I have been working on this fun little kit, unfortunately though I did not take too many in progress photos as I worked on it piece meal a few minutes at a time here and there. I added cast texture to the hull and turret with Tamyia primer, left off the lifting lugs on the hull sides and added the attachment strip between the hull and transmission cover from Evergreen strip and Grandit Line nut/bolt/washers. I also added the largest N/B/W castings to the back side of the idler axel at the back.
To complement the toon aspect I used a kind of unique, but authentic camo, the counter scheme where the lower sections of the hull were painted white. The model will be very similar but not identical to Sherman's of the 1st Armored Division at the Anzio Landings.
Meng World War Toons Sherman Tank
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Re: Meng World War Toons Sherman Tank
That is indeed an actual camo scheme used in Italy by US 1st Armored Division. Well done!
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Re: Meng World War Toons Sherman Tank
They've come out with egg tanks?!?!
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I did see the egg tank kit somewhere but can’t remember the website I found them.
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Re: Meng World War Toons Sherman Tank
Hobby Lobby also usually has several of the Meng kits on the shelf as well. That is where I found this one.BlackSheep214 wrote:I did see the egg tank kit somewhere but can’t remember the website I found them.
Re: Meng World War Toons Sherman Tank
CallSignOWL wrote:They've come out with egg tanks?!?!
Yep, I guess bout anything can be eggified
Re: Meng World War Toons Sherman Tank
Eggceptional!
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Doh.....that’s right! Now I remember - I did see it at HL, not a website.Scruffy wrote:Hobby Lobby also usually has several of the Meng kits on the shelf as well. That is where I found this one.BlackSheep214 wrote:I did see the egg tank kit somewhere but can’t remember the website I found them.
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Re: Meng World War Toons Sherman Tank
Very nice job! I do love that camo pattern. Way to go!
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We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.