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04-10-2011, 09:01 PM
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Congratulations, Kevin! It has been a long, but very interesting journey. Both you and Greg have produced superb Shermans and I have enjoyed watching both models take shape.
And for old times sake, I must reproduce these two famous photos. Photo 1: The state of the contest one year ago. Photo 2: No, Grasshopper. The shin bone is connected to the ankle bone. Now for the Dragon Wagon. Don 
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04-11-2011, 04:16 AM
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Wow!
I think I will stick to Japanese tanks - they preffered flat surfaces and so do I. At first I didn't even notice the paint - itlloks to much like weathering. Great job.
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Constructive criticism of my builds is welcome - if I messed up and allowed others to see it, I certainly deserve it  Michael Krol
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04-11-2011, 04:57 AM
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It's about time grasshopper! Congrats!!!
Greg
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04-11-2011, 07:34 AM
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That is a very good model! I give up on some tanks before due to the large number of parts.
I do not know why the company puts the large square blocks on the side of this. They should not be there at all ever. They confuse the tank used by the USSR the M4A2 which have the squares with the USA tank M4A3 which have them not at all. They are not the same tank in detail. This site explains it in more better detail. M4A3 Sherman
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04-11-2011, 12:57 PM
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You raise an interesting point Oksana. Many of the published paper models seem to be derived from plastic models of the same type. Evidently that is what happened in this case. I believe the M3 Lee I'm building now was designed that way and I know the HEMTT I built a couple years ago was patterned after an Italeri kit (It references it in the instructions).
Greg
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04-11-2011, 04:41 PM
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I would agree with the statement about the M4A3 applique armour if we're talking about tanks as they came off the production line. However, the GPM M4A3 model has optional parts to represent a modified tank as it appeared in Northern France in 1944. It's quite likely that a field modification would include adding an armour plate over the ammunition storage bays even with "wet" storage. Sherman crews were well aware of the limitations of the tank and added lengths of track and applique plates to try to improve their chances of survival.
I know that in the plastic world any modification or addition to a kit is permitted in competitions if the modification can be supported by period photo evidence. Regards, Charlie
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