Greetings; 

Here's another Sherman. This time it's the very nice kit from Tamiya. I purchased a detail set from Legends for this kit, but didn't use all of it because some of the resin pieces had serious molding flaws.

 By luck,  I found, a turned barrel by MR Modellbau on the M& Models website. 

So the kit was started, built out of box initially, with detailing added afterwards, from the Legends kits, and of course, good old Archer Fine Transfers casting numbers, which are getting harder and harder to find at a somewhat reasonable prices. 🙄  It's sad they stopped, but I completely understand. Hopefully somebody else continues on.

The  complete suspension and running gear were finished first. The tracks are from the Rye Field Models Easy Eight. Perfect fit with nice track tension. 

Next was the upper hull and turret. They were primed with Mr. Surfacer Black 1500. The main color was AK Interactive Real Colors RC096 IDF Sand Grey 1973, with color modulation.  Next was the addition of decals, pin washes, scratches and chips, and weathering, and finally stowage.

Here's the final result;

All critique, good and bad welcome.

Thanks 😊 for looking.

HMA