I have been working on my Tamiya M4A3 Sherman for a while now because of work and school. Today, I have finally finished my project. This is my first attempt at a Tank build, and I believe it turned out really nice (granted, the mud hides a bunch of mistakes).
The lighting in the photos are not the best, but it's the best I can do. I hope you enjoy my real life creation and hope this gives you inspiration to start your own kit or finish your kit.
Here is an image of the figurines that come with the kit.
I would love to hear your thoughts. Constructive criticism is always welcome, as this is my first attempt at a tank model
And for the giggles, here is an image of a Northwest 747 that I won in a drawing.
WOW
Sweet sweet tamiya 🙂
@exosuit coll. I'll have to check him out.
@GINGER01 thanks
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i recommend this channel for tank builds.
I hope it helps.
@exosuit I might have to try the pencil technique to my next model. Looks nice.
@Hedero Thank you. i'm glad you like it.
@GINGER01 thanks!
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I used tamiya panel liner black for the wash and mr hobby enamel thinner, clear coat using tamiya X-22 clear with XF-86 flat clear to seal all the weatherings. Maybe the thinner is not the problem but rather my method of cleaning the wash layer that made the thinner ate through all the paint layer. . Gotta try it again when i get my hands on X-20 enamel thinner. I heard UMP makes great paint and thinner but I haven't tried them out yet.
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While the pencil technique looks great you gotta be careful when applying it since the graphite can and will stick to your hands super easy and leave fingerprints that are hard to erase, but I think using gloves can solve that problem
Dang this looks amazing! Very good attention to detail and amazing paint job. Well done!@GINGER01
@Hedero I know you wanted to see some pictures of my M4 Sherman Tank.
@exosuit Dude that plane is amazing/ I love the pencil effect you used. Very well done. I love making my kits look beat up and used (except for my car kits). Tamiya Panel Liner is great for this.
For clear coat, I use Rustoleum clear coat (because it's cheap). There is probably better clear coat to use. For thinner I use Tamiya enamel thinner. I have no complaints about either of them.
@GINGER01 that is actually very well detailed, even got the service hatches and stuff. Are you using paint wash? I really like the engine cowling, so dirty
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here is my 1/32 Tamiya F-4J. I was originally using wash paint over the fuselage after 2 coats of clear gloss and applied enamel thinner. I think because of the thinner i used is different brand, (or i used cotton buds instead of large cloth) the thinner ate through the wash layer and the clear coats all the way to bare plastic! So in the end i oped to use pencil instead. Soft pencil like 2B when rubbed to the fuselage along the windstream makes for a nice looking grime epecially at the underside where i want the effect the most
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@exosuit I love WW2 airplanes. In fact here is a P-51D that I built with my brother almost a year ago. I would love to look at them.
how would you rate ww2 era warplanes? I've only assembled a B-26 Liberator and it was a total failure (I assembled it when I was like 10 lol) but I saw many scale model youtubers assemble them and it looked quite nice.
@GINGER01 hey that's neat, I will try to find the sherman kit you assemble. Too bad my dad assembled all the tank models and he left me with only aircraft and ship models lol
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I have some Revell kits but most are for Marklins so it's incopatible with 1/35 builds
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I assembled Academy kits when I first joined model building and the parts have nice fit. I've been eyeing for their 1/35 Viper but I can't afford it for now lol
@exosuit Nice. The Shermanwas an easy kit to build, and full of detail. This kit has to be one of my favorite kits.
I also have a Revell '56 F-100, a Revell P-47 Razerback, a Academy Space Shuttle, and an Academy Shuttle Carrier Aircraft that are works in progress. Who knows when those will be completed.
@GINGER01 nice
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never really made a tank other than a 1/35 Tamiya M2 half track years ago, but i finished the Tamiya 1/32 F-4J a couple of months ago and a Hasegawa 1/48 Kawasaki T-4 laying around unfinished atm
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what i feel is once you made a 1/32 model you kinda can't go back to smaller scale lol. Everything is big and detailed and stuff (atleast for out of box kits), and generally easier to do weathering
@exosuit I added a lot more mud yesterday. Thanks for your input and your knowledge.
@WarHawk95 I know. I have it sitting on the self and I plan on super gluing it.
Wow, I have the same kit. I just... Never finished it.
Your B-29 lacks an elevator
compressor pressure and nozzle size doesn't really matter except when you want to make super fine lines/ weathering then a .1mm nozzle can be more convenient to work than a .3mm nozzle
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what will you do alot when airbrushing is thinning the paint and cleaning the airbrush after using it
Your brush is still too wet when drybrushing. You need to wipe it more with paper towel
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the suspension is nice and dirty but the tracks looks too clean for me
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you can add more dirt to the tracks and make the crews dirtier as well
@ChisP I have an airbrush. Though I'm not very knowledgeable on how PSI or nozzle size affects how the paint is sprayed on the kit.
Well done. Do you use an airbrush kit? I made an M46 Patton before
@Aeromen @TitanIncorporated Thank you.