 intimidates me which is a shame as i have lots of lovely stuff in the stash crying out to be built but i just cant bring myself to do it. its not the building but the weathering that scares the beejasus out of me. the thought of spending all that time building and painting only to cock it up trying to weather it stops me. i have dabbled in the past but i dont think im all that good but as the saying goes, practice makes perfect :lol:

why is it a Sherman?

i follow a guy on youtube who is brill at armour, about a year ago he did a Sherman, one of his tutorials was how to scratch build a load with a tarpaulin on the back using air dry clay. i had been given a big box of built armour, most got broken up for the spares box, a couple got turned into whiffs and a couple got used as practice mules but there was a Sherman so i thought i would have a go following his vid. total disaster :lol: no matter how many times i tried it didnt work then i saw someone else doing it with foil from a margarine tub of all things, tried that and it seemed to work.

so i had this 'load' and nothing to put it on when ModelZone had one of thier sales......these Academy 'Russian' Shermans going for a tenner.....i might have another go at the load just for the practice

so this is to try and over come the fear of 1/35 armour, im going to try a few weathering techniques including oil dot filter

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sprue shots for those that like them

parts count?....lord only knows!.......8 sprues plus hull upper/lower plus tracks :blink:

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it comes with 3 decal options, whilst doing some research i found pics of 2 of them! :D ...not sure which i will do yet

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Mark M
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Hawk T1
cool , ill look forward to tei i have the jagpanthher form the same range to do at some point, along wit another 2000 kits :lol:
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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
finally got round to making some progress

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still plenty of bits left :lol:

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Mark M
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Hawk T1
thats a lot of plastic!
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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
and its all tiny little bits that the carpet monster wants to eat! :blink:

its even got optional 'welds' for the turret

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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
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getting there :blink:
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beowulf
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basics all done, primer next and then some proper paint :D
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
Looking good. :cool
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Mark M
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Hawk T1
hows this going is it finished yet?
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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
its on hold for a short while...............got air brush probs, waiting til payday so i can get a new one :whistle
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Lt. Steve 'Gun Show' Harrison-Green
This looks like a great kit, looking forward to seeing it done. I'm not allowed any more tanks though, I've been told! :lol:
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Daz Greenwood
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The voices told me to do it!
Looking good. I've never been a fan of the Sherman though it does nothing for me sadly.
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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
time to get this back on the road,................

sprayed it and straight away i knew id done it wrong

picked up olive green instead of olive drab.......doh!.....too light

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didnt have any OD but a bit of research revealed that NATO Green is very very close to OD

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Hawk T1
good recovery
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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
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first time ever playing with oils..............can see its something thats going to take practice :unsure:

its now going to be left well alone for a week or two to really dry off before getting a black wash in the nooks and crannys
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