Kenneth Osen
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I have been working on a small group of M4A3 75mm armed medium (Sherman) tanks for a collector friend using the Campaign Miniatures resin kit I developed while was still working at W. Britain. Now that I am retired I have the luxury of spending time building and refining these vehicle kits to a much higher standard of detail than was intended with the original release. The original thought was to make these easy to assemble and finish kits that would allow collectors to add more than one vehicle to a diorama marked for the same unit. I suppose I always felt that was the advantage of building and finishing your own vehicles, but I also understand that some folks just don’t have the time. I included a few photos of the vehicle as it would look if built as-is right out of the box. It really looks the part just with a nice paint job, and when used with figures and scenic accessories it fills an important gap in many WWII collections in 1/30th scale.
I also suspect that some may be intimidated trying to build and paint their own vehicle after seeing some of the excellent models routinely showing up on various modeling forums. But I think that with just basic modeling skills and a little practice almost anyone who wants to built a kit like this can get pretty nice results. I have been posting progress photos on my new Facebook page since retiring and moving to North Carolina and thought that some of you might be interested in seeing this build. I am weaving a story together that includes historical information combined with the techniques I am using during this project. I know that there are some very specific products now available for every possible step along the way, but I decided to proceed using fairly general products. I will try to post a new segment every few days, but for anyone that wishes to see everything to date feel free to visit my facebook page, Kenneth Osen The Gentleman Soldier.
I also suspect that some may be intimidated trying to build and paint their own vehicle after seeing some of the excellent models routinely showing up on various modeling forums. But I think that with just basic modeling skills and a little practice almost anyone who wants to built a kit like this can get pretty nice results. I have been posting progress photos on my new Facebook page since retiring and moving to North Carolina and thought that some of you might be interested in seeing this build. I am weaving a story together that includes historical information combined with the techniques I am using during this project. I know that there are some very specific products now available for every possible step along the way, but I decided to proceed using fairly general products. I will try to post a new segment every few days, but for anyone that wishes to see everything to date feel free to visit my facebook page, Kenneth Osen The Gentleman Soldier.
