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Andreas Grewin October 31, 2012

Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo “Cobra King” Completed!

Finished this one in the middle of the night just before C4-Open in Malmoe, Sweden. I managed to shrink the vinyl tracks with a hair drier while drying the weathering pigments. So I had no choice but to throw together some link by link tracks from AFV-Club I had lying around. That was fun… 🙂

Weathered extensively with AK-Interactive stuff and the snow is Tamiya Powdered Snow. For a final effect I painted on a lot of AK-Interactives wet effect for creating that slouchy and icy appearance.

I know that the pictures might look a bit hard, but I actually decreased the contrast a lot to make it more life like. So the contrast under the right lightning is quite extreme on this model 🙂

Also notice how the tank is front heavy!

Hope you like it!

Andreas Grewin October 16, 2012

Sherman Jumbo Update

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Update on my Jumbo. I belive the oils are done for now and time to move on to earth weathering with pigments and enamels. And after this, snow!

Andreas Grewin October 4, 2012

Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo Base Color

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I started of with quite a bad shade of green but managed to get a more Olive Drab feel to it with lots and lots of oils and filters. Now I only need to paint a couple of more things before the decals will be applied.

Andreas Grewin June 30, 2012

Tasca Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo

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I have finally completed the build of my “First in Bastogne” Sherman jumbo from Tasca. It features a lot of extras from several different companies. Next up: Primer!

Andreas Grewin November 28, 2011

At the workbench

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Just a quick teaser of what’s brewing. The King Cobra M4A3E2 Jumbo based on the model from Tasca. More updates on this build very soon.

Andreas Grewin November 20, 2011

References Part 1: Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo

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As I daily scavenge the web for references I thought that I might as well post my findings here.

This first part will be dedicated to the M4A3E2 Assault Tank – postwar nickname “Jumbo”/”Cobra King” – extra armour (including 4″ on front), vertical sided turret, but about 3-4 mph slower. Built with 75 mm gun but frequently re-armed by the using units with 76-mm guns.

Users: US, France (one vehicle)

A total of only 254 tanks was built.

A great website showcasing the restoration of the famous Cobra King can be found here.