Egyptian M4A2/A4 with AMX 13 Turret
The second of my two Shermans to start
the year 2006.
This project came to be when I started
my M51 build. Seeing as I was backdating the Academy kit to a Batch 1, I
figured what the heck, build an opponent for the Sinai Campaign.
This kitbash started life as a DML
Firefly Vc which donated the hull, suspension and tracks. Heller’s old AMX-13
kit provided the turret. The engine deck was swapped with a spare from the
Italeri kit to represent the M4A2/A4 configuration that the French had come up
with. The turret isn’t anywhere near today’s standard of model engineering but
with a little work it has all the right curves and angles. All other parts and
bits came from the spares bin.
I finished with Tamiya colours and
numerous washes of earth tones to give it a “veteran” look.
This is probably one of the strangest
Sherman combinations ever put together but an easy conversion to create.
References are not what I’d call abundant but the net does provide a couple of
survivors to give enough for the build.
Completed
Pictures
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