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Wow, Bevan, this looks GOOD!!!!! I like the scheme, the way you pulled it off and the rivetting VERY much!!

Very good looking progress!!

If the artwork is of your niece and she's 13, by all means, marry her. Supposedly a good American custom! You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain, too much love drives a man insane, You broke my will, uh, uh, oh, what a thrill... Goodnesss, gracious, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!!!! :P

Lovely!!!

Thought it was your daughter, you dirty old man!!

Johan, again a truly great build!! Great spray-work, very good weathering! I wonder if you are able to put your camera on a tripod (statief) and use it's timer (zelfontspanner) function? If you do that and your camera has the ability to set the aperture / diafragma at f/22 then you can get the whole model in focus in one shot! Oh yeah, and I really LOVE Felix the Cat!!

AFAIK the shortcomings are in the field of some inaccurate panellines? And -of course- the kit is around for some while so the latest mods won't probably not be incorporated... But for a sweet price, go for it!! Jake Melampy is working on a new Eagle book and over on LSP there is always geedubbleyer (or similar!) who has built some Eagles and knows the stuff!

What he said!

Yes, please please them!

BTW, Jeroen & Cees, what do you like; the boat on Thursday night or the train on Friday morning?

I should be there too! Although in earlier years I could have my autumn furlough guaranteed, because of some silly red tape it isn't guaranteed this year until the Thursday the week before!

I love it! I don't think it's too dirty at all! If you look at how wet and muddy Northwest France and West Belgium can be....

Great results, Jim!!

Hmmmm, the DD's were built on M4A1-hulls, weren't they? At least if the website below is correct... http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/duplexdrive/duplexdrive.html Quote: In January 1944, the most technologically advanced tank in the US arsenal was the M4A1(76), which was just beginning to roll off the assembly lines. These were wanted for the DD project until it was found that the first 160 were "already earmarked for another project". (They were being sent to the UK for troop familiarization). The Stock Control Branch advised the Army that 350 unused M4A1(75)s could be made available, and a Production Order was placed. The project was classified as "Secret", and therefore much of the documentation was not preserved. During the course of work on the various US swimming tank experiments, one officer observed that the rounded contours of the cast hull Sherman gave it better "hydrodynamic properties". Perhaps this played into the US decision to convert only M4A1s? The tanks that were provided were unallocated, late 1943 models. Many were of December Pressed Steel Car production, and had such late features as "large" drivers' hatches and high bustle turrets. Two such examples were salvaged from the sea, and are on display in Torcross, England (above left, courtesy Alf Adams) and Port-en-Bessin, France (above right). But okay; that's "searching for nails at low tide", another "Dutchism", as the DD-variant is a special conversion and really something else as the regular M4A1 issued to the troops.

And the M4A1 75mm (Dry) as in the kit. The 2nd AD landed at D+3 or D+6 IIRC...

W-O-W.............................

Great progress, Jeroen! I'm busy at the moment with a 1/72 He 111P-2....

Wow! That's serious progress,Jim! Looking good! You must have brain damage to tackle those rivets like that, though! I gave up after one P-47D stabilizer half... I have to pick up the pace on my model, now that I have brought order to my living room. No more stacks of kits, decals and paint on the ground floor!

Oh, goodiegoodiegoodie!! Will you include the Preddy figure with PE-P? (Since HO-P was flown in June-July 1944, it might've been a bit early for the G-pants...)

Oh, those hairy paws....

Great progress, Krzysztof! I'm looking forward to see the progress of this project!

I like it! Especially the paint job on the cockpit. The panellines are somewhat too pronounced for my taste but the painting and markings are done very well, so good job!

Hey Alan, finger has healed already. No pictures of progress yet, but I'm still on this project! Update shouldn't be too long from now.... (Famous last words?...)

Adrien, as always, your model looks superb! A couple of questions: - Did you use Eduard photo-etch together with self-made details? - Is the cockpit color in reality like it is on the photos? Looks a bit pinkish, or is that the lights / white balance? - Which color did you use for the cockpit? Thanks! Erik.