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Offline Rod The Fixer

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Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« on: May 17, 2022, 06:04:34 PM »
Hi all,
I'm starting to assemble this RFM kit:

by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr

to make this Sherman of the 35th Battalion, 4th Armored division which operated near Bastogne on 1945:

IMG_0021 by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr

I found only this  picture about this specific tank:

http://www.worldwar2facts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/4th-Armored-Division-M4-Sherman-medium-tank.jpg

Source: http://www.worldwar2facts.org/

any further help to find other pictures ... would be greatly appreciated 🙂
A quick look inside the box:


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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2022, 06:04:53 PM »
First steps ...


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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2022, 01:25:17 AM »
ower hull assembled ...


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Fitting test ...


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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2022, 08:50:43 AM »
My armour-building self-confidence is feeling nervous, again! :icon_crap:
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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2022, 09:46:54 AM »
It looks like a fun kit - the build is coming along nicely. The tracks look nightmare inducing.
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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2022, 04:52:24 AM »
Interior, first layer of paint


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Engine before the weathering ...


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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2022, 01:37:03 AM »
Engine weathered


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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2022, 03:34:20 PM »
Engine clean one day, weathered the next! :icon_surprised:

It'd take me a week to get from clean to used, & it'd be only a fraction as well done as this! :icon_crap:

Nice work, Rod! :smiley:
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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2022, 02:50:55 AM »
The engine looks great! You can almost smell the grease.
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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2022, 12:28:34 AM »
Interior improvement ...


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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2022, 02:26:33 AM »
Looking good Rodolfo  :smiley:
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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2022, 02:52:40 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2022, 03:15:32 AM »
Looking good! How does the RFM kit compared to the (larger) Miniart Tiran?
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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2022, 03:22:16 AM »
Interior completed ...


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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2022, 03:32:26 AM »
Quote from: Frank3k on June 12, 2022, 03:15:32 AM
Looking good! How does the RFM kit compared to the (larger) Miniart Tiran?

IMHO the RFM assembling process is less complicated then Miniart but the mold is less accurate, a lot of imperfection and the extraction pins is almost everywhere ...

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Re: Sherman M4A3E8 - 4th Armored division - Bastogne 1945 - RFM 1:35
« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2022, 03:33:06 PM »
Strewth! How good can it get? 8)
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