M4A1, operation Husky, almost there...

Almost there, she needs a bit more weathering like dust and fuel/oil stains and this one is done. I'm still thinking of making a little sandy beach vignette.

 

M4A1, operation husky, painting IV

Added some dust washes on the running Gear, painted the tracks (still need to find a way to proper prime vinyl tracks because the paint is chipping) and painted/ weathered the jerrycans.

Repainted the deep wading waterproofing canvasses in a lighter shade because They came out a bit to dark after washes.

M4A1, operation Husky, painting III

Added the bogies to the hull and sprayed the whole thing in a glossy coat so the sherman is ready for washes and weathering.

 

M4A1, operation Husky, painting II

Continued painting the sherman. I did some details like the headlights and pioneer tools. I also tried to paint the canvas covers used for waterproofing.

I used painted the stars and company markings using the airbrush and masks while the tank name "HOBO" and the bumper codes are done using the fine Archer dry transfers.

 

 

M4A1, operation Husky, painting I

The sherman got it's base olive drab color with the camo pattern, the cammo color came out a bit to orange which i hope will tone down a bit after weathering.

 

M4A1, operation Husky, build part I

I spend the last couple of days building the M4A1 tasca kit and scratch building the 5AITC wading trunk and jerrycan rack. Although i have a couple of Tasca kits in my stach this is the first kit i started building andi am realy impressed by the quality of the kit, everything fits and is super detailed. Even the .50 machine gun is a little build project.

I couln't find any real drawings for the 5AITC wading trunk so i had to use photographs and the template from the Zaloga modeling book to create one.

The turret is waiting for it's metal gun barel from RB Model that in the mail.