Kreighshoer
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Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
oh man, that's good 'n awesome work bob!
oh man, that's good 'n awesome work bob!
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Logistics, The armor Updated May12, 2021.
- Thread starter bob letterman
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AndyFettes
Master at Arms
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Great stuff Bob !!!!
Great stuff Bob !!!!
panzerace007
Active member
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
BoB !! Great Job ! Looks Awesome !! I Really Dig th Mighty Mouse !! I'm lookin forward to seein th rest of th Battalion !!
:drinks
BoB !! Great Job ! Looks Awesome !! I Really Dig th Mighty Mouse !! I'm lookin forward to seein th rest of th Battalion !!
:drinks
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Thanks, it didn't turn out as good as I hoped, but I learned some forgotten lessons that will pay off on the next ones!
Bob
Thanks James!
Thanks, it didn't turn out as good as I hoped, but I learned some forgotten lessons that will pay off on the next ones!
Bob
Fantastic Bob. Just WOW
James
Thanks James!
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Guess that means you liked it!
Thanks MP!
Thanks Laura, I have been so busy lately, I haven't had time to check into your work, or anyone else's for that matter. I'll have to catch up today!
Bob
Guess that means you liked it!
Thanks MP!
oh man, that's good 'n awesome work bob!
Thanks Laura, I have been so busy lately, I haven't had time to check into your work, or anyone else's for that matter. I'll have to catch up today!
Bob
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Thanks Andy!
Thanks, I am really rusty, but with all those vehicles yet to do, I should be back in form soon.
Bob
Great stuff Bob !!!!
Thanks Andy!
What can I say that hasn't already been said? Fantastic detail and the mastery of the colors sets everything off!
Thanks, I am really rusty, but with all those vehicles yet to do, I should be back in form soon.
Bob
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Hey Erik,
It's acceptable after such a long layoff. I hope to improve as i go along though!
Bob
Thanks Terry, the older I get the harder to do those tiny details. I just checked out your DH9, there's plenty of tiny detail there to equal everything out!
Bob
BoB !! Great Job ! Looks Awesome !! I Really Dig th Mighty Mouse !! I'm lookin forward to seein th rest of th Battalion !!
:drinks
Hey Erik,
It's acceptable after such a long layoff. I hope to improve as i go along though!
Bob
Hey Bob the 32 really looks great. I love the glasses on the guy. I guess now I have to add something cute like that to the DH9.
Really great work!!!
B)
Thanks Terry, the older I get the harder to do those tiny details. I just checked out your DH9, there's plenty of tiny detail there to equal everything out!
Bob
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 6, 2011
Wow Bob!
AWESOME! You put my hand-painted Honeys to shame! Fabulous freehand work. I know how difficult that must've been and why you got inspired to put glasses on the co-driver who probably painted Mighty Mouse!
Regards,
Wow Bob!
AWESOME! You put my hand-painted Honeys to shame! Fabulous freehand work. I know how difficult that must've been and why you got inspired to put glasses on the co-driver who probably painted Mighty Mouse!
Regards,
reconron
Active member
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 6, 2011
Well,I am glad you shared this picture with us,before it is in the diorama!!!
Great work,Bob!
Greetings,ron.
From the right side. In the dio, this will be practically invisible to the viewer.
Bob
Well,I am glad you shared this picture with us,before it is in the diorama!!!
Great work,Bob!
Greetings,ron.
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 6, 2011
Tell you what Saul,
He had perfect 20/20 until he finished the cartoon. Now he wears two coke bottle bottoms in order to see, Oh, maybe that's me!
Bob
Well,I am glad you shared this picture with us,before it is in the diorama!!!
Great work,Bob!
Greetings,ron.
Thanks Ron, I got to cheat a little because of that. When the dio is altogether, it won't be seen. When you build them this big, every minute counts, so you get pretty good at thinking about things like that so you can cut corners! Not obvious, because there is always that guy who is curious and owns a dental mirror!
Bob
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Now, here are some pics of the Jumbo after completed, with figures of the crew and tank riders. The crew have the insignia of the 4th armored division, while the riders are of the 79th Infantry Division.
I used this as a weathering sample in the "Weathering O.D. Tutorial".
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For effect, I set the Jumbo on the base it will eventually go. I cleared the color and added a sepia tone. This is how it would have looked in WW II photographs. I now have two of the Shermans finished, only 6 more to go.
Still have six more Shermans to build, but that is all that's left of the 49 vehicles for the diorama.
Bob
Now, here are some pics of the Jumbo after completed, with figures of the crew and tank riders. The crew have the insignia of the 4th armored division, while the riders are of the 79th Infantry Division.
I used this as a weathering sample in the "Weathering O.D. Tutorial".
[
For effect, I set the Jumbo on the base it will eventually go. I cleared the color and added a sepia tone. This is how it would have looked in WW II photographs. I now have two of the Shermans finished, only 6 more to go.
Still have six more Shermans to build, but that is all that's left of the 49 vehicles for the diorama.
Bob
Kreighshoer
Active member
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
a masterpiece, a dio laden with masterpieces!
the whole dio will be a priceless masterpiece!
a masterpiece, a dio laden with masterpieces!
the whole dio will be a priceless masterpiece!
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Love it! Inspiring!
Love it! Inspiring!
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Thanks Ron!
I appreciate that!
Bob
AMAZING!!!
Greetings,Ron.
Thanks Ron!
I appreciate that!
Bob
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Thanks Laura,
Since this will be my last huge one, I hope you're right!
Bob
a masterpiece, a dio laden with masterpieces!
the whole dio will be a priceless masterpiece!
Thanks Laura,
Since this will be my last huge one, I hope you're right!
Bob
Re: Logistics, The armor Update June 14, 2011
Thanks son,
Dad! :yipee
Love it! Inspiring!
Thanks son,
Dad! :yipee
Re: Logistics, The armor Update March 9, 2012
Well, I've made some progress on the five Shermans left to fill out the column. As these will be the tanks under the command of Colonel Creighton Abrams, most had to be modified. In February of 1945, a directive was passed down to upgrade all the Shermans in the 4th armored division including the 37th Tank Battalion and Combat Command "B", with armor taken from the glacis plates and side hulls of destroyed Shermans and Panthers. A kit was devised and the maintenance crews began the job of up-armoring. First, the .50 cal. was moved to the rear of the loaders cupola, and a .30 machine gun was mounted on the commander's forward periscope cover. The .30 caliber that was mounted in the mantlet adjacent to the tank's main gun was replaced by a .50 ca. machine gun.
Then, armor plating taken from the destroyed tanks were made on a pattern to fit the full glacis plate and to extend further down over the transmission cover. Two rectangular slabs of armor with about an inch of spacing were added to both sides of the hull. Finally, a three piece armor addition was made to fit each side of the turret.
No doubt that Patton had something to do with this as he hated sandbag armor. General Bradley observed some of these up-armored tanks while on a visit to Patton's HQ and was so impressed, he began having some of the armored divisions in the north upgraded using a similar method.
Since the tutorial wrapped up, I have been able to complete three to the ready to base coat point. I have added not only the additional armor, but parts from the scrap box, lots of PE and the additional weapons ordered by the directive. Two Shermans on the diorama, an M4A3E2 Jumbo up-gunned to a 76mm, and an M32 B1 ARV were completely finished earlier. There will be a total of 7 Shermans in this column, so, now, I only have 2 more to build. I made a pattern for the additional armor and it is or will be added to the M4A3E8, the M4A3 76mm, and the M4A1 76mm Shermans. I had quite a job locating an M4A1 cast hull with the armor added, and managed to find one. The same pattern was used, they simply made extensions to accommodate the rounded hull. The other two are from the Dragon M4A3E8, Thunderbolt VII kit which has the armor included. I used one of those, slightly modified to make the sets out of white plastic for the remaining three.
Here is the first conversion, the M4A3 76mm.
Then the second conversion, the M4A1 76mm.
And the third, the Thunderbolt VII.
Finally, all three together.
I have already started on the last two. Sometime next week, I'll get a base coat of olive drab on these three and let them harden for a few months.
It may not seem so, but I am making headway. There are only three more vehicles to build. Of course, one of them is a railway gun, but what the hell. 29 are finished and 14 are base coated and ready to weather and finish.
Bob
Well, I've made some progress on the five Shermans left to fill out the column. As these will be the tanks under the command of Colonel Creighton Abrams, most had to be modified. In February of 1945, a directive was passed down to upgrade all the Shermans in the 4th armored division including the 37th Tank Battalion and Combat Command "B", with armor taken from the glacis plates and side hulls of destroyed Shermans and Panthers. A kit was devised and the maintenance crews began the job of up-armoring. First, the .50 cal. was moved to the rear of the loaders cupola, and a .30 machine gun was mounted on the commander's forward periscope cover. The .30 caliber that was mounted in the mantlet adjacent to the tank's main gun was replaced by a .50 ca. machine gun.
Then, armor plating taken from the destroyed tanks were made on a pattern to fit the full glacis plate and to extend further down over the transmission cover. Two rectangular slabs of armor with about an inch of spacing were added to both sides of the hull. Finally, a three piece armor addition was made to fit each side of the turret.
No doubt that Patton had something to do with this as he hated sandbag armor. General Bradley observed some of these up-armored tanks while on a visit to Patton's HQ and was so impressed, he began having some of the armored divisions in the north upgraded using a similar method.
Since the tutorial wrapped up, I have been able to complete three to the ready to base coat point. I have added not only the additional armor, but parts from the scrap box, lots of PE and the additional weapons ordered by the directive. Two Shermans on the diorama, an M4A3E2 Jumbo up-gunned to a 76mm, and an M32 B1 ARV were completely finished earlier. There will be a total of 7 Shermans in this column, so, now, I only have 2 more to build. I made a pattern for the additional armor and it is or will be added to the M4A3E8, the M4A3 76mm, and the M4A1 76mm Shermans. I had quite a job locating an M4A1 cast hull with the armor added, and managed to find one. The same pattern was used, they simply made extensions to accommodate the rounded hull. The other two are from the Dragon M4A3E8, Thunderbolt VII kit which has the armor included. I used one of those, slightly modified to make the sets out of white plastic for the remaining three.
Here is the first conversion, the M4A3 76mm.
Then the second conversion, the M4A1 76mm.
And the third, the Thunderbolt VII.
Finally, all three together.
I have already started on the last two. Sometime next week, I'll get a base coat of olive drab on these three and let them harden for a few months.
It may not seem so, but I am making headway. There are only three more vehicles to build. Of course, one of them is a railway gun, but what the hell. 29 are finished and 14 are base coated and ready to weather and finish.
Bob