Tamiya M4 Sherman (motorised)

Fitted new motor be used see the wires in the supplied one hat fallen apart. 

Added cast texture with Mr Surfacer 500, added shims to barrel mounts to stop barrel droop. Straightened barrel has was bent in box. Will see how it works.  

Ready fir primer coat.

Finished of cast texture on hatches and fuel caps. Upgraded kit parts with spares from Dragon Shermans. 

Replaced the plastic front light guards with 3D printed ones from Solidscale. Primer painted and, covered with dark olive drab in recessed areas and overall light #3 OD base added. (Mix Olive drab, light Earth, dark yellow and white. As in Nightshade 50 shades of OD 

 

Semi gloss coat ready for pin wash. Tracks snapped as so tight do stapled. I’m photographing for posterity as not confident something won't snap. Tracks too tight iir motor to turn at the moment. Hopefully they’ll stretch out on standing. 

Tracks stayed on so far, I'd forgot I could adjust tension before fitting. Not following the instructions - schoolboy error... 

Considering this finished until I can get a set of tracks and get it moving.

Figure could f do o with some fine tuning and might add rolling road logs to the side.