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Dragon M4A3 build, help needed.

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Mortarman
I'm building the Dragon M4A3 75mm and upon surveying the kit, one of the most glaring issues is a lack of cast texture.

Does anyone have a technique for adding a good scale representation of this?
 
Mr. Surfacer is good for small stuff, but for a 1/6th scale model I think you will be disappointed with the results. I just don't think they are coarse enough. Personally I would kinda do it like John from East Coast Armory. Use some glazing putty, apply it unevenly in the area you want textured, and then sand it down to the texture you want. If you sand too much, you can just add some putty on top and sand again. Those little bottles of Mr. Surfacer aren't cheap either. The Tamiya putty mixed with glue method will give a rougher texture, but it does dry fast and on a big model it takes quite a bit of glue and putty to cover. On the Dragon Sherman you will be covering pretty much the entire turret and the transmission cover. That's a lot of area.
 
Actually the most glaring issue with this kit is the tracks. They are barely suitable for static display and definitely no good for RC use. The small retainer pins break off easily.
 
tankfan0720 said:
Actually the most glaring issue with this kit is the tracks. They are barely suitable for static display and definitely no good for RC use. The small retainer pins break off easily.
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I was curious about that, but I figured that was down the road. Have you built the kit?
If so, what did you do about the tracks?
Any one mod them in some manner to make them work or is replacement the only option?

Thank you for the info.
 
Yep I've built one and converted it to RC. Its possible to 3D print new tracks or modify the existing stock ones (for RC). It depends what you want to to do with it. You could replace the stock pins with nails or other pins. I used the Spyker tracks as I felt they were the best option for RC although not cheap ($700). That was before I had a 3D printer. Now I'd probably print my own, but that is also a major task. It builds into a very nice model - plastic is very nice and easy to work with.

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Bob
 
When I built mine a couple years ago I used glazing putty that I picked up at NAPA auto parts, a big tube only cost about $9 and there is more then enough to do the whole tank, it dries quickly and is very sandable because it's made for body shop service.
Since mine is just static I didn't worry about the track, good enough.
 
Leonard yes I think its here on 6th Army. Some of the earlier photos were hosted by Photobucket.

Sherman (Dragon) M4A3

Hello all, I enjoy this site and all the fantastic projects. I wanted to post some pix of my latest project. The Dragon M4A3. This is a fun kit. It has a lot of things not quite correct, but being plastic it is easy to modify and has really endless potential for detailing and improvement. I...
www.sixtharmygroup.com
 
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