Semper Defende: Tamiya 1/35 M4A3E8 Sherman “Easy Eight” Korean War

[Ken Horvath]

Today I painted the tracks, they had previously been primed with AK track primer. The T80 style tracks have a steel tread on the outside and rubber pads on the inside, I used Vallejo Panzer Aces dark rubber for this.

The dirt and mud I believe is good for now, and I tried a little brown oil paint on the wooden tool handles to change their colour.

then I assembled the .50 cal machine gun and painted it up.

This should leave me with weathering the tracks and installing them, then a few other finishing touches.

 

[Richard]

Sweeeeeet.......................!

 

[Chris K (LTC)]

Keeps getting better Ken.

 

[Kenny Conklin]

man that is some fine work she is looking great!

 

[MadGeniusProductions]

Man this is so damn impressive!

 

[surfsup]

I like Clanky things Ken and you are doing a first rate job on this one.....Cheers Mark

 

[Ken Horvath]

Tracks were weathered up, antennas and machine gun mounted, then tracks put on to finish up the build.


I had fun time building this kit. It went together very nicely with a good amount of detail. I will have to take some more pictures for the completed builds section.

 

[Dirkpitty289]

That is quite the build. Most impressive

 

[White Glove Models - Kalan]

Sweet mother of Mary this turned out AMAZING!!!
Incredible work Ken, you absolutely knocked this build into next Tuesday!!!
I will be using yours for reference for my M4A3 75mm, and really love the way the Wet Mud stuff turned out.
I look forward to the Glamour Shots!
Happy Building! llap

 

[Richard]

You did an awesome job on this Ken, she looks fantastic!

 

[Chris K (LTC)]

Came out great Ken.

 

[Ken Horvath]

Here are the completed build photos

 

[Dirkpitty289]

That is a BRILLIANT build

 

[Richard]

That is just freaking awesome!

 

[White Glove Models - Kalan]

Here are the completed build photos

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Wow Ken, Absolutely beautiful for on this build!

 

[MadGeniusProductions]

Here are the completed build photos

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Wow amazing build! This is awesome.

 

[Kenny Conklin]

Very impressive indeed!

 

[Jalyn]

Very realistic, I love it.