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I knew that I had to build a pink Sherman when I first saw a model of one. It wasn't so easy as I thought.
I started with an 1/72 scale M4A1 from Esci but found out that it was wrong. I needed an earlier variant.
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| Then I read an article on how to back date the Esci kit and I thought that I would give it a try. I needed the hatches in the front hull from the Hät wargaming M4. I cut out a propriate section and grafted it to the Esci kit. I then had to fill up the inside of the front hull to have some material to sand down to get the new shape. |
| I started to work on the Esci turret, filling the loaders hatch when I learned it was of the wrong type. |
| I had to switch to the Hät turret instead. Tracks from Revell was sanded down to the right look and suspension had to come from an Hasegawa M3 Grant. |
| I needed some stowage as well. The back packs are 1/35 scale British ammo pouches that I cut down in length. |
When I found an article at Track Link about a 1/35 scale Sherman Towing Vehicle, I had to build one.
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| Captured Sherman tanks were used as towing vehicles by the Germans. This Sherman was used by Schwere Panzerabteilung 507. |
| My model was a small and fast conversion based on the Airfix 1/76 kit. |
| Stockholm December 22, 2019 |  |
Updated January 18, 2020 |
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