Roman Schilhart Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Dear fellow Britmodellers, this is my 1/72 Heller Sherman M4A2 built from the box with addition of CMK tarpaulin. A very nicely detailled kit, almost as good as Dragons' offerings. The kit decals did not work so well and still show their carrier film despite gloss background. They did not respond to setting solutions either. Model painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics (H304), dusted with pigments and weathered with artists' olis. Photograph by Wolfgang Rabel. Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. Best greetings from Vienna. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 WOW lovely model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Lovely. I quite fancy doing a 1/35 scale version in a French scheme. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Nice build!! I have one of these to do and it looks like a nicely detailed kit All the best Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Nice little Sherman. The hull MG should be painted black. Apart of this I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul A H Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Very nice, Roman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Good looking Sherman 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Very nice model. Must have made you sick when the decals didn't behave on such a finely finished model. Try this next time. Get some what use to be called Future Clear floor wax. It's clear acrylic wax the consistency of almost water. There are probably others like it on the market around the world. Put a little puddle of it on your work surface. Soak the decals as usual in water and then with tweezers lift them off the backing. Touch it lightly to a paper towel to remove excess water, then float the decal on the puddle of wax. Again remove it with the tweezers and touch it to the paper towel to remove excess wax, but not all of it. Now position the decal where you want it. Try to keep the surface as horizontal as you can by propping up the model however you can. This will allow the decal to set with the remaining wax behind it and the wax will fill in the rough surface of the paint and you will avoid a lot of the silvering that you can get with smaller or older decals. You need very little wax. so go lightly. If after drying there is still silvering say on the edges, dip a small paint brush in the wax and just touch it to the edge and let capillary action draw wax into any voids and eliminate the silvering. Then overcoat as usual with gloss or dull varnish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 I have one of those kits winging it's way to me, if it turns out half as good I will be very happy, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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