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Yoxford
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by Yoxford » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:25 am
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Yoxford on Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:55 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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by Stug45 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:35 am
Very
Yoxford Great job.
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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 ?
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by Killerf6 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:41 pm
Great job.
I'm curious about the cast effect on the turret as well.
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Yoxford
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
Kirk Douglas : Mine hit the ground first
John Wayne : Mine was taller
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by pickelhaube » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:09 pm
Kirk Douglas : Mine hit the ground first
John Wayne : Mine was taller
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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.
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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
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by 1958Zelda » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:09 am
Great work on the Sherman! did you make those sand bags?looks great.
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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.
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by immeww2 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:44 am
Looks
. Great job!
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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.
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by SGT. ODDBALL » Thu May 07, 2009 5:55 am
that is wicked! what an artist! i like the mounting base also, nice touch
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by Yoxford » Thu May 07, 2009 10:50 am
Thank you Sgt Oddball & welcome to the forum!
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by kevrut » Thu May 07, 2009 8:53 pm
Looks great!
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by flyboy_fx » Thu May 07, 2009 9:36 pm
NICE
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