AgentG
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Thanks guys!
FF I really went all out on this and tried new methods. It seems to have paid off. I have been looking at the AK line and I like what I see. The Academy kit wasn't bad, just an older tool. Having built lots of DML Shermans, my spares box was ready.
Thank you Moritz!
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I had not yet added the antenna when these pics were taken.
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Supply, IIRC that is the reason the Marines had the A1 to start with. B Co was on Guadalcanal with M2/M3's. The M4 was used at Tarawa and the supply of A2's was used up for the operation/units. The model on hand that 1st tank could get was A1 from Army supplies, after the battle the tank were turned back in and they had A2 or A3 afterwards. The other issue was again IIRC the A1 was gas and the Marines wanted diesel. That is why later you had a mix of Marine units with A2 and other units with A3. We wanted to keep the diesel engines but sense the Army went with gas and they wagged the production dog, we had to go with the A3.
That's it in a nutshell.
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Very nice!
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This is the Academy M4A3 105 with dozer blade. I used a few spare DML parts and scratchbuilt some to get the look right. Paint it Tamiya with oil and enamels for weathering.
I have a photo of the real tank at the Chosin Resevoir in December 1950. At that time the dozer blade and .50 were not mounted. I think I have done the kit and the subject justice.
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got dumped on today, still snowing.
It was 70 yesterday
You know you live in St Louis if you have ever worn shorts and a parka, at the same time.
Born raised and worked my whole career in "the 'Lou". There's a reason I moved to the Mojave
desert
Weather, specifically the lack of humidity.
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I paint the tracks flat black, then a wash of a dirty brown color, and finally I hit the high areas with some gunmetal to show wear.
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I'm very glad that worked well for you!
Tamiya Buff is one of those colors you cannot go without.
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81 here today....................
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Looking good.
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I am wanting to paint a kubelwagen in sand with tamiy, can someone help me mix something up?
Thanks, Dave
What theatre are you modelling? Afrika Korps Kubels weren't "sand" as such. There were two distinct camo schemes for the tropics.
Of course if you don't care about that, Tamiya "Buff" is a good sand color right from the bottle.
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RIP baby sister, and the thin blue line again fades to black.
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They most likely started out as unstained varnished wood. I use Tamiya Buff or Deck Tan with a coat of clear orange over that to replicate freshly varnished wood. I think a deck tan base, with a wash of medium gray will give you the bleached and weathered appearence you want.
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Anything in the interior which could even remotely be seen from the air would be the same color as the exterior of the vehicle.
My opinion is the museum piece is wrong, because if you look at the rear of the vehicle it too is painted white or off white which is completely wrong. The back open areas of half tracks are painted like the exterior.
Starowka would most certainly have been dark yellow overall, and given the photos I believe a green pattern is correct. In this old film green and red brown can be seen as seperate colors as the red brown will look marginally darker. These pics, to me anyway, show a green pattern.
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I refer this as a Dodge for a chosen few.
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Getting closer. I spent the morning painting the TC.
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Thanks all. I went for the "used but not abused" look as none of these queens lasted long enough to be totally worn out.
Ro-Gar the decals do not look like that in person, I don't understand why they look silvered in the photo. The area where I placed the name and serial number had a thin coat of future brushed on before hand. I had flat coated the tank prior to the photo as well.
The kit decals were strange anyway. The turret flashes acted as if they wouldn't conform to the surface at all, yet grudgingly accepted Micro-Sol and settled in. Then they didn't want to stick.
If I do this again, and I will, I will use different decals. Besides I wan to replicate the unique Malta camo.
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Here's proof I build something other than Sherman's!
Tamiya's Matilda II (newer release) painted with Floquil and MM enamels.
Not quite finished.
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You may want to wait a couple of weeks and see what Live Resin's M2 looks like. If it looks any thing like their previous releases, it will be worth the wait.
If Live Resin will be producing an M2, it will definately be worth waiting for it.
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Tasca has an excellant M2 and M1919 offered in an accessory set.
While they are WWII era, the M2 hasn't changed appearence much at all.
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On a serious note, it boggles my mind that these four have only been charged with robbery and falsely using a credit card. They beat two people unconscious, and those are the only charges brought? What about assault/battery? A case could even be made for attempted murder, since it was premeditated. I guess football trumps justice. What a sad statement about our society.
While if differs a bit from state to state, the defination of Robbery involves the use of force to take something from someone. Robbery in the second degree, which is what these miscreants were charged with, runs the gamut from: I shove you and take your wallet to: I beat you bloody and take your wallet.
Use of a weapon, or the implication of it's use, constitutes Robbery First Degree.
Now it could be argued at some point that these guys are weapons in and of themselves. That will fly if say it can be proved a person is proficient in mixed martial arts, martial arts and or boxing. Just being a bad azz football player is, under the law, a stretch.
Where I'm from it would be be Robbery Second, and Fraudulent Use of a Credit Device.
Key phrase here is that the assault, regardless of severity, is a "lesser included offense" of the charge of robbery.
So endeth the law lesson from the retired homicide sergeant.
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Looking Good!
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I'm calling this finished.
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I'm nearly ready to call this one finished. A flat coat, some dust and it will be complete.
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1/35 DML Pershing
in WW2 (1939 - 1945) Allied
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Nailed the look.
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