Post by gary on May 22, 2015 22:48:46 GMT -5
Been a while since I last posted here 
Sorry.
Last year, I was lucky enough for my wife to buy me Resicast's M4A1 DD kit. It sat in the stash for a while until constant reminders from the wife as to whether I was going to build it saw it move to the workbench last month.
I'm not a huge fan of resin, I have to confess (give me PE any day!), so there was a certain amount of trepidation with the build. I ended up making a lot of changes due to the hull and turret being copied from an inaccurate original (possible an older DML kit) - especially the hull.
I had a Eduard (Tasca/Asuka) M4A1 kit in the stash so decided to use that along with Bronco T54E1 workable track links, an assortment of spare PE, brass rod and Evergreen styrene etc.
The flotation screen needed a fair bit of filler as it was designed around a larger hull, but nothing too major. I redid the nose and bow parts to include better detail. The .30 cal barrels are from Aber while RB Model provided the 75mm gun tube.
Some resin parts were rebuilt from scratch or replaced with brass rod/wire. A tricky build in places, but worth the extra effort IMHO. Painting will need to wait a while as we're due to move house in a few months but here are some pics in the meantime. Any comments on what I've missed or could be improved upon are welcomed...
For anyone wanting more details, you can see the full build blog here - www.plasticarmour.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=664
Gary
