Tamiya M4 Sherman Shelf Queen

[bigjohn]

Yeah, I know, I get distracted pretty easy. I signed up for the Get R done campaign on Armorama, so I thought I’d share this here as well and see if I can save this thing. Perfect excuse to keep practicing weathering. ;D

I built this Tamiya M4 Sherman about 11 – 12 years ago. The sludge wash I put on it was really too heavy and made it come out really dark. I didn’t go any further with it and put it in storage.

Now my idea is to mix a very thin olive drab color and over spray the model hopefully using the dark wash as a pre shade so to speak.

[TRM]

Looking forward to this BJ!! Nothing like a bit of good old recycling! Got a few here that need to be done myself. This might just give me the incentive now!!! Carry on sir!!

[bigjohn]

Thanks T. Looking at the pics, I see a missing part. Wouldn't you know it, after 12 years, I went right to the box and found the missing part. LOL

It also has a few seams I'll take care of before painting.

Thanks for looking!

[TRM]

Nice bid finding the missing part!! Funny how you notice things different after some time has passed. Like, "WOW, why didn't I do this" comes to mind. I'm getting comfy now!! ;D

[spud]

state of that !!!!! SMA has a shelf Queen gb on also. and im in the process of clearing my back log now

[parkadge]

Great! Another Sherman being reclaimed. I look forward to seeing how it turns out John

[bbd468]

Hey Brother John,

I looks to be a prime candidate for you to pull out all your bag-o-tricks. Im looking forward to see you bring her to life John. You have some alternative decals of transfers? Its gonna be great!

Gary

[bigjohn]

Thanks guys!!!

Gary, Not sure what I'm going to do about the decals yet. I may just simulate the crew painting over them. Or I could fade them out, and apply a fresh star on top of them. Just something I'll have to work out.

[spud]

i have a sheet of unused Tamiya decals from the howitzer Sherman thingy you are welcome to have them bj, pop me a pm and ill send them over your way.

[bigjohn]

Hey spud, Thanks for the offer, But I have plenty of extra decals here. I can find something as soon as I decide what I'm going to do with them.

BTW, the ones on there now are old Verlinden dry transfers. I think I have a sheet of Archer Stars here as well.

[wbill76]

Sounds like a good plan John! Looking forward to the makeover.

[multicam]

Great idea on the painting Big John. I'll be hanging around as well;)

[bigjohn]

A little progress on this one. I found a few seams that needed filled and scraped. I also removed the dry transfer stars that where on the sides of the turret by scrapping them with a No 11 blade and then buffing out the area with some steel wool.

Because of the repairs, my over spray coat had to be a little thicker than I originally wanted it to be to cover up the reworked areas. But this is fine since it’s all in fun anyway.

The paint has a deferent sheen where the stars were located, but I’m more than confident this will disappear as I apply the many layers of weathering.

[spud]

thats a very light OD bj is it your own mix of what looks good ill use ?

[bigjohn]

Hey spud, that's Model Master OD enamel straight from the bottle.

[bbd468]

Hey John,

Fantastic bro!!! You got that color right out tha bottle? Man, i had to mess around with my Tamiya to get a similar color. Keep bringin' it bro! Looks good.

Gary

[spud]

Tamiya OD is too dark i think, that's a real nice color bj, Are MM enamels?

[bigjohn]

Spud, MM has a line in enamels and acrylics. Its also very easy to get close to that color by mixing a little XF 60 in with Tamiya OD.

[deafpanzer]

Looking great already with coat of new paint!

[spud]

An thx bj

[406 Silverado]

Looking good in the new paint color John. Gonna look even better weathered. Green is a great color for weathering and earth effects.

[tonylee]

BJ you think that sludge wash is good and dry??? ;D

Tony lee

[wbill76]

The makeover has begun! Nice work so far BJ.

[bigjohn]

Thank you for the comments fellas.... ;D

Rob, Yeah, green is a fun color to weather. I'm really digging how this is looking.

jackwagon, Get yer self a nice Tasca Kit and sit down at the kitchen table. You'll have a blast, I guarantee it. ;D

Tony, Gawd, I hope that sludge wash has had time to dry.

Bill, Thanks man. I'm excited that I figured out a way to save this one.

[wouter]

ooooh, that's some nice painterizin' BJ, like it!

Cheers

[wouter]

mmmm, is that a former Belgian one jackwagon?

Cheers

[bigjohn]

Thanks Wout, I really like how she's looking.

Dicky, Get that M32 out and start glueing. If you ever get to climbing around on them recovery things. Send some good detail pics my way. ;D

[bigjohn]

Got the Future applied and decals on today. Markings are typical of a Sherman from the 7Th Armored Division around Aug of 44. Now the fun stuff begins. .......... ;D

[spud]

oh nice she is coming back to life now

[johnt]

Sweet! It's weverin time!!