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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:23 pm
by privatepete
Nev wrote:Love Ruskie Sherman's great job mate :thumb2:
Thanks mate,still a bit to do :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:28 pm
by privatepete
StarFar wrote:Your Sherman looks great, and fortunately decal manufacturer didn't make any errors in the russian words ;)
Thank you very much, that's good to known it could have very embarrassing or :oops: very funny :lol:
:cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:14 pm
by gaz45
privatepete wrote:
gaz45 wrote:looks great mate and a good job on the paintwork even with an hairy stick :th:
Thank you kind sir, how is your one coming a long? :cheers2:
It's coming along ok hope to have a update very soon

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:49 pm
by privatepete
Got the chipping ? rust, white wash done.Will finish the tracks when i build the base/dio.

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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:25 pm
by Tiger213
Excellent wheathering! I love it!
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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:07 pm
by privatepete
Tiger213 wrote:Excellent wheathering! I love it!
:cheers2:
Thank you I'm glad you like it, I'm almost finished the weathering effects :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:17 pm
by spock1701
Wowza! Pete, that looks awesome. Great subtle winter wash!

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:21 pm
by Quax
Great stuff as usual Pete, I just wish my airbrushing looked as good as your hairy stick does! :jd: :bow::

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:25 pm
by demarcation
Awesome work mate! :th: :clap:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:41 pm
by privatepete
spock1701 wrote:Wowza! Pete, that looks awesome. Great subtle winter wash!
Thank you for the kind words :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:51 pm
by privatepete
Quax wrote:Great stuff as usual Pete, I just wish my airbrushing looked as good as your hairy stick does! :jd: :bow::
Hi Paul nice of you to say so, I'm not to bad at building but painting I'm definitely crap if I could I wouldn't paint anything again :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:55 pm
by privatepete
demarcation wrote:Awesome work mate! :th: :clap:

Much appreciated Anders :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:02 pm
by hansolo
Talking about eye for detail, Pete!
Very nice work on the rivets and strips! :th:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:15 pm
by privatepete
hansolo wrote:Talking about eye for detail, Pete!
Very nice work on the rivets and strips! :th:
Hi Hans, thank you very much means a lot especially coming from you :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:53 pm
by Bissyboat
Nice and distinctive look on the weathering. She´s a lovely rust bucket. :clap:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 7:01 am
by privatepete
Bissyboat wrote:Nice and distinctive look on the weathering. She´s a lovely rust bucket. :clap:
Thank you :th:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:39 am
by hansolo
Yeah Pete. Love that winter wash! Very nice. :th:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:12 am
by privatepete
hansolo wrote:Yeah Pete. Love that winter wash! Very nice. :th:
Hi Han I'm glad you like it, was my first go at white washing still not sure about the effect :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:56 pm
by Stokesy44
Wow, those Ruskies need to take better care of their kit!

Looking darn tasty mate.

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:12 pm
by privatepete
Stokesy44 wrote:Wow, those Ruskies need to take better care of their kit!

Looking darn tasty mate.
Hi David, I'm trying to redoing the white wash and rust it looks terrible :oops: but thank you :th:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:36 pm
by spock1701
privatepete wrote:
Stokesy44 wrote:Wow, those Ruskies need to take better care of their kit!

Looking darn tasty mate.
Hi David, I'm trying to redoing the white wash and rust it looks terrible :oops: but thank you :th:
I wasn't too happy with the white camouflage on my Sherman either. Don't worry too much about yours. It looks good with the rust and you might just start to like it better if you stare at it for an hour or so. That's what I do. Works every time. :)

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:40 pm
by privatepete
spock1701 wrote:
privatepete wrote:
Stokesy44 wrote:Wow, those Ruskies need to take better care of their kit!

Looking darn tasty mate.
Hi David, I'm trying to redoing the white wash and rust it looks terrible :oops: but thank you :th:
I wasn't too happy with the white camouflage on my Sherman either. Don't worry too much about yours. It looks good with the rust and you might just start to like it better if you stare at it for an hour or so. That's what I do. Works every time. :)
To late my friend :eeek:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:51 pm
by spock1701
privatepete wrote:
spock1701 wrote:
privatepete wrote:
Hi David, I'm trying to redoing the white wash and rust it looks terrible :oops: but thank you :th:
I wasn't too happy with the white camouflage on my Sherman either. Don't worry too much about yours. It looks good with the rust and you might just start to like it better if you stare at it for an hour or so. That's what I do. Works every time. :)
To late my friend :eeek:
Oh dear. Well, try the staring thing with this round. I'd be interested to know if it works for other people.

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:17 pm
by privatepete
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spock1701 wrote:
privatepete wrote:
spock1701 wrote:
I wasn't too happy with the white camouflage on my Sherman either. Don't worry too much about yours. It looks good with the rust and you might just start to like it better if you stare at it for an hour or so. That's what I do. Works every time. :)
To late my friend :eeek:
Oh dear. Well, try the staring thing with this round. I'd be interested to know if it works for other people.
M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:56 am
by Les
A great build, and thread Pete! I look forward to seeing what else you have cooking for this one. :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:59 pm
by privatepete
Les wrote: Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:56 am A great build, and thread Pete! I look forward to seeing what else you have cooking for this one. :cheers2:
Hopefully a diorama ?

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:02 pm
by privatepete
Hi made a start on the diorama base and have re whitewashed the Sherman it will have snow on it as well.

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It will have a couple of dead trees, a broken wall or fence don't know yet.

Thanks for looking :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:46 pm
by Stokesy44
Me like. Me like very much! :th:

The tank's looking very good Pete. Watching the dio now. Sure it will be awesome

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:59 pm
by privatepete
Stokesy44 wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:46 pm Me like. Me like very much! :th:

The tank's looking very good Pete. Watching the dio now. Sure it will be awesome
I wouldn't get to excited everything I do at the minute is crap with a capital C,as for your's well that worth getting excited over ,top job my friend :clap: :clap:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:31 pm
by privatepete
Got some plaster laid down

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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:57 am
by panzerman825
Fantastic work on you Soviet Sherman. Paintwork and weathering are incredible. Base work is cool too. Keep having fun. Bill

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:39 am
by Stokesy44
Very nice work on the base Sir :pop:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:48 pm
by privatepete
panzerman825 wrote: Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:57 am Fantastic work on you Soviet Sherman. Paintwork and weathering are incredible. Base work is cool too. Keep having fun. Bill
Thanks Bill :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:52 pm
by privatepete
Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:39 am Very nice work on the base Sir :pop:
Hello dark one,only rough it out now i'v finished the King Tiger & my back log :lol: I can crack on.

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:40 am
by Tomcat64
Great to see you come back to this Pete - the Sherman looks great, and looking forward to seeing the diorama take shape too :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 12:38 pm
by privatepete
Tomcat64 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:40 am Great to see you come back to this Pete - the Sherman looks great, and looking forward to seeing the diorama take shape too :cheers2:
Thanks Neil, it won't be as good as some already done that's for sure :th:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:01 pm
by privatepete
Got back this at last this is a rough mock up at the moment

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Thanks for looking what do you think :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:35 pm
by Always48
what do i think......hmmm flipping ace that mate, love the Russian writing along the side especially :th:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 7:36 pm
by privatepete
Always48 wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:35 pm what do i think......hmmm flipping ace that mate, love the Russian writing along the side especially :th:
Thanks I'm glad you like it :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:38 am
by Tomcat64
Looking really good Pete - great sense of cold coming from that :clap:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:56 am
by privatepete
Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:38 am Looking really good Pete - great sense of cold coming from that :clap:
Thanks Neil I'm getting there slowly :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:40 am
by SergioSolo
Wow! Amazing work! :clap:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:55 am
by privatepete
Sergiotron wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:40 am Wow! Amazing work! :clap:
Thank you much :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 4:50 pm
by privatepete
Hi bit more done, made the wire fence, added more plaster to road section and sealed the trees

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Added some colour :eeek: it will be covered :lol:

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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:41 pm
by privatepete
Hi bit more ground work

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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:13 pm
by privatepete
Bit more done to the base added some static grass.

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Next some of the white stuff SNOW :eeek:

Thanks for looking :cheers2:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:35 pm
by privatepete
Brushed off excess grass ,added some dark highlights to the mud.

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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:22 am
by Tomcat64
Really nice work Pete - that base is coming together brilliantly :clap:

Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:53 pm
by privatepete
Hi the first snow has fallen

I painted the trees now there dry, added PVA glue and sprinkled snow flacks allover I will add more when dry.

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Re: Pete's M4A2 Sherman Russian Army

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:30 pm
by aur0ra145
Looking good! :thumb2: