Tamiya 1/48 M4A1 Sherman

[ThomasBrown]

First tank in thirty years. I got this one on sale for a really good price at my local hobby shop. Hope it's a good one to start with.

[EasyEight96]

Can't wait to see more and welcome back to the modelling world

[ThomasBrown]

Some progress. Tracks and all the suspension assembly primed and painted. Top hull primed with some bits added.

[ThomasBrown]

Top primed

[RobertA]

Looking good... I'm surprised to see it has injected tracks, for some reason I was expecting rubber band type tracks, which personally I do prefer..

[ThomasBrown]

Looking good... I'm surprised to see it has injected tracks, for some reason I was expecting rubber band type tracks, which personally I do prefer..

Yeah I was a little surprised myself. I expected the rubber tracks. Of course I'll have to get a few kits under my belt before I can say which is my favorite.

[RobertA]

I have had good.. and bad.. experiences with both types of tracks! Injected tracks are fine as long as time and care is taken when assembling them, but rubber tracks are quicker to do..

[ThomasBrown]

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Suspension assembled and attached to undercarriage.

[Coen]

That kit sure has a lot of surprises.
Looks like a fun little build.
Your work area is so clean... Shame on ya... Haha

[RobertA]

Getting there!!

[ThomasBrown]

Well I'm not gonna finish this weekend, but that was kinda a far out goal. Once paint cures it will get one more coat. After that some wash and weathering a few decals and done.

[EasyEight96]

Looking good very nice

[RobertA]

Sure looks like a Sherman...

[ThomasBrown]

Sure looks like a Sherman...

At this stage in the hobby that's my primary objective.

[RobertA]