The versatiliby of the KNC001 plastic sherman (1 Viewer)

[Guy]

Today I am posting the first pictures of my KNC001 conversion.
from a D-Day Sherman into a Sherman " CALLIOPE" belonging to the 40th Tank Battalion /14th Armored Division/ Germany March 1945 near the town of Obermodern.
Still a lot of work to do on the tank before putting it in its diorama: - work to do: more weathering, adding details, extra equipment, ammunition boxes and cylinders, Calliope rockets, filling up holes etc, etc ….
Guy

 

[Horus]

Very well done Guy :salute:: {bravo}}

Steve

 

[Guy]

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[cnq]

very very nice work. Looking forward to see the finished work.
Did you scratch build the rocket tubes or get it from kit ?

 

[99markss]

Terrific job! Looks like the Figarti version from long ago. Did you use ball point pen springs for the coils? Outstanding conversion.

 

[Guy]

very very nice work. Looking forward to see the finished work.
Did you scratch build the rocket tubes or get it from kit ?

Terrific job! Looks like the Figarti version from long ago. Did you use ball point pen springs for the coils? Outstanding conversion.

In the K&C collector issue N° 25 (2009)the article about my K&C dioramas mentions a quote of mine " Think twice before you throw anything away…. you might just need it sometime!"
So in my box of spare parts I have loads and loads of spare parts I gathered during my 60 years of diorama making. Here I used some Figarti and also some Monogram parts from a Screamin Mimi I built and converted decades ago. The still to add details such as ammunition boxes , cylinders, rockets and other equipment will all be scratch built. (Detail, most of the the markings on the tank are not decals, but are all hand painted )
Guy

 

[JPB]

Super!

 

[sfarrelly]

The tubes are off a Figarti Sherman which was converted back to a normal Sherman.