Suzy-Q

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:25 am

All done with the 1/18 Bravo upgrade...and named her Suzy-Q

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:35 am

Very

Yoxford Great job.

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:38 am

Realy great job ! I love the cast effect on turret. Did you used Cast-a-Coat ?

phil

Killerf6 · Post by **Killerf6** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:41 pm

Great job.

I'm curious about the cast effect on the turret as well.

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:57 pm

the cast effect on the turret was done by FOV...thats the way it came out of the box.

AlloySkull · Post by **AlloySkull** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:51 pm

Yeah I pass by them in the store and that is one eye-catching feature, it looks good stock, but you made it amazing. Great job!

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:08 pm

Yoxy you did a fine job on the Serman. That $4oo Shermy has nothing on you except it is made out of metal. You my XD brother have some talent.

But

The cast turret is something that I DO NOT LIKE ABOUT THE FOV SHERMAN. It is way too rough. If it were 1-1 scale the texture would be rough enough to hide a foot ball in. It needs to be sanded down. It almost looks like they took the texture right from an actual sand casting.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:09 pm

Not the dread double post again. What is going on ?

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:02 am

Thanks for all the kind words…yea I know, Pickelhaube, I even started to sand it down a bit but was not getting a good result…so until I can get another M4 and experiment I will live with the “overcast”
(much like the weather here in Michigan)

Actually the mantlet has a very good cast effect, wish they had toned it down to that level on the turret.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:32 am

Excellent work there! It looks just as good as the $450 variant made by the same company

I really need to get the sandbags on the front of my FOV Sherman - it just looks better

1958Zelda · Post by **1958Zelda** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:09 am

Great work on the Sherman! did you make those sand bags?looks great.

grockwood · Post by **grockwood** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:12 am

Your Sherman looks great. Another nice feature of the FOV Sherman are the weld marks where the hull pieces are fastened together. Your weathering brings that out nicely.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:44 am

Looks

. Great job!

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:22 am

thanks guys

Yes made the sandbags. After looking at the 1/16 FOV bags, figured I could make my own. I used 2 packages of Sculpey Clay I found at Michaels crafts on sale for .99, formed it onto the places on the bow that worked cut a "seam" into the side and then baked the buggers @ 275 for 15 minuets. Painted them with Polly Scale “earth” and MIG weathering powder.

SGT. ODDBALL · Post by **SGT. ODDBALL** » Thu May 07, 2009 5:55 am

that is wicked! what an artist! i like the mounting base also, nice touch

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:50 am

Thank you Sgt Oddball & welcome to the forum!

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:53 pm

Looks great!

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:36 pm