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What a can of worms you have opened Brian ! Perhaps more challenging than installing 8 felt liners ?

Congratulations on Otto. Being a dad is the best job ever !!!

When I was a kid I have always been fascinated by ancient creatures. I read a book (about 60 years ago) on the Labrea Tar Pits and have always wanted to visit. I have been there 4 times as an adult and it never ceases to amaze me. I have been all through the Smithsonians and the Chicago museum...

Went cheap !

I don't know, modeling always takes longer than you think !!!

Here is the other one.

First 2 production E8s are done. They ware an American version of the death head. They spent the last days of the war in Czechoslovakia.

An easy quick fix on the wappens is to soak it in sudsy ammonia. You need to check often. If not the sudsy ammonia will turn the wappen brown. I was taught this trick by Randy T.

Here we have Battling Bitch. Batt B is a semi mid M4A1 with a cast hull. It is on the front cover of the Squadron Signal book on Shermans. It has the Cullin device that was used to break out of the hedgroves after Normandy. Almost all of the upper hull I make out of cast resin. The bottom hull...

The tanks on the back of some of the Shermans is a water tank. They were repurposed gas tanks off of the Marine Stuarts. The Stuart had 2 tanks on the back of the light tank and were jettisonable in case of emergencies. The Marines learned their lesson from the Guadalcanal campaign were there...

I also have done a series of Pacific Shermans. Specifically Iwo Jima Shermans. I made and cast the sand bags, side wooden planks, water tank and rear wading trunk. I had a buddy of mine 3D print the hatch cages. This was based on a highly modified Bravo Team Sherman.

It has been a while since I have posted any of my consignments but I have been busy. Not quite done but possibly the only M4A3E8s (The Easy 8) on the planet in 1/18th scale.

I think that it was drilled. When drilling through hard thin material the drill has a tendency to wobble and that wobbling tends to make a trianglish hole.

Fantastic accusations

Great pictures all. Thanks for sharing !

Yes that looks much better and what great luck !!!

Unfortunately you can no longer get the dark gray ( the can in the middle) spray paint. They changed the color and the formula. I think that Tamiya German gray would be a good replacement. The before and after pics do not quite catch the true color of the redo. The picture with the plate , spike...

Not bad for your first one. You can touch up the plate with black wash that you can buy at a hobby shop to make it blend better. Chances of finding a matching plate are slim to none. I made a post on doing this in the restoration post. I will try to bump it up for you.

The loops on the plate almost always were attached to the helmet with leather wedges. These wedges actually helped pad the loops with addition of the liner against the wearer's forehead. These metal wire pins would actually press against the wearer's forehead. So without a doubt they are post war.