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Modeller Build Logs
Formations Sherman V DV (M4A4 Direct Vision) |
| By James Wechsler | | Started: | May 21, 2007 | | Updated: | Jul 14, 2007 |
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This blog could easily be subtitled ‘the easy way to do well at model contests’. Having just wrapped up a blog using the Tasca Firefly, I couldn’t believe there was anyway to make an even better Sherman. Then I remembered the Formations has now expanded their line to allow a complete ‘Formations’ Sherman minus only a couple of small parts.
So for this blog I’ll be building a Sherman V with direct vision ports as used by the British in the Burma campaign.
The Formations set that I’ll use are:
F067 Direct Vision M4A4 Hull
F080 Early VVSS Suspension
F018 Sherman Pioneer Tools
F050 Sherman Headlights
F003 Early M4 Dry Stowage Turret
F016 M34A1 Mantlet and M3 75mm Gun
In addition, I’ll be using tracks, sprockets and left over photoetch light guards from the Tasca Firefly.
I’ll also include in this blog a few chapters on ground work and a special ‘Burmese transportation vehicle’ for the base.
Up next: The Hull – major assembly
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| Thank God for National Geographic | Jul 12, 2007 |
I confess, I’m lacking good reference material for the proper painting of an elephant. But once again the internet and specifically the National Geographic website have all the photos one could need.
I painted the elephant in much the same way as I do a tank. It got a base coat of dark gray followed by a ‘panel fading’ in a lighter gray. Then a drybrushing in yet a lighter gray and lastly a filter and wash in Raw Umber oil paints.
Fortunately the boys riding on the elephant were easy to build since the parts all fit nicely and I painted them just like the box art. Oddly neither has any hair on their heads so I made sure they were wearing hats since it looked odd for a couple of kids to have no hair.
Up next: The tank crew |
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