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Tamiya (ne Tasca) 1/35th Sherman Easy Eight


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Today's work on the Easy Eight.


First I printed some C Ration boxes onto light brown card, then cut a couple out


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Then score lightly, fold and glue with a Pritt Stick and you get some nice cheap C Ration boxes for storage


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Then cut out a sheet of lead foil, and sprayed Red to make an Aircraft Identification Panel


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Next added the tracks - only a couple of bouts of swearing to get them on, but got there in the end.


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Added some Winter Streaking Grime and some Rainmarks


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Then added the stowage and the ID panel. Weathered the Jerry cans with some Wet Effects and Fuel stains


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Nearly done now, just needs the Periscopes and the lights and more mud tomorrow


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Peter

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wow it really looks great!

is this a brand new release? looks so crisp and detailed

Sam

It's a Tamiya rebox of the Tasca / Asuka kit, with the addition of a couple of figures from Tamiya ( that i'm not going to use ). It was a limited release, they all seem to have gone now - I had the devil of a time getting one.

Peter

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I see, do you have any experience of tasca kits? are they as crisp as this one is?

Shame it was a limited release, you have certainly done it justice though.

Sam

This is the first Tasca Sherman I've built but I've got a few of them and they are all lovely. General opinion is that they are the best Sherman kits.

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Today finishing off - First up MUD - kept it reasonably light


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Then umasked the periscopes and painted with Mig Periscope colour, added a couple of rust streaks and some dirt on the ID panel.


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Need to take some decent photo's when I get the time for an RFI post.


Peter

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