Braille scale M4A3 on Iwo Jima

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This is the 1/72 scale Trumpeter M4A3. I scratch built all the wading trunks, add on armor and sandbags. I base coated in MM Acryl Olive Drab and hand painted the camo with Vallejo."Bedbug" was a "B" Co tank from the 4th Tank Battalion. 









Here are some close ups during the build.











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[deafpanzer]

Great details on the little Sherman!!!

[Leon]

Looking really good G!

[wing_nut]

Very sharp indeed.

[adt70hk]

Great work there and nice to someone else working in the one true scale.

Andrew

[tobias5555]

Good work.

[desertrat]

loving the camo on this lil sherman,

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Thank you all!
This one was fun to build. Being 1/72 scale it helped me with my scratchbuilding skills.

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[panzerjager2]

Very cool sherman. I am always amazed with the detail produced in such small scale.


I have one small question. Mostly for my own edification..... what's the story with what looks like "mesh" over the hatches? I don't think I'v ever seen that before...not that me not seeing it means much, just curious
THANKS

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This will give you an idea of what I tried to do. This is an old build of a 4th Tank Battalion M4A3 called "Doris". The cages were one way to protect the hatches from Japanese satchel charges and magnetic mines. Same thing with the wood planks on the sides of the tank and the sandbags over the fuel tanks.











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[panzerjager2]

OH..... VERY BERRY COOL.......  That's something I did not know...... THANK YOU