M4A2, A model's second chance

While there are enough kits waiting to be build in my stash i wanted to practice more on painting and weathering. For this i decided to give an old M4A2 76mm W a second chance.

The M4A2 sherman was a diesel engined sherman and therefor never used by the US army in the ETO because all other engines used by the US army where gasoline types and adding a diesel type would inpractical from a logistic point of view.
The M4A2 did see action in the ETO. Thanks to the lend-lease program Both the commonwealth as the Russian armies made use of this tank.

The used model, kit number 6483 from Italeri, was first stripped from its paint. This was done by spraying it with a kitchen degreaser and removing the old paint using a toothbrush.

The paint came off like a charm except for the the primer layer, this required some heavy brushing. Some fragile pieces like the headlight brushguards broke off and ofcourse got lost. I will have to replace those with some scrath build ones.

At this moment i am working on the hull and turret using putty and sanding. The piece of wood is used to hold the model while painting and is bolted to it using a wingnut.