Rangerboy83 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 This is my attempt at Tamiya’s 1/35 scale Easy Eight Sherman. It was primed and painted with Vallejo paints. Oils, Enamels and pigments from Mig, Ak, and 501 was used for the washes and weathering effects. Also tried life colour liquid pigments for rain and dust. The decals are a set from Star decals and the figure is from Alpine. No drama with the build. A great Tamiya kit only the rubber tracks was my only negative. It’s a fairly live track anyway but still needed some glue and sponge to get it to lay on the upper return rollers. Thanks for looking. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 That's a very good looking Sherman and very nicely weathered. Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I do love Tamiya's Easy Eight. A 'perfect' kit with no issues at all and so easy to build - unless one decides to apply additional armour glacis and turret cheek plates! You've done a fantastic job with the painting and weathering; lovely tonal/colour variation with the OD, realistic dust/grime/mud and streaks. Superb figure painting, 'nice' face, fantastic hands, uniform and a super-fantastic MG. Two minor things I'd fix: I'd definitely add a long wibbly-wobbly aerial or two, and I'd straighten the figure up as he's leaning backwards a bit. Other than that, it's pretty much a perfect Sherman, a perfect Figure and a smart complimentary base.. Rearguards Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangerboy83 Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Badder said: I do love Tamiya's Easy Eight. A 'perfect' kit with no issues at all and so easy to build - unless one decides to apply additional armour glacis and turret cheek plates! You've done a fantastic job with the painting and weathering; lovely tonal/colour variation with the OD, realistic dust/grime/mud and streaks. Superb figure painting, 'nice' face, fantastic hands, uniform and a super-fantastic MG. Two minor things I'd fix: I'd definitely add a long wibbly-wobbly aerial or two, and I'd straighten the figure up as he's leaning backwards a bit. Other than that, it's pretty much a perfect Sherman, a perfect Figure and a smart complimentary base.. Rearguards Badder Thanks Badder for the kind comments. Yeah I will look at sorting the antenna out. If the film Fury is anything to go by they was larger than a 2m whip on the real things. As for the figure I need to peg his other foot in. Thanks again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 That's a really great looking Easy 8. Good all round job. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Fine piece of work... The figure really adds punch as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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