After a long hiatus on the bench struggling with paint and markings and figures I finally brought Tim's Fighting 48th M4A4 to the front rank and finished it over the holiday weekend - thought I would fool around with some effects photos and this is what I came up with this morning. Hope you like the image - a more complete (and better focused) look will follow.



Konrad

That is GREAT, Konrad. I saved the photo fast because it's the other side of ADJUNCT, and then I realized it was your model. Well done!

Hello Konrad,

Very nice looking Sherman you got there. Looking forward to seeing more photos of it.

JohnO

Hi Konrad;

I hate to even mention this, but I thought you just might like to "get it right".

I have the original 8x10 glossy of ADJUNCT and the number definitely reads...

T-147294... rather than ... 293 as you show it. The hyphen appears as well.

All the best

George Bradford

You were very true to that photo we talked about. I had a double-take when seeing your photo!
Garfield

I'm looking at a photo of the original taken on 20 Sept. 1943. Did you remember to add the penant on the antennae?

Oh, yes, there it is. I see it now.

Konrad, that looks great! Keep up the excellent work!

Tim

www.fighting48th.com

Glad you all liked the faux reality shot - here is something in better focus



I am working on a construction feature on this project, and I must say that Tim's Fighting 48th conversion is about the easiest resin kit I have ever worked with - he is simply a genius there. And those British pattern tracks – simply wonderful. Definitely will build more Fighting48th – that Crab is just too tempting.

Konrad

is that a gas warning patch? As trigger-happy as most flyboys are, I'm surprised they didn't get mistaken for a low-flying (and utterly lost) Japanese aircraft.

Pete...there is another circle (outside of the red) of blue, so I figure it is an aircraft recognition symbol.

Ken

Great job on this one. Very pleasant to the eyes, Congrats
Greg

Doh! My cut and paste didn't work! The other part of my post should have read:

Fantastic job Konrad! That is one beaut of a model! I have the same Fighting48th kit as well and hope I can do half as good as you did. Question: those thin wavy lines...how did you paint them? Were they hand-painted or sprayed?

Ken

Now that I look at it with your eyes I can see the blue outer ring of the RAF roundel...means they'll only get bombed and strafed by the US Army Air Corps.

It IS a beautiful model!!!

Hi Konrad,

This is a really great build! I like both your pics, but I think the first is done especially well!

Isamu

Hi Konrad;

Excellent work, Mate! You've done "Adjunct" proud. A cool-looking tank, done to perfection in scale. Lovely stuff here.

Cheers, Pat

p.s. I agree, Tim's stuff is of a uniform top quality.

It looks absolutely amazing!

Can't wait to see more pictures . BTW where are you going to publish the construction feature you said you're working on?

SeanSki
http://www.pme.org.pl
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It is always very gratifying to receive the praise of such a distinguished group of modelers – thanks again to all for the support. To answer a couple of questions:

Ken, both the brown camouflage pattern and the cream outlines were entirely hand painted in acrylics (Tamiya for the brown and Vallejo for the cream) over an airbrushed OD basecoat, as I felt it would be impossible to mask this pattern in any reasonable amount of time (or get the look I was hoping for with my old Paasche H airbrush). Most of the weathering was also done with a brush - thanks to Lu Rodriguez for urging me on there.

Sean, the article will appear here on Track48.

Konrad

Konrad-here is a youtube clip somewhat related to Adjunct-the Battle of Ortona in Dec. 1943

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Znr-eaov20&feature=related

That is some very interesting footage - albeit a bit sobering as a reminder of the cost paid for freedom by the Canadian soldiers who fought with these weapons. I still plan to place Adjunct on a small base reminicent of the key reference photo, and seeing all the infantry in this footage I may add some for intrest.

Konrad