Burnt out Sherman M4A1/76

[parkadge]

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This Sherman was on my work bench for years waiting for me to paint the crew -it lost various hatches and even some of the running gear. When I stripped the paint from the turret and upper hull I decided it already looked like a burnt out tank so I've decided to finish as a battlefield wreck


burnt out sherman 005 by parkadge, on Flickr

It had a scratchbuilt rudimentary interior just to show something through the hatches


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I might revisit and improve the interior- it depends on how much will be visible when finished


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It did have the partial turret basket of the T23 turret but I've since lost it. The gun breech is from the AFV club M18 IIRC


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The tarp was from a demo done by Steve Munsell of www.valuegeardetails.com/StowageSets.html on how he uses greenstuff to make traps and stowage, at my local IPMS chapter


burnt out sherman 026 by parkadge, on Flickr

Managed to get most of the old stowage off. I have ordered a set of Panda burnt out tracks and am going to remove some of the wheels and grind away the tires. I'm looking forward to repainting this all burnt and rusty

[TRM]

Nice recycling project!!! Looking good so far! Can't wait to see you have at the wheels and and the ....errr...new tracks!!

[WigWag Workshop]

Nice work! looking forward to see what other details get added

-Steven

[bigjohn]

Hey Pat, Looking forward to the resurrection of this ol shelf queen. By the way, I really like the looks of that crew. I'd like to see them finished as well.

[bbd468]

Hey Pat,

This looks like its gonna be awesome. looking forward to your progress man.

Gary

[parkadge]

Okay I have been working on this. the biggest job was putting together the tracks. I decided to show one side completely burnt out out so I bought the panda burned track set, tiresome but simple enought to put together but that wasn't good enough for me so I decided to add duckbill end connectors and remembered that I had some in a DML M4A4 kit of course they didn't fit which meant I had to drill them out and as there were only enough for one side I had to space them out- (this was done at the time)with ordinary DML end connectors and drill them out as the panda ones are small in comparison. for the unburned side I used the DML tracks





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once the tracks were done the rest was very enjoyable. Still got lots to do but I'm getting there


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The ground work is not finished and I still have to add some burnt out stowage.

[AndyArgent]

Like it ,like it loads. The burnt out tracks are superb as is the rest of the build.

[parkadge]

Andy, Doc thank you- still have a few AK products I want to add and there is the groundwork to finish as well

[bigjohn]

Alomst missed this one in here Pat. I haven't been in tne wrecked and burnt out section in agaes. Very nice progress, looking forward to more!

[406 Silverado]

I'm a bit late here, well very late...LOL

Love the look of the burnt Shermmie, especially the tracks. How are the Panda tracks ?? Been wanting to give them a go sometime.

[parkadge]

@ John Thanks for the comment

@rob thanks- the panda tracks are good but I complicated things for myself by using DML extended end connectors instaed of buying the Panda ones which meant I had to drill them out. One thing about the panda burnt out tracks is that they are a bit wider than ordinary DML tracks so I had to widen the sprocket wheel slightly.




Okay more paint and pigment and ground work. I sank the tank into the grounjdwork a little to show it had been sitting there a while.


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I think that's it. I'm missing a few things like the barrel stowage locking clamp from the turret rear and the aerial but I will add them at some stage when I find them on the workbench


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No I'm not proud of it









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[deafpanzer]

Nice process on the burnt out Sherman! You can always use a metal detector to find the clamp if its metal...

[bigjohn]

Hey Pat, nothing wrong with the work bench. Just shows that you enjoy building models. You might want to Post a warning for spud before he sees it. We dont want him to have a stroke.... ;D

The Sherman is really taking shape! I like the looks of it!

[panzerjager]

Very nice Zippo, Pat. The burnt tracks looks great.

Darío

[Deleted]

Very nice progress on the wreck, looking very cool indeed
Great way to recycle the shelf queen

[parkadge]

Thanks guys

This won me a Gold Medal and Best lin Show at the Irish IPMS Nationals last weekend


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[TRM]

Congrats on the win!!! Nice work!

[bigjohn]

Congrtas Pat!!!! Job well done!

[brembo]

as a sherman fan i really like what you've done!...the burn't out track rubber was a particularly good idea. I may have to take inspiration....

[parkadge]

As someone pointed out on Armorama I had somehow managed to install the right hand tracks back to front. Building shermans years and then this happens
Anyway I have now corrected the mistake


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Still have to tweak the weathering of the rebuilt tracks to bring them into line with the rest of the tank

[panzerjager]

Oh, that happens to us, panzer-builders too, it's a common mistake

Congrats for the well deserved gold!

Darío

[406 Silverado]

Congrats Pat on a job well done on this toasted Shermie, and for the gold and best of. It's well deserved.

Rob

[armorguy]

Congrats, a well deserved winner !

[ceresvesta]

Congrats! Superb recycling project! Very well deseved prize.

[ceresvesta]

Darn! did I just write the same comment as you AG!?

Hahaha It must be a well deserved winner!