1/72 Dragon Sherman M4A3(76) "Bastogne 1944"

[Roman Schilhart]

Dear fellow Britmodellers,

here's another 1/72 Dragon Sherman, built as part of my "2019 stash reduction program", out of the box with the addition of Eureka tow cable.

This used to be included in Dragons 72 kits, but not anymore in their new boxings.

I painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics and weathered with artist's oils and pigments from Tamiya.

The figure is a resin item from Milicast.

I'm not a very talented figurine painter, but I guess it looks okay from a distance.

The antenna on the turret is Albion Alloys 0.1mm steel wire.

 

The model represents "Thunderbolt IV", a vehicle of 37th Batallion, 4th Armored Division, operating in the Bastogne area, in December 1944.

 

All photographs by Wolfgang Rabel.

 

 

Thank you for your interest,

best greetings from Vienna!

Roman

 

[Yorkshire man]

A cracking build there, I have one in the stash awaiting it's turn to be built, just one slight criticism though, the tracks at the top should be running on top of the return rollers and not floating above.

Edited December 22, 2019 by Yorkshire man
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[Roman Schilhart]

19 minutes ago, Yorkshire man said:

A cracking build there, I have one in the stash awaiting it's turn to be built, just one slight criticism though, the tracks at the top should be running on top of the return rollers and not floating above.

 

Indeed, that's one of the problems with Dragons rubber band tracks!

They are very tight and don't really look convincing.

 

[PlaStix]

Hi Roman. Well, what can I say? Another absolutely supeb mini-AFV! Stunning and beautiful modelling in 1/72.

Kind regards,

Stix