All my Shermans were knocked out, so my Tank Destroyers and armored car escorts were next. I added the decals. Once they dried, I added stowage to a number of the vehicles. While taking the photos, I just realized I forgot to paint the shells inside the turret… I will fix that tomorrow!
The tank destroyers and M20s are Battlefront plastics. I build both the M10 and M36 turrets, so I could switch them as needed. The mix allows me to field Shermans through the end of the war, including Jumbos to lead the way! In addition, I had a couple of Battlefield 3d resin M8 Greyhounds. These got thrown into the batch.
These followed the same steps as the early lend lease project vehicles. I sprayed the models with Krylon dark olive camo paint, hit the bottoms with Vallejo dark mud pumice, black washed the tank, drybrushed up the green and brown, painted details, added the decals, added and detailed stowage, dull coated the models and finished with a Iraqi Sand drybrush. It is a pretty quick way to get through armor and gives a very dirty effect.
Time for more TDs….
- Manteuffel
Is knocked out the term you really want to associate with your new tanks? Looks great!
When you have the arsenal of democracy behind you, there are always more…. and more posts!