Sherman and Landing Craft

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Here we have my son’s (8.5 year old) most recent finished project - the vintage 1:76 Airfix landing craft and Sherman. Built completely out of the box, the only modification being to leave one side of the wheel house off to see inside.

90% of the kit build was his own work
60% of the painting was his own work - only because the landing craft was simply painted with rattle can grey primer by me and covers such a large area :joy: - all brush painting and weathering was his own work with supervision.
50% of the base was his own work, although my 50% contribution was as directed by him!

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Next up a shift in scale to 1:35 and the 1970s Tamiya Panzer IV D.

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Nice waves! Makes a good display for the vehicles.

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Thanks - the water was made using a solvent free clear sealant. My son had fun crafting it into realistic looking waves and then painting the tops of them.

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:+1: :+1:
:smiley: :canada:

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That rules! :star_struck::+1:

—mike

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Nice job. It is nice to see a father and son spend some quality time creating some nice models. I hooe this project motivates him to want to build more

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Looks really good! I love the waves. Realistic and catches your eye. Tell him “well done!” And keep assisting, he obviously knows what he’s doing but it’s good to have a hand. The jump to 1:35 will be fun.

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OUTSTANDING! Your son certainly has the talent for model building. This is better than I’ve seen from some adults at model shows. What a fantastic piece. Save this - it will be a blast to look at in 20 years, especially if he continues in the hobby.

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Really well done, wish I was that good at his age… or now :rofl:

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Really cool build and glad he is interested in the hobby … and that will hopefully get him interested in the Mil history side of things as well. Great work :+1:

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He loves visiting military museums including regimental museums. Good for boys days out when my wife takes my daughter shopping.

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I’ve swapped out the original photos for some better lit ones, just using a Google Pixel 7a phone camera

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I built that one as a kid way back when. I thought it was the greatest pairing ever from my ground forces and boxes of Airfix army men!

Great stuff! Yours’ turned out much nicer than the ones that I built… Paint? The Sherman was molded in green and LCM in gray… who needs paint, just add the decals!

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They’re still moulded in the same colours!!

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New shots are great, I like the head-on shot, it really shows the beachhead. Well done (model and pix).

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PRETTY DARN COOL. Nice to see a younger generation building. :grinning:

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Nicely done!

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I’d like to thank all of you who have taken the time to put kind comments. I showed them to my boy and he was delighted by the support - the fact it is from across the globe blew his mind!

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He did good. What’s his next project?

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Tamiya Panzer IV D - in early war brown and grey apparently

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