painting Sherman tanks

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:02 pm

I`d like to know if there are any painted Shermans on this board that I can see and get some Ideas on? I`ve order another batch of Sherman V and I have been practicing on drilling out hatches etc with my old set and I need to practice painting. What colors did we(Canucks) use. I know the Brits used bronze olive or something else. Did we use olive drab or green or was there a mix match in units. I`m ex Fort Garry Horse and the book I`m looking at is black and white. Also I`v ordered Ram Kanagroos for my Canuck infantry. Are the vehicles same as the Shermans?

tstockton · Post by **tstockton** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:19 pm

Wayne,

One of the best on-line references I've found is ARMOURED ACORN - The Canadian Armour Website. You can find it by clicking here:

http://www.armouredacorn.com/index.html

As for Shermans... a little less than a month ago, I finished up a pack of US-90 M4A1 cast hull Shermans; I posted the pictures on the "Show us yer stuff" thread -- ummm, about page 68 or 69. They're not Canadian... but they are Shermans.

One other note... among the Canadians who are "regulars" here are cama and Ritter -- they will probably have more info that you might be looking for.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Tom Stockton

Gort · Post by **Gort** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:40 pm

Wayne

Go to http://milifax2003.tripod.com/home03.html for detailed info on canadian cammo colours and patterns.

regards

Steve

Mk 1 · Post by **Mk 1** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:48 pm

Another site you may want to look at is Maple Leaf Up: www.mapleleafup.org

It is a very inspirational site on Canada's contribution to WW2. The site master, Geoff Winnington-Ball, is a very personable fellow and will surely help you out if you approach him respectfully, or you can ask directly on the site's discussion forum, where he keeps a fairly active hand. Also often seen on his forum is Hanno Spoelstra, an acknowledged expert on Shermans who maintains and publishes the Sherman Register (listing by serial number of all known Shermans worldwide).

Just tell Geoff Mk1 sent you.

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:54 am

There are soooo many colors that could be used that this defies a simple answer.

My 2 cents worth - you can approach the subject of painting your unit in two ways:

1. Model the tanks after a specific time/unit. This is the most time-comsuming choice as you will want to gather as much info on the subject as possible. This may be as specific as you like; 2-tone field applied camo of the 3 Rivers regiment Shermans in Ortona, Italy, etc...

2. Model the tanks using generally accepted colors for vehicle type. This would be Khaki Drab/Olive Drab (pick a shade - UK/Canadian vehicles tended to be lighter shade earlier in the war more to the Khaki side and a darker shade of OD in '45 but there are no wrong answers here - Early war lend-lease Sherman were done in Dark O/D and late war Fireflys were mostly Khaki green drab.

Good Luck and dont forget to 'scale' your colors!

Troy

dougeagle · Post by **dougeagle** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:27 am

Being that this is in the 6mm scale, I didn't go all out in the detail or precise color shade like what Ritter uses (no offense there Ritter- you do awesome work), thus I just went with a primer coat of GW black primer, then airbrushed Model Master Acrylic Dark Green, then gave it a black wash (thinned down black paint) let that dry then dry brushed some Vallejo Green Grey to bring out the raised edges.

To me, they look great as they are for gaming purposes, but if you really want to know more, check out Ritter's site. I'm sure that others can offer more insight as well.

Hope that helps