Captain Pete | 22 Mar 2021 12:25 p.m. PST |
Here are some of my M4A1 and M4A3 by GHQ. The first picture is a group shot of what I had done so far before adding 3 more M4A3s to the mix.
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Frederick | 22 Mar 2021 12:38 p.m. PST |
That's a lot of Shermans! Nice work |
rustymusket | 22 Mar 2021 12:49 p.m. PST |
My goodness! Yes that is a lot of tiny tanks! Thanks for posting! Cool! |
Big Red | 22 Mar 2021 12:51 p.m. PST |
That's a lot of great looking Shermans! |
Berzerker73 | 22 Mar 2021 2:06 p.m. PST |
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JMcCarroll | 22 Mar 2021 4:05 p.m. PST |
Not many know this, but you can't have to many Shermans. |
Disco Joe | 22 Mar 2021 5:00 p.m. PST |
Very Impressive but you need more Shermans. |
deadhead | 23 Mar 2021 3:24 a.m. PST |
In any scale these show great detail eg hatches, periscopes, engine decks. You painting style is terrific. The shading and highlighting I just love. Six months ago I would have not recognised any M4 subtype. Now let's have a go and I'll bet someone can spot a mistake. I see M4A3 75s, I see an M4A3 76 HVSS, lots of M4A1 75s and M4A1 76s VVSS. All you need now are a few 105s on M4A1 and M4A3 hulls. M4A2s if you wanted some in French markings of course. M4A4s I always struggle to spot, the hull was not that much longer! You can't have too many Shermans indeed. I have just ordered two more Heller M4A2s as I see stocks are running low and Brexit has knackered imports for now. This is a great posting . I have much catching to do, but in 20mm scale, maybe not. |
deadhead | 23 Mar 2021 6:43 a.m. PST |
I knew I would make a mistake and then too late to edit it. 105 howitzers on a cast hull M4A1….I don't think so (stress think so). 105 on an M4 or an M4A3 instead! another really nice touch……….. you have M4A1s with applique turret armour but also without, as they have the thickened "cheek" instead. Your range is a Shermanologist's dream |
Zeelow | 23 Mar 2021 11:17 a.m. PST |
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FlyXwire | 23 Mar 2021 12:42 p.m. PST |
Micro Armour resplendent ….a scale [when done so right] can do any tabletop proud! |
deadhead | 23 Mar 2021 12:59 p.m. PST |
Now if I could get Clem at Braillestrike to do the decals in this scale, I could do the whole French Second Armoured Division and they would fit on one shelf (well…almost) I still cannot believe the detail on the engine decks and turret tops. What is the very bottom tank of all the images above? A small hatch Sherman, no loader's hatch, not the engine cover of an M4, nor hull of an M4A1, and US Army did not use the M4A2. Intrigued now |
TheNorthernFront | 23 Mar 2021 1:45 p.m. PST |
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Captain Pete | 23 Mar 2021 5:49 p.m. PST |
Thank you all very much! Here is a breakdown of the 33 American Shermans I have completed so far. M4A3 75mm – 10 each. 9 split hatch and 1 commander's cupola. M4A3 76mm – 5 each. I made a mix of early and later turrets. M4A3E8 76mm – 3 each. M4A3 105mm – 2 each. M4A3 75mm (Early type)- 2 each. These have applique armor and no loaders hatch. M4A1 75mm – 5 each. This version has 3 piece transmission cover. Three have turret applique armor and 2 have turret bulge. M4A1 76mm – 6 each. I am currently painting up 12 M4A1 75mm Shermans with the single piece transmission cover. |
Captain Pete | 23 Mar 2021 5:59 p.m. PST |
Here is a little vignette showing a pair of M4A1s somewhere in France in the Summer of '44.
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deadhead | 24 Mar 2021 9:16 a.m. PST |
I forgot the three different types of transmission cover. So now, to identify a Sherman all we have to do is look at -the transmission cover -the driver and gunners hatches and slope of the armour -the mantlet (let alone the gun carried) -the turret type -the applique armour or thickened cheek on that turret -A loader's hatch or not? -Split or later hatch for the commander. -High or low bustle -Suspension and open/closed wheels/idlers let alone the front sprocket variants -The engine cover type and exhaust system -The rear end -Cast or welded or even both! Shermanology I will never master, but two more M4A2s arrived today (1/72) |
Captain Pete | 24 Mar 2021 10:19 a.m. PST |
Hey Deadhead, it definitely is hard to keep it all straight. I know a lot more than I did a few years ago. Having said that, I defer to Mk1 as the authority on all things Sherman. Good luck with your new Shermans by the way. I love seeing your work representing the French 2nd Armored Division. It is a unit that sometimes tends to get overlooked between allthe American and British units. It was quite cosmopolitan in its makeup. |
deadhead | 24 Mar 2021 1:46 p.m. PST |
It is so "romantic" a unit. It had truly heroic Frenchmen. (It took real guts to fight on, in a "hopeless" cause, when your home country had signed an Armistice, which made your role illegal, never mind the fate of the French Fleet or having to fight your own countrymen later on). It had Spaniards, veterans of the Civil War and you might guess that they were Republican. It had Colonial troops such as Moroccan and Chasseurs d'Afrique etc. It had pacifists serving as Ambulance crews (not to mention the lasses, as Rochambelles and Marinettes) It had sailors driving TDs! With French sailors hats on. Who were not trusted at first as they were ex Vichy Navy types, but proved an elite. The rarely spoken bit is that all the black units, who had served so well in North Africa/Tunisia, were not allowed to travel to the UK to serve in NW Europe. I will not go further into why that should have been the case. Thank God the world has moved on since 1943/4. I keep going back to the M4s above. It is true. However good they look individually (and they do) you cannot have too many Shermans/M4s |
Captain Pete | 24 Mar 2021 4:47 p.m. PST |
Hi Deadhead! My immediate goal will be to have a full company each of M4A1s and M4A3s. I actually have a full company of the M4A3s right now but will be adding some additional vehicles over time. Once I finish my 12 M4A1s that I am working on, I will have a company of those as well. |