Agent G Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Still taking a break from German armor, I decided on another British Sherman. This is "Cocky". She is (was) a Sherman III first used by the British at El Alamein. Cocky hit a mine and was repaired. Cocky transferred to another unit and hit a mine. She was repaired......................... again. Cocky finally hit a large anti-tank mine. This is the only known photo of Cocky on that fateful day. My take on this wonderful old girl. There is a lot of speculation not only as to the camouflage pattern, but the actual colors used as well. I posed some questions on another site frequented primarily by English armor modelers. I learned that the most likely colors based on veteran's accounts were sand yellow and black. I also learned the camo patterns were not random but based on a supplied set of diagrams. The painting crew had some discretion, but the basic pattern was followed.Knowing that, I took a shot and produced what you see here. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 That is an interesting build Wayne. I'm not sure were I Tanker just how big a hurry I would have been to mount that Tank after it's second Mine encounter! Was the marking on the right track cover a unit "patch"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 I'm sure I wouldn't have wanted to either. Funny though, for as much as I enjoy modeling armor I had no desire to be a tanker in those bygone years. Something about riding around in the biggest target on the battlefield that everyone shoots at, left me wanting something....different. That is indeed a unit marking on the fender. That's from the next regiment, 44 RTR, she was assigned to after El Alamein. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Interesting. I've never really been drawn to the desert campaign vehicles for some reason, but may eventually do an M3 Grant or Lee in an Africa unit anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Besides the family connection to that campaign, I just cannot get enough of the various camouflage schemes used by the combatants. The M3 Lee/Grant was considered all but obsolete until the Brits starting tearing up the Germans with them in mid 1942. Lots of options for colorful paint there as well. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Funny, but what I think about a M3 American Tank it's the Stewart. Guess it's from hours of a wasted youth reading stories about a Haunted Tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Funny, but what I think about a M3 American Tank it's the Stewart. Guess it's from hours of a wasted youth reading stories about a Haunted Tank I have a few of those comic books now, chased them down a few years ago during a "nostalgia craving". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Awesome work, always enjoy looking at the detailing in military stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I have a few of those comic books now, chased them down a few years ago during a "nostalgia craving". If you're background is like mine ~age 13 or 14 your Mom convinced you to toss the 3' tall piles of 10 cent Comics you stopped reading and buying a couple of years prior because 12 cents just seemed like too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 If you're background is like mine ~age 13 or 14 your Mom convinced you to toss the 3' tall piles of 10 cent Comics you stopped reading and buying a couple of years prior because 12 cents just seemed like too much.Not my folks, but my own decision, when I reached that stupid age of "real men don't keep toys and comic books", so I pitched them all myself. Little did I know that years later I would grow to seriously regret that decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 I did in fact finish this one. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthsideous Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Not my folks, but my own decision, when I reached that stupid age of "real men don't keep toys and comic books", so I pitched them all myself. Little did I know that years later I would grow to seriously regret that decision. I think a lot of us went through that. My dad worked on a railway in the diesel shop, he'd bring home all the discarded horror comics that the night crew read on their breaks. One day my mom threw out a suitcase full of them. Nice work on the tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Thank you sir!A few years back I inherited a collection of Playboy magazines dating back to the mid 1970's.They are safely stored away at my place now waiting for the time to be placed where thay can be appreciated. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Wow! {The tank, not the magazines.} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Wow! {The tank, not the magazines.}Thank you sir!G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
花火 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Sir! this one looks great. I also made a Sherman before. I always think that the Sherman tank looks a little bit cute, I mean, its round shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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