M51 Super Sherman/Isherman

[M1Carbine]

Hi everyone.

Back on my Israeli Armor. lovem and cant get enough of them!

Tamiyas excellent M51



And a little extra just cause we can do better than rubber bands, though not bad, but I do love to torture myself.



Stay tuned

-Bob

[reserve]

Word on the street is this is a righteous model kit that'll not give you fits to assemble and paint. I see you've made up for this with the AM tracks however

[lyle]

Neat!

[M1Carbine]

Feb 24, 2024 20:03:37 GMT -5 reserve said:

Word on the street is this is a righteous model kit that'll not give you fits to assemble and paint. I see you've made up for this with the AM tracks however

Oh it is. Second run at this kit. Absolutely superb fit. Tracks are a must to really capture the correct look.

-Bob

[406 Silverado]

Oh man.....this is frickin' COOL!!!

Gonna be bookmarking this one Bob.

[Tojo72]

That was an excellent kit and a mean looking subject,looking to your take on it.

[M1Carbine]

Here we go Joe…..lol

Glad to have ya along Tojo

-Bob

[Joe Rix]

This should be one fun build to watch Bob. The M51 is one boss tank.

[Leon]

This is a really nice kit to build!

[kyledehart5]

Sweet, I'll climb aboard for this one. 

[rbaer]

That's a very good kit, accurate and well-engineered. I'm interested in seeing the tracks go together as I have the same box in the stash.

[TOWGunner]

Nice kit! You going to build it OOB? (Except the tracks.)

[M1Carbine]

Joe - Agree 100%

Leon - Second run. Built it several years back. Another Tamiya joy.

Kyle - Welcome aboard.

Rbaer - Stay tuned. They don't look all that bad. Although 6 pieces per link, but still with the supplied jig and once I get my rhythm should go nicely. Clean up will be the big chore.

TG - pretty much, Ill add my stowage/tarp touches as I cannot resist.

-Bob

[M1Carbine]

Hi all;

Quick update.

So things progressing as normal. Tub, road wheels and lower hull completed. Next up Turret and fiddlies, hopefully some progress on that this evening.
















Stay tuned.

-Bob

[lyle]

Progress!

[M1Carbine]

Lyle - Yes, just a bit LOL. part clean up took the majority of time. The Jerry cans are going to need some TLC before any paint goes down. Not that they are rough but do need a a lot of seam work.

-Bob

[406 Silverado]

Looks like you're chuggin' ahead on this one Bob. Good progress so far and can't wait to see some more of this one buddy!! 

[TJ]

[M1Carbine]

Joe - Im cracking along lol

TJ - Welcome

So been a couple days...I think and some solid progress. Turret is completed in all its glory along with its accompanying bits and fiddlies.









Everything had a final clean up and ready for primer.






I was doing some har thinking on the tracks. Although these RFMs are nice there is a ton of clean up that will take a year. I set them aside and ordered a set of Fruils.....what the hell....why not!

I wanted to keep it Israeli to the core so average stowage was nt going to cut it. So I bit the bullet and got the Legend Prod stowage set. Many photos of the M-51 is 67 thru 73 show some unique items. This set will cover what I need.




Will work on cleaning up the stowage and get that primed up after I check what and where to place. Ill start the base coat with Vallejo 71-141 Israeli sand 73

-Bob

[Leon]

that is some nice stowage Bob!

[406 Silverado]

Good work on finishing that turret up along with all the added details. That stowage set is tha frickin' BOMB!!! Whadda score Bob!!

[41chevy]

Nice work!
I just got the old Verlinden IDF stowage set and RFM tracks along with the AFV Club tracks (which are horrible) Right now depends on if I do the 60mm HVMS turret.

[M1Carbine]

Leon - Thank you

Joe - Thank you Brother. A lot of it in the box for sure. Molds looked crisp, Legend has had some spotty stuff here and there but these ae really nice.

41 - Thank you. Verlinden is awesome and always has been great. Love to see the build when you get it off and rolling.


-Bob

[Medicman71]

Very cool! Can't wait to see more.

[Tojo72]

Moving along nicely,looks great

[handiabled]

This is progressing great! Cool looking stowage set!

[rbaer]

I'm edging towards the stash, haven't built an IDF Sherman in a while...
Man, I wish I'd know you were thinking of Friuls, I have a couple of sets I probably won't use. I do however have that same Legends stowage set, plus the Batch 3 conversion just laying around.

[M1Carbine]

Medic - Thank you and oh yeah, more coming on this thread

Tojo - Thank you.

Handi - Thank you

Rbaer - Do it....LOL. Had to go with the Fruil. the cleanup on the RFMs would seriously taken forever. Extra sets? Let me know....LOL

So moving along, the fuils finally arrived but sitting on those as I am focusing on the paint and fiddlies.




Took about three days to get all the stowage off the blocks and cleaned up. These have no been primed with Mr. Surfacer 1500 black.




The base was finally laid down on everything. I left a lot of stuff off to weather separately. The base is Vallejo 71.141 Israeli Sand 1973. This is a very light sand color and the black primer did "Tame" it a bit. I gloss cleared coated every thing and got to dot filtering to tamp the sand shade down a bit more. The few decals are in place and I will paint the kill bands on the barrel as the decals detonated. The sheet is fine but I did find it unusual that the Tamiya decals were as thin as they were. Built this kit a while agao and dnt remember that being the case.

Once all of this settles Ill gloss coat again and get to pin washes and additional weathering. Im hopping on the tire black next for all the road wheels.












More to come.

Thanks all for taking a look.

-Bob

[kyledehart5]

Awesome!! That’s looking great!!

[Steve Zuleski]

That's lookin pretty sweet. Trusty Tamiya, excellent.