Roman Schilhart Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Dear fellow Britmodellers, here's my 1/72 Dragon M4A1 (76) Sherman, with BlackDog stowage added. Antenna is from stretched sprue. The model represents "Duke", a vehicle of D Company, 2nd Armored Division, France 1944. Painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics, weathered with pastel chalks, artist oils, graphite pen and some real mud (provided by my friend @Dieter! Thank you. Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel. The kit was one of Dragons earlier releases, containing photo-etch details and a metal towing cable. The rubber band tracks were much too short. I broke off both idler wheels when trying to install them. I tried to re-inforce the wheels with a metal rod, but this didn't work either. In the end, I placed some plastic stubs behind the idler wheels for support and covered the area with mud. Thank you for your interest. Best greetings from Vienna! 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Excellent build and finish with a little scale Sherman Roman. Cheers from Brazil, Cesar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Great build. Weathering looks really good, as does the stowage. Like the sandbags on the front; are they after-market or scratch built? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 4 hours ago, echen said: Like the sandbags on the front; are they after-market or scratch built? The sand bags are included in the BlackDog accessories set: https://blackdog-model.com/t72085-1-72-m4a1-accessories-set/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Great job all round Roman. You make 1/72nd look so 1/35th. Thee only negative for me is that tow rope. It looks overscale ie; too thick. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I agree with John's comment about the tow rope. Maybe a darker colour would have made it look more in scale? That said, you've knocked it out of the park again Roman! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Bullbasket said: Thee only negative for me is that tow rope. It looks overscale ie; too thick. Thank you for feedback, John! The tow rope is out of the box (Dragon included them in earlier releases), but I agree that it looks a bit heavy. I'll use a finer type for my future builds. 2 hours ago, IanC said: Maybe a darker colour would have made it look more in scale? Thank you for suggestion Ian, this is a good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Lovely looking Sherman, great build ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Solo Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Great 👍 I love your little models. See you at Ried? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodmin Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Great detail and weathering. Would never think it was 1/72...except for the one with you hand of course 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Hi Roman. Wow! Yet another work of art in 1/72! Awesome modelling as always! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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