M4a3 on Iwo Jima. DORIS 53

[Modelprofessor]

Well I decided to jump i to the sherman pond and I'm starting with a M4a3 Iwo Jima . It's Doris 53 with the 4th Marine tank Batallion, February 1945.
So far , I've added some new welds , a bit of 3 d printed parts with more on the printer .
Added some cast texture and about to move onto the smaller detail parts.

 

[Modelprofessor]

Just a quick update . I added the plank sides , just a little scratch detail with a few more goodies to be added to them

 

[Jakko]

Nice Is this the Dragon M4A2 kit? It looks like it from the colour of the plastic, anyway.

One thing I would improve, though, is the grille on the wading trunk. IRL the "frame" on it was fairly narrow angle iron (or similar), whereas yours looks more like planks Just using thinner plastic strip (1 mm wide or so) would improve the look a lot.

 

[Modelprofessor]

Nice Is this the Dragon M4A2 kit? It looks like it from the colour of the plastic, anyway.

One thing I would improve, though, is the grille on the wading trunk. IRL the "frame" on it was fairly narrow angle iron (or similar), whereas yours looks more like planks Just using thinner plastic strip (1 mm wide or so) would improve the look a lot.

It's actually a academy kit . I'll take a look at the grill for sure

 

[Jakko]

Oh! I didn't know they also moulded them in grey plastic, that's what threw me off.

I like the way you put the commander's cupola on with the hatch opening to the rear. It's not the standard orientation but is something you see in some photos of USMC M4s on Iwo Jima. As for the wading gear, this photo shows well that there's just a narrow bit of L-profile around the top that the mesh is attached to:



This tank also has the hatch hinged at the rear. Are you going to add the mesh over the hatches too, like this tank has?

 

[Modelprofessor]

Yes i plan to add the mesh cages on the hatches . Well see how it turns out

 

[Rimmer]

Cool! Another interesting Sherman. Makes the E8 I've just started look positively boring.

 

[Modelprofessor]

I am learning that no sherman is boring , they are all beautiful.

 

[Modelprofessor]

Just a quick update on the shermie . Not allot of exciting work done yet but a little more added

 

[Jakko]

That mesh on the exhaust looks a lot better now

 

[Modelprofessor]

Ahh . Thank you . I agree it does work better now

 

[Modelprofessor]

Finished up adding the final details and put the big girl in primer. Now the fun part begins.

 

[Modelprofessor]

Well i finally got some color on Doris , and began the weathering process. Still waiting on tracks to come in . I tried going through scale colors for tracks and that is a hopeless cause . Managed to find another source for them though.