Are you Sure man? (Sherman)GB idea

[PanzerWulff]

I know we are primarily aircraft fanatics here But we do have some Ground Slug Treadheads as well.I was thinking of a build based around A iconic WWII tank the M-4 Sherman,There are about a Kazillion different sherman kits out there.the premise is take a sherman Any type any nationality,make any Improvements you see fit for any timeframe from WWII to today (heck the Israelis were still using them in the 80's) so think like A ground pounder and upgrade your Sherman
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[philp]

My JagdSherman would fit perfectly in this.

[Joe C-P]

Had an idea for an AA Sherman - twin 37 or 40mm in the turret.

[nev]

Why limit yourself to WW2 to today?  Theres a whole universe of Sherman whiffs out there

I still have the hull & turret of my Matchbox firefly which I'm sure I can put to good use.  Israeli close support?  Moonbase terran recon?  Imperial Roman?

As the Spitfire GB is showing, peeps here have a wild imagination...

[Weaver]

Why limit yourself to WW2 to today?  Theres a whole universe of Sherman whiffs out there

I still have the hull & turret of my Matchbox firefly which I'm sure I can put to good use.  Israeli close support?  Moonbase terran recon?  Imperial Roman?

As the Spitfire GB is showing, peeps here have a wild imagination...

Good point - if you take the turret off, the early (cast) Sherman hull has a very Gerry Anderson look to it. Couple of domes and a dish aerial and it'd make a cracking moon vehicle......

[puddingwrestler]

Starship Modeler's second build something into something else was the Sherminator Challenge - use a Sherman as a donor kit and build something which has recognisable sherman parts, but is not a sherman. It sort of never got off the ground (unlike the SF109 challenge)
I'd be doing something in that vein.

[philp]

There is also my Sherman based Mech I wanted to try.  Need a good donor kit for legs (and maybe arms).

[GTX]

Some ideas here.

Regards,

Greg

[Sisko]

They did something like this on Starship modeller.

I have always wanted to do a JagSherman

[bluedonkey99]

JCC in France has turned  a Cheiften into a Space 1999 wagon!
Wilse his site is in french, he does do a wide range of modelling, with regular whifs
http://modelstories.free.fr/

full build here:
http://modelstories.free.fr/analyses/avions/MS2008_07P/SCRH_Alphatank_Eagle/index.html

from this!



to this !

[Weaver]

How about a Sherminated Ogre? 

Two Shermans provide their hulls and turrets to make the front section and main batteries, and six Stuarts (yes, I know this is getting pricey) provide the secondary batteries and the multiple track units. The mast is the one from an old Airfix stand, which supports the head of a submarine-style periscope that goes straight down into the hull..........

[sotoolslinger]

Yeah I know this is the wrong thread..... but seen in PA. or maybe NY TODAY


Does need a bigger gun don't it.

[PanzerWulff]

from the suspention it appears to be a earlier M-4 with the low velocity 75mm it was great for infantry support (blasting baddies out of houses,bunkers and such) but was a peashooter against armor like a panther or tiger would have. It reminds me of the one at Patton park in Hamilton/whenam not too far from my town it's also a early sherman but with the added armor patches on the sides of the hull and a different mantlet.Verry cool pics Slinger
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[General Zod]

When will it start and end? I have some 1/48 WHIF I would love to try on the Sherman However,I am waiting until the A2 late hull conversion comes out

I'd like to build an M4A2 105mm type-Japan invasion

M4A2E8 with a 90mm Pershing turret

[Daryl J.]

Somehow the turret of the Sherman has reminded me of the head of some mechanical elephant.......

How about a tandem At-At and then the firefly 'head' to make the beast.


Daryl J., rather strained after a rugged week in the desert.....