Tamiya (ne Tasca) Sherman Easy Eight

[pmarshall]

Tamiya 1/35th Sherman Easy Eight - this is a rebox of the Tasca / Asuka kit with the addition of some figures



Work starts with the tracks, these are very nice, consisting of 2 parts per link and are workable once constructed.



After assembling 40 links ( of the 77 per side ), took a break and made up the transmission cover, with some Mr Surfacer 500 for weld beads





More track link assembly will follow tomorrow

Peter

[pmarshall]

More done today - first finished off the first track, all 77 links so 144 parts



Then onwards with the second track - the first 40 links. Once again, taking a break at that point, to give the glue time to cure and retain a little sanity.



So got on with some other bits - the drive sprockets and idler wheels



And finally started construction of the lower hull



Peter

[Coen]

Looks excellent Peter, how do those figures look?

[pmarshall]

The figures look ok - they are the same US Infantry figures Tamiya has being producing for years

[trnkepfc]

looking forward

[pmarshall]

Today's work - first finished off the tracks, and sprayed with a light coat of XF84 Dark Iron - works well as a base coat for tracks



Then continued with the lower hull - fitted the transmission cover and the sponsoon bottoms



Finally added the exhaust deflector and the tow hooks. Managed to lose one of the brackets for the tow hooks but just made a replacement out of plasticard.



Peter

[PaulAyrey]

Looks like a great kit, can't wait to see how it turns out.

[Donkeywalloper]

Great job Peter.
Impressive looking model and such an iconic vehicle.
This is gonna be a glorious build.

John

[pmarshall]

Today - bogies. No not full of cold, just lots of bogies

The tasca bogies are works of art - just loads of parts but ends up with workable suspension









Glad that's done but they do look nice.

Peter

[Hillbilly]

Looks great so far All you guys building these Tasca Shermans are making it hard not to get one for myself.

[gustavlekstal]

Some really nice detail!

[pmarshall]

Today's work - started on the Upper Hull



Continued but managed to break the bullet trap so replaced with some plastic rod. Similar problem with one of the travel lock brackets so made another out of plasticard



Rear hull, replaced the grab handles with wire rather than using the plastic ones



Finally added the fenders with all the fiddly little brackets



Peter

[pmarshall]

Today's work - first the rear stowage rack



Then on with the turret - the join between the lower and upper turret sections needed a little filler and sanding back. This removed some of the cast details.



Finished adding the turret details, and added cast detail back with Mr Surfacer 1000 and a stiff brush





Made up the 50cal - this is a wonderful piece of molding, better than some resin ones i've seen.





Then a coat of Alclad Grey Primer over everything, including the running gear





Peter

[Coen]

That's looking awesome now Peter! Nice clean work bud.

[pmarshall]

Today - Pretty drab day

First Olive Drab Dark Base







Then the Olive Drab Base





Finally the Highlights





First go at modulation as i'm not normally a fan of the technique, but being a single colour figured it was worth a go, and i'm quite happy so far. Last thing sprayed a coat of Satin Varnish over the top.

Peter

[Donkeywalloper]

Wow Peter, Wow.
First time at Modulation.....
Nailed it
John

[jbellos1]

This is looking excellent...I have this kit, so I am very interested. Nice job!

[Coen]

Ah! That's looking really nice now Peter! Nicely done.

[gustavlekstal]

Clean work and great work with the cm paintwork!

[pmarshall]

Today's work - started with a problem. When I was going down to the shed, it started raining so the paint got wet. When it dried it left out of scale rain marks on the paint which didn't want to rub off, so out with the paints again ( heavily thinned ), and a slight touch up job.



Then painted the wheels, and fitted the running gear. Then on with a filter - used Prussian Blue to cool the tone of the paint, as its a vehicle from December 44.



Now as this needs to dry completely before I can do anything else, so I moved on to starting to paint some stowage. The wooden crates were sprayed Tamiya Nato Brown, then dry brushed with Ammo Old Wood, and finally some oils to dirty up. The other item is a metal box, sprayed with Alclad Steel, then AK Worn Effects, followed by Tamiya JSDF Olive Drab then rubbed back and some oils.



Happy with how that worked out.

Peter

[Donkeywalloper]

Your build is just making me want to build this beautiful model.
You are showing a wonderful artistic turn
I sir, salute you.
John

[pmarshall]

Not a lot today - just the decals, and another coat of satin varnish



While that was drying I did start on the Jerry cans ( 2 petrol, 2 water ) but they've just been assembled and primed.

Peter

[Coen]

That's superb work Peter. Excellent painting.

[pmarshall]

Today's work - started with some dot filtering, however had a problem with the AK Interactive White Spirit. It seems to have attacked the paint, despite having been cured for a week and varnished.



Then sprayed some more OD to repair the damage



A dark wash and painted the tools. Used AK True Metal steel for the tools, which seemed very bright to me - i'll be toning it down later.



On with more stowage - this is the basecoat and some dry brushing, still more work needed



And Gasoline and Water Jerry cans - the darker olive drab are the water cans



Peter

[Nige99]

Cracking work on the Easy 8 Peter. The Tasca kit is a lovely kit to build with tones of detail. You got the colours bang to rights, I wnted to use the mig colours on mine but had dramas with my paint. Paul gave me some of Mr hobbies thinner which sorted it.

[pmarshall]

Today's work - first chipping





Then a flat coat over the top, then started work on the tracks. First added some wear where the running gear will rub on the inside of the tracks.



Then weathered the outside - used a mixture of Track Rust and Medium Earth pigments fixed with some white spirit then picked out the ridges on the tracks with Uschi metal powders.



Peter

[FishBowlMan]

Looking very nice, Peter. Love the tracks.

[gustavlekstal]

It's gonna be top shelf this one. A beauty

[pmarshall]

Today's work on the Easy Eight.

First I printed some C Ration boxes onto light brown card, then cut a couple out



Then score lightly, fold and glue with a Pritt Stick and you get some nice cheap C Ration boxes for storage



Then cut out a sheet of lead foil, and sprayed Red to make an Aircraft Identification Panel



Next added the tracks - only a couple of bouts of swearing to get them on, but got there in the end.





Added some Winter Streaking Grime and some Rainmarks



Then added the stowage and the ID panel. Weathered the Jerry cans with some Wet Effects and Fuel stains





Nearly done now, just needs the Periscopes and the lights and more mud tomorrow



Peter

[gustavlekstal]

I think Mig is calling soon.

[Joemodelling14]

The weathering on this is brilliant, very good

[Nige99]

Really nice work. Great looking Sherman

[PaulAyrey]

Excellent!

[pmarshall]

Today finishing off - First up MUD - kept it reasonably light





Then umasked the periscopes and painted with Mig Periscope colour, added a couple of rust streaks and some dirt on the ID panel.









Need to take some decent photo's when I get the time for an RFI post.

Peter

[Hillbilly]

That Sherman is sharp I really like that you didn't get too crazy on the weathering and cover up that beautiful paintwork