discussion El Alamein Sherman M4A1

[Guest]

Pete,
Many thanks, already downloaded and put in file, now ready for part two - excellent.
Cheers,
MikeC.

Hi Mike I hope it makes some kind of sense, I might put it in the tutorial section after I've tweaked it a bit.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete
Most useful - thanks.
Jim

Hi Jim it might help someone out some time :thumb2:
Pete.

 

[Wouter]

Hi Pete, quite the vibrant colors you used on the Sherman, I like them! And weathering will tone it down nicely I reckon. Love those trees btw, well done!

Cheers

 

[Guest]

Sorry I have not been able to log In since Friday for some reason the forum won't let me in.

Trunk, cut is to 11" long.Tape one end and at 3 1/2" in from the other, then carefully splaey the wires out to make the top branches, the leaves are made in the same way as the lower ones.

Feather all the edges of the leaves .


Paint all the leaves before assembly.


Bend all the leaves to shape.


Tape the 7 lower branches under the top ones.



I've used Das clay and moulded it around the copper wire to make the trunk then formed the palm tree shape into the trunk.



Paint the trunk and weather with oils.



I used a dish pad for the palm fronds.

Then add trees to your diorama base



Thank you for looking.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

Paint the tank stowage and weather with oils.




Pete.

 

[Guest]

Hi more or less finished the base and it's my first go using water.








Thank you for looking in.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete,
Have finally caught up on your build, overall, excellent.
Couple of questions, are the packs from a kit or scratch, I ask because the straps are in different positions. And what did you use for toyr water effect.
Cheers, MikeC.

 

[Guest]

The flowering of the desert! More excellent work Pete.

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete,
Have finally caught up on your build, overall, excellent.
Couple of questions, are the packs from a kit or scratch, I ask because the straps are in different positions. And what did you use for toyr water effect.
Cheers, MikeC.

Hi Mike if you mean these I added longer pewter straps so it can hang off the side.

They are from Sherman Engine Deck Set #11

As for the water effect I used.

I used for the sand.

Pete.

 

[Guest]

The flowering of the desert! More excellent work Pete.

Thank you kind sir, I'm almost there with this one.
Pete :thumb2:.

 

[Si Benson]

Hi Pete,
Looking very good indeed...the trees look excellent in my opinion and I like how the water turned out:thumb2:

I just brought a pot of the AK desert sand myself from scale-model shop ...looking forward to having a play with it...hope my effort turns out as well as yours:smiling4:
Si

 

[Guest]

Cheers Pete
MikeC.

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete,
Looking very good indeed...the trees look excellent in my opinion and I like how the water turned out:thumb2:

I just brought a pot of the AK desert sand myself from scale-model shop ...looking forward to having a play with it...hope my effort turns out as well as yours:smiling4:
Si

Cheers Si, you know desert sand = palm trees:tongue-out3:.
Pete.

 

[Si Benson]

I have a feeling that might be the case mate:smiling4:

 

[Guest]

I have a feeling that might be the case mate:smiling4:

It's not me it's the Desert Sand Preservation Society rules page 5 section 2.:smiling2::smiling3::smiling3:.

Pete Desert Sand Preservation Society member 001.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Pete
Top work on the base. And I'm still so, so impressed with the palm trees. A dish cleaning pad for the hairy centres - inspired :smiling5:
Jim

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete
Top work on the base. And I'm still so, so impressed with the palm trees. A dish cleaning pad for the hairy centres - inspired :smiling5:
Jim

Cheers Jim a lightbulb moment, I have one a year :thinking:
Pete.

 

[Guest]

Hi It's finally finished.














A big thank you to everone who followed along :thumb2:.
Time to move on to somewhere else I think my stuff just isn't cutting it everything here is just so good,I need a new home again !!!
Pete.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Pete
A really great result. Your dio tells the story well. Most dios do not have 'height' and so the trees add that extra dimension. Thanks for sharing this.
Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

That is really excellent. Great result. Nice composition shows the build off to a T.
Cheers
Tim