An M4A3 Sherman - Figures Done, all finished.

[Iron Mike]

Looking good, Ian!

 

[Brokeneagle]

small update....just a bit of base paint.

 

[Iron Mike]

That really looks good!

 

[moon puppy]

Looking good Ian!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

The dark cruddy spot on the back left fender caught my eye. Looks like something burned or something leaked and is holding a bunch of dirt. Excellent coloring on the paint!

 

[bob letterman]

Lookin' good Ian!!!!

Bob

 

[paddy]

Great progress Ian... i bought a tank today as well...whats happening to us ?

 

[iambrb]

Hey neat! Question - were the return roller locations on your kit marked? Mine was not in any way whatsoever, and i had to scratch build pins to get the rest of the roadwheels to stay in place. Nice job bigman!

 

[Brokeneagle]

Hey neat! Question - were the return roller locations on your kit marked? Mine was not in any way whatsoever, and i had to scratch build pins to get the rest of the roadwheels to stay in place. Nice job bigman!

That sounds like an injection/production fault....mine had everything , no issues.
Sorry you got a bad one.

 

[Brokeneagle]

Great progress Ian... i bought a tank today as well...whats happening to us ?

The dark side calls and who can turn away.......🕴

 

[Brokeneagle]

The dark cruddy spot on the back left fender caught my eye. Looks like something burned or something leaked and is holding a bunch of dirt. Excellent coloring on the paint!

Just a bit of dirt I used to cover some putty sanding and thought the same thing and added some dark brown as a base.

 

[jeaton01]

 

[Brokeneagle]

Just another small update - a couple of the photos are a bit blurry, so sorry.
1. Black cammo laid over the green base and some chipping added
2. Decals placed over base cammo.
3. still need to paint the bare steel recoil section at the mantlet end of the barrel and the other various metal fittings.
All is now ready for weathering layers

 

[Iron Mike]

Very interesting and used...

 

[Brokeneagle]

Just wrapping this model up but I need some good pics of the Radio ariel and mount for this model. Can anyone help?

 

[moon puppy]

There's a fare photo about midway on this page

Medium Tank M4 Sherman

I'm sure someone will come along with the full TO with assembly and maintenance manuals.

 

[Sharkmouth]

I'm sure someone will come along with the full TO with assembly and maintenance manuals.

Regards,

 

[bob letterman]

Nice work Ian.

Here is a link to the M4A3 Sherman antennae. As you know, I'm building eight of them and I had the same question back when I started. These are mostly models but I think they could help you!

M4A3 Sherman turret antennae

The T23 76mm Sherman Turret is different than many others. Here is another link that may help you!

Sherman 76mm turrets

the.shadock.free.fr

Bob

 

[moon puppy]

So that top section is an insulator. Thanks Saul, never knew that. Thought it was like a double sprung whip mount.

 

[Sharkmouth]