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So my first project of the year is now complete. This is Academy’s 1/35 M51 Sherman, an Israeli/French upgrade to the basic M4A1E8. I built it mostly OOB, aside from adding a clear acetate lens to the spotlight (no lens was provided), some .010 wire for the antennas, and replacing the nylon mesh for the grouser compartment vents with some brass mesh - the kit stuff was horrid to try to cut to size & shape. Base color is Model Master Acrylic IDF Sand. I based the markings off what few photos that I could find of M51s in the Golan during the October 1973 War, where the Israelis had to bring these old war horses out of war reserve to assist the Centurions in stopping then pushing back the Syrian onslaught and subsequently driving towards Damascus.

















Thanks for looking, comments and critiques are welcome…

A fantastic finish! I've always enjoyed watching your builds come together. Well done, Carlos!!

Just awesome. The figures add soooo much. Well done.

Really incredible build Stik!!! Very nice!

That is some masterful work! A beauty.

Tom, John, Mike, & Lyle, thank you one and all!

John I agree about the figures. These aren’t my best work, but a well posed crew figure or figures adds so much to an AFV model. Like stowage and weathering, it adds so much context. Especially when they are in mundane relaxed everyday poses like these guys.

Carlos you've done it again! This is one sensational model that looks so real! I swear you're getting better by the model!

Mark, thank you for that. This one was part planning and part happy unintended results… modeling by the seat of my pants at times… dusty pants of course

Holy cow! That is fantastic...

Fantastic build Carlos, truly a Pro-build!

The tank itself, paintwork, weathering/dustering, the figures and their really natural positions and all that on top of a top notch base!



- Kari