discussion Let’s get this Sherman M4A2 out of it’s box

[Guest]

I’m probably beating the longest ever build of a kit

Not really, no … I have models I started building 20 or more years ago lying around half-finished, of which I know what I wanted to do with them — and still intend to someday. I’m sure there are people with ones they started in the 1970s that they still plan to finish “soon”

 

[AFC]

Not really, no … I have models I started building 20 or more years ago lying around half-finished, of which I know what I wanted to do with them — and still intend to someday. I’m sure there are people with ones they started in the 1970s that they still plan to finish “soon” :smiling3:

Thanks! That makes me feel so much better

 

[Guest]

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[Jim R]

Hi Andre
Well I reckon this is coming on a treat. Looks great. You're having fun and learning as you go - that's what it's all about.
Jim

 

[AFC]

Hahaha!! Just noticed the ; ) didn’t stay in my message. everyone in this forum is soooo nice that they don’t deserve sarcasm.

seriously, thanks for the nice words

 

[AFC]

Hi Andre
Well I reckon this is coming on a treat. Looks great. You're having fun and learning as you go - that's what it's all about.
Jim

Thanks. I am. Enjoying so much that I’m going to do another Sherman…in a near future just wish I had a bit more time for it at this point, but time will come haha

 

[Guest]

thanks for the nice words

I don’t do nice words, I just say how things are

 

[AFC]

Very Russian looking numbers:thumb2::thumb2:. Weathering looks very good. Hint on lights....if you mount them you should make the lenses look like lenses. It's not easy, but any effort is a bonus. PaulE

Thanks Paul! I'm thinking of painting them "aluminium" or gluing a little bit of plastic with PVA. Would this be the right way? Is there any other trick to make them a bit more real?

 

[Tim Marlow]

Going along nicely Andre. Practice this on something else first Andre, but to mimic lenses on solid plastic some car modellers use Silver paint mixed with gloss white.

 

[minitnkr]

Red nail polish works great for tail lights. Mini Me drills out lights & inserts lenses. Some folks paint them & cover w/clear gloss. WWII US armor often didn't mount headlights until needed. PaulE

 

[GerryW]

Red nail polish works great for tail lights. Mini Me drills out lights & inserts lenses. Some folks paint them & cover w/clear gloss. WWII US armor often didn't mount headlights until needed. PaulE

Hmm, got some red nail varnish - 'glow in the dark' stuff, works ok on the watch bezel that I got it for :thumb2:

 

[Guest]

to mimic lenses on solid plastic some car modellers use Silver paint mixed with gloss white.

I found that it works quite well (on tanks etc.) to paint headlights silver and then add a semicircular patch of white in the lower half, leaving some silver along the edge.

Hmm, got some red nail varnish - 'glow in the dark' stuff, works ok on the watch bezel that I got it for :thumb2:

I wouldn’t use that for taillights on tanks By the way, American tank taillights of the Second World War have only one bit of red:

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The upper, oval part of the left taillight. All the other clear parts are pretty much black when the lights are fitted to the tank.