Sherman Crab, 1:35

Jakko

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It’s done, after only about two years!

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I also hinted at making a crew. Here they are:

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They were inspired by one of my aunts reminiscing about how as a child, she used to play with the chains on the tank, banging them against it to make loud noise:

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And with some of its companions:

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They’re in a display case because they are currently in the Polderhuis museum:

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Very nicely done thanks for joining in and making this GB possible.
Two years isn't that long I had a ship for ten years and never finished it.
 

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Hi Jakko
Brilliant. I've seen a couple of models of a Sherman Flail tank at shows but none as good as this. The chains are superb. It deserves to be on show in a museum where I'm sure it will be appreciated.
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Excellent work. I can only agree with the others. Masterful.
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Jakko's Grandma and Grandpa looking on chains of machine :smiling3:

Well done Jakko! Superb!
 

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Thanks all!

Now for some specific replies …

Very nicely done thanks for joining in and making this GB possible.
Is this the first model that took part in two group builds? :smiling3:

Two years isn't that long I had a ship for ten years and never finished it.
Oh, same — I’ve got models 20+ years old that aren’t finished, but I still know exactly what I was going to do with them :smiling3:

Brilliant. I've seen a couple of models of a Sherman Flail tank at shows but none as good as this. The chains are superb.
They really make the model, I think. Without them it’s a decent enough model, with them it’s a much better one, if I say so myself.

It deserves to be on show in a museum where I'm sure it will be appreciated.
At the moment, it is in a museum :smiling3: Not sure about the appreciation, because I’ve already observed there that your average person has no idea whatsoever what goes into making something like this. Just before I put it into the display case this afternoon, I had to explain to someone what a model kit looks like unbuilt. Luckily, I had my iPad with me and could show photos of unbuilt kits, sprues etc.

Jakko's Grandma and Grandpa looking on chains of machine :smiling3:
They would actually be the age of my parents :smiling3: But like I said, inspired by the way my aunt (born 1943) used to play on and around the actual tank that I built this model of.
 

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Jakko, now some Netherlander Leopard 2 with addendums specially added for Ne Army please :smiling3:.
 
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I’ve been wanting for years to make one of the Leopard 2s that won the Canadian Army Trophy in the 1980s, with a Netherlands flag painted across the entire grille on the hull rear:

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But I have far too many other models I want to build too :smiling3:
 

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Looks great Jakko. They are in the right place as well because they are well worthy of display like that.
 

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Thanks :smiling3: In case anyone happens to be in the area: they’ll be there until mid-March.
 
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