Revell (Matchbox) 1/76 Sherman Firefly **repaint** (by Kürşad Kaan Akkoyun)

Hello everyone,

I have started to combine the parts of M4 Sherman which is one of my favorites that belong to WW2 tank group. The model that I have is 1:72 scale. Revell's M4 Sherman kit is not a very detailed model. In addition to the tank, a bridge diaroma is available in the package.

When I first started to work on the model, unfortunately, I had been inexperienced about painting. I probably made a wrong choice and used just desert yellow to color the tank but afterwards I didn't want the tank to remain with that color. This is why, a few months later, I painted it once again.

This time, I firstly started to work on the bridge where the tank is positioned. I assumed that the bridge was constructed by brick and painted the structure into dark red while using brown for the soil ground. Then, I left the part to get dry. 

I washed the tank with light brown as it had been dyed with desert yellow formerly. I washed the bridge with the same brown. As a result, the frames of the bricks were filled with yellow. I painted the path and the parapet of the bridge into concrete grey.

 Actually, it had been a mistake to paint the tank into desert yellow at first. Since there was a bridge in the diaroma, why would people build it into a desert without water? Even so, I dusted the bridge with desert sand. I used dry brushing to highlight the details on the tank. I applied dust effect all over the tank.

This model had been on my mind for a while, soon I had the opportunity to fix it.

Happy modelling,

Kürşat Kaan Akkoyun...

Before...

W.I.P.

completed..

Thank you for sharing Kaan..
Erhan..