Does anyone know?

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:14 pm

If there is a difference between the COED Shermans other than the figure pack-in? Looking for difference between the early fan club version and the Walmart version that came with the US Marine. Any paint differences or anything like that? Here is a link to the tank in question:
http://www.sshqdb.com/coppermine/displa ... m=70&pos=0
Thanks to grunt for the great work. Thank you for any help.
momaw nadon

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:05 pm

If that picture is of the origional COED tank, then it looks to be pretty much identical to the one released last year. The Marine tanker that came with the re-released COED Sherman was simply the "Dizzy Hagenshire" figure with all the same gear as the carded version, only with an additional US Tanker helmet. I have made other USMC tankers using the body of an S1 Marine figure (the Hagenshire, Tommy Brit, or Lt. Alexander figures would work best) removing the head and placing one of the BoB US tanker heads on the body. It looks like a convincing WWII USMC Tanker

MK · Post by MK » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:41 pm

I did not know that. So the additional Tanker helmet would fit on Dizzy's head. Does it make this figure, the only removable helmet WWII Tanker available?

MK

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:01 pm

MK wrote:I did not know that. So the additional Tanker helmet would fit on Dizzy's head. Does it make this figure, the only removable helmet WWII Tanker available?

MK

Yep. I was really wondering why 21c did not make the US tankers in the BoB2 series of figures with removable helmets, despite obviously having the mould for one. I'd have bought a ton of those!

MK · Post by MK » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:19 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:I'd have bought a ton of those!

You and me both. I wish I knew about this before.

MK

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:22 am

I'm not sure what version the Sherman in the picture is. I just posted it for a reference to what I was talking about. Maybe someone that has both versions can shed some light on this. Thank you tman for the help.
momaw nadon

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:44 pm

Tman,
Question, Is the green on the COED you have plastic green or OD green paint?

I noticed in the picture that the AA 50cal is not mounted, so that make that the second WM one in the database. On the earlier version the 50cal is mounted and doesn't come off, like the S1 Sherman. Thanks for the help.
momaw nadon

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:38 pm

The green appears to be the plastic green (which is a flat OD Green color) with the tan painted over it. I can tell as the green stripes on the outside match the interior color and the tan has alot of overspray onto the base color. The .50 cal MG came dismounted on my vehicle and had to be assembled. It is not designed to come off once installed, but one can pull it off if they wanted to.

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:54 pm

I thank you for the info.
momaw nadon

tko211 · Post by **tko211** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:47 pm

The original COED release featured a co-ed crew, complete with a female driver figure

kidding... I really don't have an answer.