meng model - m4a1 sherman u.s tank world war toon spurs

The rear hull simply slides into the socket like slot provided. I used a scalpel to notch away at the wheels and a pull saw to rub, rough and score these wheels in a non-uniform pattern.

The rubber road wheels of this kit are pretty much covered by the tracks, but there is still an opportunity to weather them while still building the kit to show the insides of these wheels in a used and distressed state. We are only looking at some slight clean up and 30 minutes of construction so far. Here it is all put together on the lower hull. This suspension doesn't need to be glued on - simply pushed on to the cross-shaped fittings to fit. The simple set up is seen here below - both on the hull and severely not yet added on below that. You COULD drill these all out, but the holes are not cylindrical, and they can be weathered in a way that they appear hollow so I will leave mine out. Thanks for looking and comments welcomed.The kit's instructions tell you to start at the suspension so who am I to argue? the wheels of the real thing are spoked, but the kit ones are simplified. Will finish a small base for it shortly too.

Meng M4A1 Toon Oddball_Sherman_Done (8) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Meng M4A1 Toon Oddball_Sherman_Done (4) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Meng M4A1 Toon Oddball_Sherman_Done (5) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Meng M4A1 Toon Oddball_Sherman_Done (7) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Meng M4A1 Toon Oddball_Sherman_Done by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr The crewman is from Tamiya, donated by a fellow modeller.

I suppose you could call it a What-the? kit of a What-if Sherman.įirst time i've tried weathering a tank and mostly homemade bits for the stowage/loudspeaker/gun tube. (well, with my own surname being Moriarty, I guess I had to!) So to ease myself into it, I went for one of the Meng Toon tanks - very small kit so here's a link to the very small build thread !Īnd if that wasn't enough modelling heresy, I finished it as an Oddball Sherman from Kelly's Heroes. While I'm usually a wings and rotors man, I decided to try my hand at an armour kit for the M3 M4 Medium Tank GB here.

Meng model - m4a1 sherman u.s tank world war toon spurs