Scott Dutton
Didnt have a 2S9 so had to use a BTR-D and take the top off, and take a few liberties

James C
Another fabulous looking Sherman.

Scott Dutton
Thanks James

Neuling
Interesting Sherman variant, very well built and painted!

Scott Dutton
Thanks, Kitty litter made the debris

Andor Tóth
Good! Although 'Doris' was an M4A3 (petrol engined) , actioned in Iwo Jima.

Scott Dutton
Andor, interesting, it doesn't bother me but they are the kit decals, you'd think they would have that basic info right.

Scott Dutton
Andor, is the kit actually a A2 or A3 that has been mislabeled on box?

Andor Tóth
Hi Scott,
Personally I have never seen Academy ' Marines Sherman' so cannot tell.
A2 and A3 has different exhaust and engine cover.
Exhaust is covered by the wading trunks, so not visible. If you put some sandbag armor on the engine grille, another issue is solved...

Scott Dutton
I like the way you think

Maarten Henderieckx
mooi gedetailleerd

Scott Dutton
Yes, nice kit. Hadn't really tried preshading before. Think I went to far with the next layer so lost most of it. Cant believe how big this is. Probably would have preferred in 48th not 35th, so could put a Helix helicopter next to it for comparison

Neuling
Beautiful build! The colors seem spot on.

Scott Dutton
Thanks, used the AK Real Colour range

Rui S
Very nice work. Cool figures

James C
Great looking Sherman. The crew figures and stowage items really bring this one to life.

Scott Dutton
Pretty happy, considering age of kit. My build sequence these days often depends on what figures can get

Roland Gunslinger
Nice

Scott Dutton
Thanks

James C
Nice looking build, and wouldn't mind getting the kit as well seeing this

Thomas Ehrensperger
Very Nice Aircraft. Good Job.

Scott Dutton
James, it's nice little kit, not super detailed but a really enjoyable build. 2 decal options, I cheated. It has a brown green as above and the later spitfire colours, grey green. Took liberties, I thought under surface here would be sky not the colour they suggested. Also I didn't like the tail markings for the brown version, so used the lines from the grey scheme. My only real complaint is that it has bomb racks but no bombs. Overall I enjoyed it immensely

Scott Dutton
Thanks Thomas

James C
Thanks for the info Scott. Will keep an eye out for it

Nathan Dempsey
Interesting subject and a very nice build.

Sebastian Meyner
Well done mate!

Danumurthi Mahendra
interesting topic and a very nice build!

Neuling
I agree with Danumurthi.

Scott Dutton
Thank you all for kind words. I'm in a quick simple build mode at the moment so minimal weathering.

Christian Bruer
Very nice work

Scott Dutton
Thanks, beautiful little kit

Guy Rump
Lovely Hurri

Rui S
Yes I like it well done
Nice photos

James C
Very nice mate

Scott Dutton
Rui, updated the mobile phone so photos seem to be much better than I was getting with DSLR. Not blaming equipment, just operator. Phone probably much smarter than operator in choosing settings.

James C
Nice looking Harrier Scott Taking a break from armour?

Scott Dutton
Yep, in Falklands mode and that has morphed into UK generally

Jos Jansen
Haven't seen your armor stuff, but you sure build nice planes... !

David Taylor
Pig of a kit,you did well to resurrect that one.I opted to chop the nose off and utilised the Tamiya body.

Scott Dutton
Thanks Joe, I'm better at armour as I'm not neat by nature and armour is automatically filthy but my modelling is a bit verlinden era so not up with all todays techniques.

David, understatement of the year. It was horrible to start with, but in trying to join the fuselage halves, there was some warpage and I snapped the nose below the cockpit. Then in trying to fix that I used hair dryer on fuselage to try and get bend out and promptly melted the area around the intake so it no longer has intake into engine properly and the fuselage is concave near intake. It was going into bin, when I heard new GR1 is due for release this year, but it taunted me so just accepted the faults and finished as a place holder in the cabinet until that kit is released, which we all know may be never, especially as it's a GR1 then have to wait for the GR3. Its done, out of sight, out of mind, but this beautiful plane and warrior deserves better.

David Taylor
Kinetics GR1 is also their GR3,their T4 is also able to be built with the laser range finder.I have the old Monogram GR! but I am waiting as you are for the Kinetic offering.All the Kinetic kits look superb{have them all}but at present building T12 from NWC and Hasegawa.

Scott Dutton
We arein similar positions, the stash has 7 harrier still. There is plans for an USMC AV8A, a UK GR1, the GR3 redo, and quite a few of the latter variants. I also went the Hasegawa NWC T12 route but not built yet. Have all Kinetic duals ans one SHAR, but have built a few of the Tamiya and Airfix SHAR 1/2 especially Falklands. If you havent built the Trumpeter 32nd it is so nice I bought a second for a UK version, my favorite being Lichen Green GR3, it's a beautiful colour harrier. Just love them.

David Taylor
Word of warning when you do the NWC the glass partition between the two cockpits glue to the rear console not the canopy as per instructions I did to my cost,dropped it and got glue on canopy glass.It is however a cracking conversion set.

Scott Dutton
Thanks for advice

Roland Gunslinger
Beautiful! Great Job

Scott Dutton
Thanks, really disappointing the decal on tail lifted with masking on last matte varnish. Have new decal coming so hopefully can fix easily

Treehugger
How was the kit? I like the slightly dusty weathering there.

Scott Dutton
It's very simple, but thats exactly what I wanted, an afternoon build. The main problem is the tracks and suspension. I'm a fan of band tracks for their quickness especially in this tiny size, but these are 2 pieces per side, and require the heated pin head method to join, and the pin part aren't long enough to make a good join so need to be reinforced with a staple and glue hence the mess. I can't get paint to stick either. The suspension arms are so thin they break easily, and so I found it very difficult to get tracks to tension using the front idler because of all this weakness. But I wasn't prepared to build a Panda version with individuals so there it's is.
Dusty, I have Afghan setting in mind, and saw recent photos where they look like a flock of pidgeons have attacked, the dust seems so white. I went with just oil brusher oils, no pigments this time.

Treehugger
Are you saying that you got the dust effect from oils?

Scott Dutton
Yep, oil liners, used the dust colour. Started with medium earth for ground in dirt then added the dust and a bit of buff for finish. Put down dots and blended or streaked with white spirit moistened brush. Just done same on a SU-85 but not as dusty, it's a good technique for my style as I'm too heavy handed with pastels

Rui S
Very nice paint job on the tank and figures

Scott Dutton
Thanks, delightful kit, figures are great too, rare to find good figures included with kit

Rui S
Yes I agree, but sometimes you find well sculpted plastic figures and painting well sculpted figures turns out to be easier than bad ones.