Sherman
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2 4 January 2013, 14:04

Very nice Sherman. PTO I guess ?
The netting is pretty cool eye catcher 🙂
4 January 2013, 15:22

No Holger, these are rubber tracks of an old Tamiya M4A3. 10 years ago I didn't even know Friulmodel...😉
4 January 2013, 15:22

Hi Dirk,
actually I built this tank based on a colour scheme of Concord no. 7036 The Sherman at War. It is said, that it should be a tank of the 19th tank battalion of the 9th armed division in Belgium in November 1944. The 602nd camouflage engineer battalion started applying the camouflage. Usually black over the olive-drab, but when a third colour was available, it was used like in this case. The netting is called Sommerfield matting and was intended to ma eit easier for the crew to e.g. attach branches to the tank.
4 January 2013, 16:02

Beautiful work Frank!!! I like a lot the mesh!!!!!! I will copy your idea.... 😉
4 January 2013, 16:08

Thanks Jose! For the frame I used evergreen round profiles and the mesh is a Verlinden product.
4 January 2013, 16:16

Thanks Jose! For the frame I used evergreen round profiles and the mesh is a Verlinden product. It was a pretty simple and easy to do modification, but with great effect.
4 January 2013, 16:18

Sommerfield matting (Chicken wire).
Cool one ,Frank.Allways a pleasure for me to see a Sherman. 🙂
4 January 2013, 20:24

Let's see, if I can please Markus a bit more! With about 35 Shermans in stash there are good chances to do so...😉
5 January 2013, 08:47

Hi Frank
You got a very cool stash.You got the Ontos ,too. 🙂
Sherman is like Me 109.There can never be enough 😄
5 January 2013, 18:07

Nice collection really all those Sherman s and no motorized ones lol You have an amazing collection as the statement reads above "There can never be enough" I have to force myself of the computer I cant stop buying them either thanks for sharing.
8 January 2013, 02:48

Hi Leslie, I used Verlinden mesh wire. I don't know, if it is still available, because the package still shows the Belgium address long before Verlinden moved to the U.S.
11 January 2013, 18:20

Nice one... What do you think about replacing the tracks with Friuls??😉
11 January 2013, 18:23

Hey there thanks Between you and Mike Kryza......You two are going to be my go to guys whenever I get jammed up on my projects.....I have and still going through all these albums and its like looking at films strips a part of history has frozen in time..
11 January 2013, 18:32

@Mike: When I built this one, Friuls weren't even known to me. This kit will not be changed anymore. There are some more Shermans to go surely looking good with Friuls...
@Leslie: Thanks! Whenever we can help.... By the way - I added the "chicken wire" to the project: Mesh Wire (Verlinden Productions 48, 1:35)
11 January 2013, 20:49

Thanks, Jeffrey! Glad, you like it.
That one is pretty old. Built long before internet researches became common.
16 September 2015, 15:40
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Old photos of an old kit.