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Post by BUCKY on Nov 9, 2017 21:12:20 GMT -6
I think this looks fine for a first effort tank build! "A" for effort, Beekster!!
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Post by JCON on Nov 9, 2017 21:20:19 GMT -6
I didn't think it was that bad!!!
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Nov 10, 2017 2:58:15 GMT -6
And yet, it looks awesome. 
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Post by Wes on Nov 10, 2017 5:01:07 GMT -6
you selling yourself seriously short bro. That scratchbuild is fantastic.
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Post by MARCO on Nov 10, 2017 10:19:09 GMT -6
Oh man, Oh man! Beautiful subjects, fantastic paint work! Great collection!
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Post by Dukemaddog on Nov 10, 2017 10:22:31 GMT -6
I agree with everyone here. You are far too harsh in your criticisms of this model, especially for a first time build. As I mentioned before; the lessons you learned on this show well on this. I for one would not be able to do such a great job on any scratchbuild I would do. Aside from the antenna (which is an easy fix) everything else looks fantastic. The bridal veil for the mesh was a stroke of genius too. The tarp on top looks exceptionally realistic and the sandbags look good too. In my eyes, the basics were met and so this could be a contender on any contest table, especially with a few small fixes (i.e. antenna).
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Post by Beekster on Nov 10, 2017 10:23:54 GMT -6
And yet, it looks awesome. Thank you all. As noted above, we are our own worst critics. I certainly am, more so about research and details than anything. I chose a bunch of features I had seen in photos of both Sherman tanks and their tank destroyer cousins and mashed them all up together on this M36 model. Since then the books have accumulated and the knowledge has slowly dawned that such a conglomeration never existed; that things like mesh for holding foliage or racks for sandbags were more standardized than this. At least standardized in the sense that particular units did things in specific ways, more or less. Sandbag racks made from rebar and I-beam stock weren't exactly mass produced and the finished shapes varied somewhat, but there was method and common sense applied. There was none of that evident with this M36, so I got a real mongrel. But as was also noted, it was a learning experience and among other things taught me that I had reached the point in my modeling skills and ambitions when it was time to invest much more in tools than in kits. |
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Post by BUCKY on Nov 10, 2017 10:24:00 GMT -6
Beekster is one of our resident Sherman GURUS!! All of these are beauties!!
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Post by Beekster on Nov 10, 2017 10:31:06 GMT -6
Beekster is one of our resident Sherman GURUS!! All of these are beauties!! I can only say I've learned from the best. On the research side I owe much to Steve Zaloga, Kurt Laughlin, Tom Gannon, Mark Hayward, and Robert Manasherob. On the skills side, well, that's also Steve Z and just about anybody who has ever published work in a magazine. That reaches into the many dozens of modelers I've learned from. And on my end, simply continuing to plug away at the hobby for something like 47 years now. |
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Nov 10, 2017 11:42:30 GMT -6
You sure helped me allot. Bought some of my own books on Shermans after talking with you.
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Post by JCON on Nov 10, 2017 19:01:44 GMT -6
Good books are a must for detail and to learn about the vehicle you are interested in...
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Post by Beekster on Nov 10, 2017 19:56:38 GMT -6
Good books are a must for detail and to learn about the vehicle you are interested in... which might be why I'm (slowly) writing one about the Madill 071! |
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Post by JCON on Nov 10, 2017 23:46:46 GMT -6
How cool is that!!!
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Post by BUCKY on Nov 11, 2017 1:17:53 GMT -6
I'm interested!!  |
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Post by Beekster on Nov 11, 2017 16:05:03 GMT -6
I'm interested!! I was hoping that there were more guys than just me interested in the things. Once you know what they are, if you keep your eyes open you will still see them all over Oregon & Washington. I came across two sitting in a lot in the Oregon Cascades just a few weeks ago. A fair-sized walk-around is what I have in mind. There were three styles of cab, with options for each; two styles of spar and one example with a really strange placement of one of the utility winch sheaves; multiple styles of engine door; both types of cast diff cover; three powered guylines or four, and different placements for exhausts and fluid tanks. The modeling options are nearly endless. I'm hoping to get in touch with a Madill retiree in the next few weeks to see if he has some good images of the yarders when new, since the photography I have done is of very well worn machines in service, or in the case of a few unfortunate ones, being scrapped. |
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Post by Zod (R.I.P.) on Nov 12, 2017 19:38:10 GMT -6
Mighty fine looking Shermans ya got there man.
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