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--- blog:military:models_sherman_m4a2 [2025/05/25 16:53] – [Painting] john
+++ blog:military:models_sherman_m4a2 [2025/07/26 16:31] (current) – [Heller 1/72 Sherman M4A2] john
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   * Kit type: Scale model of WWII armoured vehicle
   * Vehicle: Allied medium tank
-  * Build date: May 2025
+  * Build date: Started May 2025, completed July 2025
   * Price: £8.99 from [[https://www.emodels.co.uk|eModels]] in September 2024.
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 Also added the vinyl tracks. These are awful, as usual. They were fitted (ends fastened with superglue) and then painted with Vallejo Surface Primer - Black. They will get weathered and painted later.
+Dirt added around road wheels and tracks using Ammo modelling pigments (Dark Earth + Europe Earth), then mud splashes with Vallejo Weathering FX (European Splash Mud + European Thick Mud):
+{{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img20250715193204.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img20250715193211.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img20250715193218.jpg?500|}}
+A final matt coat was needed to dull everything down again:
+{{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6229.thumb.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6230.thumb.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6231.thumb.jpg?400|}}
+{{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6232.thumb.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6233.thumb.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6234.thumb.jpg?400|}}
 ===== Completed Images =====
+{{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6215.jpg?700|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6216.jpg?700|}}
+{{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6241.jpg?700|}}
+On patrol with a M4A4 Firefly...
+{{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6217.jpg?500|}}
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