M4A1 for Tunisia (15mm)

[Arrigo]

Finally had the time to take some shoots of my latest (and not so latest) paintings (between an awful rainy may, fights with my mothers and the dreaded dentist last month was a nightmare).

More info on them on my blog, but the barebones... three tanks are resin from FoW, the other two are plastic from PSC. They are paitined as 1st Armored division tanks with white (instead of yellow) markings, so they are more 1943 than 1942.

And they are 15mm 

And I have teaser pictures too! 







Here is the post:

http://forwardhq.blogspot.it/2015/06/in-race-for-tunis.html

[Vanvlak]

Ooh, VERY nice. 

[von Lucky]

Nice painting.

[philp]

They look really sharp especially for such a small scale but most of my research indicated the markings were in yellow, not white.  Though based on pictures it looks like both could be true.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_10_2007/post-626-1192841539.jpg
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=298571
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M4_Sherman.php
http://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/under-gun-2-first-blood-us-1st-armored-division-tunisia

[Denouement]

Very nicely done.   

S.

[Arrigo]

They look really sharp especially for such a small scale but most of my research indicated the markings were in yellow, not white.  Though based on pictures it looks like both could be true.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_10_2007/post-626-1192841539.jpg
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=298571
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M4_Sherman.php
http://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/under-gun-2-first-blood-us-1st-armored-division-tunisia

Philp,

when landed the marking were yellow. Then someone discovered that yellow paint look very much like yellow sand in practice so by the end of 42 and early 43 the symbols were repainted white.

[philp]

Good to know, thanks.