Sherman M4A1

Martyn Fox
Don't you just love all them track links (not).Personally I'd rather have the vinyl DS tracks. I tend to be a painting man as to a building man.What kit are you building Jan.

Jan Hazes
It's the Dragon Operation Cobra version of the Sherman. The mold and fit of the kit are excellent so the cleaning up was OK. But like you, I like to start splashing paint on asap as you can see in the picture. The other Dragon kits I have have either DS or Magic tracks. So that should be less of a pita🙂

Hunter Cummins
That looks vfeat for your first 🙂
what did you do formthe mud??

Jan Hazes
Completed after enduring the nightmare of the tracks. The instructions said 78 links a side. After fiddling around for ages trying to fit the tracks on, I added 2 links...problem solved.

Martyn Fox
Nice looking Sherman Jan. I fancy that kit myself, but might have to source some DS tracks🙂 Have you got the 1/35 armour bug?

Jan Hazes
Thanks Martyn. I must say I quite enjoyed the build and am happy with the result of this kit. Although I definately need some practice on the different weathering techniques. I'm jealous of the results some of you more seasoned modelers pull off. But there will most certainly be more 1:35 builds in the foreseable future. I've got a few nice kits in my stash 🙂

Jan Hazes
Hunter, I used Vallejo pigments for the mud and pigment fix to make it stick. I suppose you could use white glue as well.

james johnson
I've gotten used to the individual track links....I only clean up that which will be seen.....really nice paint job! is the tarp scratch? 👍

Jan Hazes
Thanks James. And thanks for the tip. The tarp is not scratch made but a resin piece from a PlusModel bag set. There's 8 different pieces in there so enough for a few models.