Popular Post GlenP Posted June 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2021 This is Tamiya's 1/35th scale M10 Tank Destroyer as depicted in a late 1944 time-frame. It's open-topped, so you get a view into the turret and fighting compartment interior. I swapped the kit-provided rubber-block tracks for the later rubber-chevron tracks from Tamiya's M4 Sherman kit. Due to the open topped nature of the vehicle, it's built and painted in layers - lower hull interior, upper hull interior, turret halves, then the exterior. There are no driver's compartment components included in the kit (not that you could see them). I used Tamiya paints for the overall Olive Drab and interior white, with an assortment of Reaper MSP acrylics, colored pencils, and chalks for the weathering. I did build up some old mud on the lower hull and rear using Tamiya's gray putty (troweled on, then stippled with an old oil painting brush). No stowage... Qs and Cs welcomed. 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Nice job on the weathering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroorex Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Nice work! I really like the worn metal and the spots on edged where it looks like the paint is worn to expose the metal. It really sells the piece! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted June 23, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 23, 2021 Good work, that's a great looking tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenP Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Thanks all. I'm still pushing the ordnance category at ReaperCon. Gotta keep Heisler on his toes... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I do appreciate the push Glen. Trying to up my game but time seems to be in short supply. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruleBear Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Absolutely beautiful weathering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Awesome work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenP Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Thanks H/K/G! I think weathering is a key element in tank models. I think it was Shep Paine who said tanks don't move on the land; they move through it. So, I add a degree of scrapes, scratches, abrasions, chips, mud, dirt, and dust. Apart from the occasional dented/wrinkled fender, I don't usually put a lot of battle damage on them. Or stowage. Just a thing, I wonder if there's a class in there somewhere... I can't see much difference in weathering a Sherman vs a Warhammer Baneblade... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazzmolytic Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 INCREDIBLE!!!!!! awesome stuff man! I have a personal project going trying to build a Canadian Kangaroo APC my grand dad was on through the Italian campaign. It was a converted Sherman M4, still have a long way to go (trying to find reference photo's of the interiors is just about impossible) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenP Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 As I recall, Canada used converted Ram tanks (similar to an early Sherman), Shermans, M7 Priests, and Sextons (similar to a Priest, but with a different gun. They were used as early APCs and gun tractors for towing artillery. Do you know exactly what variant your grandfather had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazzmolytic Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 The only real thing I have is a photo. The Ram's are for sure the first & foremost versions but I've read when production was halted/couldn't meet demand.....whatever the reason some Sherman's were retrofitted for use. Grand dad passed away before I was born so no chance to ask/clarify things. I'm currently awaiting (the very long wait/time) for his war records to be released to me. This is a touched up photo my cousin did as the original has several creases/folds, it was carried in his wallet for many years I'm told. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenP Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Ok... to the photo. This appears to be an early production M4A1 Sherman cast hull sans turret. It lacks the front visor flaps (mostly used on the earliest production vehicles) on the driver/co-driver hatch housings and carries the early three-piece bolt-on transmission housing. The small shield casting on the nose indicates a vehicle from the Montreal Locomotive Works with hulls sourced from General Steel in Eddystone, PA or Granite City, IL. The hull has the integral .30 machine gun housing, but lacks the gun itself (these are normally retained to provide cover fire for exiting troops). It appears to have the Canadian Dry-Pin steel tracks. Note use of the CDP tracks required the use of a different drive sprocket, What can't be discerned is the use of M3 Lee bogie wheels or the later Sherman bogie wheels and whether the wheels were spoked or solid (stamped). My M10 has the latter with the track skid and trailing arm for the track return roller. The Lee bogies had no skid and the return roller was mounted directly on top of the bogie assembly. There's no shortage of pics of these. FWIW, Sherman wheels, drive sprockets, idler wheels, and bogie assemblies are a study in themselves. I've never seen any pics (that I can recall) of any variant of a Kangaroo interior. All I know was the turret and all hull ammo racks were removed, 'bench seating' installed, and a metal plate was added between the troop and driver's compartments. I have the impression that the plate completely blocked troop access to the drivers' compartments. I also don't know what, if any changes were made to the turret ring itself (it might be safe to assume the turret gear ring was removed). The crew consisted of a vehicle commander, a driver, and a co-driver/gunner/radio operator. The troop complement consisted of 8-12 troops or as many as they could cram in and on the vehicle. Military expediency and all that... HTH Glen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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