1/35 M4 Sherman Bogie Detailing Guide : Tamiya /Asuka/ Meng

[@jerryvolpini7987]

The scourge of every Sherman modeler, EVER! Good job, spot on with your build and detailing 👍

[@longlance67]

cheers mate, its such a prominent aspect to the Sherman and your totally right its such mind numbing exercise to go all out, but hopefully it will just give people some ideas on what they can add to their own

[@johnstimitz2629]

Hey Shane! At the 7:50 mark, you asked what the two small details are on top of the suspension unit are. They are tensioning bolts for the Volute springs.

[@longlance67]

haha I knew you would come through with the answer! Thanks mate! That's very cool I really love the thought the designers put into engineering the real bogies!

[@ctscalemodellinguk]

Lot of techniques and extras to think about. Liked the Sherman reference photos explaining the actual construction ie no seams. Another level of modelling. Cheers.

[@longlance67]

Cheers mate, these are fun little projects for me, I don't always super detail my Shermans but I thought it would be cool to share little chapters of detailing for people so can pick and choose what detailing they want to add or not :)

[@ctscalemodellinguk]

@@longlance67 it certainly opens up some ideas of how people can evolve their skill level and kits. 👍

[@robbo1068]

Thanks, Shane....it's always good to have a detailed focus on parts of a build. Great job on those bogies.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! really glad that this video is proving useful as I feared it would be a little boring for everyone!

[@brucethemodelnoob]

Some really easy tips to take the bogies to the next level. Thanks for sharing!

[@longlance67]

Cheers mate, super glad you found it useful!

[@reconranger1370]

Nice video. I've built several Tasca Shermans and I didn't know about some of the features of the bogies until I watched this video. So thanks!

[@longlance67]

that's awesome! I'm really glad the video shed some light on some details of the bogies as I always felt they were pretty clever little bits of engineering and very cool lol

[@Emtbtoday]

I'm building the 1c firefly just nownive just added the mud scrappers tonthe fronts for the front and rear boggies, I had some left out the m32b1 kit but were to thick so copied them to thinner sheet card and aster the strengthen bars! Definitely looks a different bit of detail I've never seen on a sherman build before!

[@longlance67]

nice work! I've never tried to create my own skids for my bogies so that is very impressive!

[@OzzysScaleModelerSecret]

Nice pimping up the good old Shermy :) That adds a lot details extra . Keep on the good work there mate . Stay healthy and safe mate

[@longlance67]

cheers mate! stay safe too bud!

[@Widthatnut]

Thanks for the references of the Meng nuts !

[@longlance67]

No problem!

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Interesting techniques! I think these details would really shine in a diorama of mechanics changing/fixing the suspension.

[@longlance67]

Especially now that we are getting more Allied M3/M4s with interiors and recovery vehicles to round things out, workshop dios would make for great centerpieces to any collection

[@Panzermeister36]

Great tutorial! I am enjoying following your detail improvements for Shermans lately. I am working on an M10 now so these will be useful! Take care Shane :)

[@longlance67]

Thanks Evan! I hope your keeping safe over there mate :) Oh nice! I am really looking forward to seeing any progress you share with the M10 as no doubt its gonna look awesome! I'm hoping to have more videos added to this series in the next weeks

[@darson100]

Looking forward to watching this one of course, but when are we going to see the last part of the M8 build Shane?

[@longlance67]

It will live when its ready, another two weeks most likely

[@donfrandsen7778]

Right on buddy Cool video as usual Thank you for posting it !!!

[@longlance67]

cheers mate! really glad you enjoyed it bud!

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

I've never built a Sherman, and seeing what is involved with these boogies...well...I'm just lazy! Nice work on the model and good video. Cheers, Mate!

[@longlance67]

cheers mate, honestly the only detail you really need to add is the bolt holes to the blank face of the bogie, and even then its only if such things are a bother, then again a photo etch magician as yourself would sail through it lol

[@archerry6457]

Ryefield ones are crazy. Started over a year ago and what with the tracks too, I kinda just dip in and out of it...

[@longlance67]

@@archerry6457 those are all multi part indie tracks ?

[@archerry6457]

@@longlance67 yeah, I think that's what you'd call them. Bastard tracks for short? I dunno... Edit: great kit though, to be fair. Too good for me!! 😂

[@longlance67]

@@archerry6457 I have their full interior E8 in the stash one day I will work up the courage to build a cut away model of it lol

[@13bravo72]

Excellent video! 👍👍👍I'll follow your guide there. The tiny tiny bolts on the sprue are for the rivets located on the inner rim of the roadwheels. I rarely use them as they are a pain in the butt to remove and cause me to use some quite 'colorful language.'🤬😉 Sometimes I'll make my own, and install them. But they are still quite tedious to put on. There are also some aftermarket offerings of the pressed roadwheels that have this detail on them, such as Miniart.😏 Idea, for another chapter on 'Pimp my Sherman', you should do a segment on Sherman communication antennas on the American version. Apparently they were segmented multipiece lengths with color codes for easier construction for the crews.

[@longlance67]

cheers mate! Its funny you should mention Antenna masts and mounts as its in the works! I'm planning for it be either in Vol.3 or 4 as I might do a video on creating cast textures for hulls and turret first. Not too sure yet as the antenna masts are pretty iconic on US tanks and is a fun little project in itself. As the segments they were in about 3feet masts in 5 segments. Normally not all segments were used with 3 mast segments being the norm. They were indeed color coded per connect socket ensure the right segments were being used as they tapered in end segment. I've kinda gone the antenna rabbit hole as US WW2 radio setups are very cool lol

[@scottmccloud9029]

That's pretty cool. I always just put a bunch of mud all over the bogies.

[@longlance67]

I tend to do the same most of the time too lol

[@scottmccloud9029]

@@longlance67 Great minds think alike. I learned something too. For that I appreciate your work and your video. Thank you.

[@rrl4245]

Sean, how do you remove those nuts & bolts from the sheet? I haven't found a satisfactory method, yet. Thanks, Ralph

[@rrl4245]

Oh, Hell! Just after I hit Enter, you showed how you do it... Thanks

[@longlance67]

no worries mate lol, best thing is either a fresh hobby blade or razor blade and keep constant steady pressure while cutting and you should be good to go!

[@rrl4245]

@@longlance67 Thanks

[@epicforger12345]

Once they are glued on how are you going to paint the rubber on the wheels

[@longlance67]

I don't glue the wheels to their axles so they can free spin, also leave my bogies off as sperate subassemblies for ease off painting and just paint all the details in place

[@DHScaleModels]

Very cool

[@longlance67]

thanks mate!

[@foreverplastickits138]

*A lot of scratch and sanding but the result is very good!*

[@longlance67]

A little work but totally worth it if you were looking to go all out in a build

[@robin1831]

👍👍👍

[@mauserkk98]

Just need the rest of the tank to show them off .

[@longlance67]

don't worry mate, I have 15 M4's to choose from lol

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

nice video but a lot of it was slightly out of focus.

[@longlance67]

sorry dude my camera does that to me every now and then