М1 Sherman, 1961

Bronze medal

Awarded: Bronze

By: Sergey Kablash

Manufacturer(s): Trumpeter

Modifications: I have used tracks and headlights an periscopes guards from Dragon, resin copy of water can from Revell Merkava. All other things are scratchbuilded from plastic sheets and Tamia putty. Base color is MM Olive Drab.

Description: Israeli M1 Sherman tank is seen during exercises in the Sinai in 1961.

Judge 1
Building job is nice and clean! The base color is too dark for me. You painted a very dusty vehicle. It's good, but this dust covers the whole vehicle, so you should paint a more highlighted base color. Making the photos try to use more lamps, to light both sides of the vehicle.
Judge 2
The build is very nicely done. The base colour looks good for the olive drab of early Israeli Shermans and it's good to see a nice dusty vehicle, but I think it would look even better with more of the dust applied on the horizontal surfaces (it is quite uniformly applied on the model).
Judge 3
A very well executed build with some interesting and appropriate added detail, but I'm not too sure about the added stowage, some of which looks a little crude. Paintwork is well executed, but a little dark and monotonous, some extra highlighting would serve to enhance the models appearance. Pinwashes on the engine deck would also help to bring out the very nice detail there. Weathering is quite heavy, but in my opinion it is well executed and very appropriate for the vehicle depicted.