Post by Ernie on Jun 16, 2018 10:33:16 GMT -6
I finished this up earlier this year and finally got around to taking some final pics this morning. This is a simple but cool little kit that goes together pretty well. Of course, as I am prone to do I complicated things by doing a couple mods and different paint scheme. I wanted something a bit different but historically accurate for the paint job so I found the paint guide from the Eduard Sherman kit online, and decided to go with the Counter scheme as used by the 1st Armored Division in Italy in 1944. I added some cast texture using Tamyia Surface Primer, left off the side lifting loops, and drilled out the machine gun barrel. I also left off the turret machine gun mount as the kit did not include a gun for the mount, and the mount looked kind of dumb without the gun. The base is a piece of oak and the odd little bush came in a pack I got at Hobby Lobby. All in all it was a fun little kit to put together.
