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FacebookI can be reached at: before the [at] sign: doug_shermans after the [at] sign: 172shermans [d0t] c0m New Items 8 April 2019 I am getting really sick of this. Spammers have once again gotten ahold of my email address and I am forced to change it. Again. How do I present my address here without it being scooped up by automated bots? Let's try this: before the [at] sign: doug_shermans after the [at] sign: 172shermans [d0t] c0m You all can figure that out, yes? 17 February 2019 Introducing Friendship Models! OK, so many of you probably are already aware of this company, but it has been a long time coming for me to add them to this website. My sincere apologies to Ian Hanratty (owner of Friendship Models) for taking so long. Friendship is an aftermarket company based in Scotland, and they market a line of small scale tanks, figures and accessories under the label of "Wee Friends". I have added as many of their products to the kit lists on this site as I can, but their catalog is constantly expanding, so it's hard to keep up. I will add reviews of several of their products that I own over the next couple of updates. Their website can be found at: www.friendshipmodels.org.uk (currently being updated). They are on eBay and Facebook as well, or you can contact them directly to request a product list (friendshipmodels(at)btinternet(d0t)com). For today, I actually have only a single new article. More are coming soon. Preview: UM M4A3E2 Jumbo Sherman 27 August 2018
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1 March 2018 Got a pile of new reference material for my birthday:
As a side note - these Tankograd Technical Manuals are outstanding books. The series includes volumes on a wide range of American equipment during WW II, including light tanks, half-tracks, artillery, and so on. I highly recommend them. 19 January 2018
5 January 2018 Today's update is all about machineguns.
4 January 2018 Well, that didn't last long. My email address is already compromised. Thus, here is a new one (let's see how long it lasts): dougc [at] 172shermans [d0t] c0m First update of the new year is not as large as I had hoped, but perhaps this is the new model for my updates: smaller but more frequent.
28 December 2017 Managed to slip in one more preview this year: 26 December 2017 I see that I began this year with a large site update, so it's only fitting to end the year the same way. I actually have many more items to preview, but I think this is all I can fit in before the end of the year. Look for another update early in 2018. I have reinstated my website email address: doug (at) 172shermans (dot) com I don't check messages very often, maybe once per week, so my replies may not be very prompt.
8 November 2017 After such a long break, I was hoping for a much more substantial update, but that was not to be. I have a couple articles underway, as well as three M4A2 builds (Furious II, Bohun, and Meir), so hopefully I'll get those completed in the coming months.
21 April 2017 Just a couple of quick updates.
21 March 2017 Catching up on Previews of some very old items.
9 March 2017 Article: Comparison of 75mm Gun Mounts 17 February 2017 Article: Evaluating M4A2 Engine Decks 17 January 2017 A big update today, a long time coming. The biggest change to the site is that it now includes the M3 Medium Tank and the Canadian Ram Tank. This is material that I've long wanted to add, and after much effort have finally made it a reality. For those of you who've asked for this information since the inception of this website, thanks much for your patience. As I mentioned months ago on my Facebook page, I have made a minor correction to the decals section for the Dragon M4A4 ST-QUENTIN markings. I had previously stated that the ST-QUENTIN markings were incorrect, because they lacked the "S", and instead read "T-QUENTIN". Well, if I only would have opened my eyes, I would have seen the missing "S" in the upper left corner of the decal sheet, mixed in with the markings for the Chinese tank. My apologies to Dragon for the false accusation of error.
29 September 2016 I was recently perusing the Archived What's New page (link at the bottom), and I find it funny that I used to apologize for a two-week delay in updating this site. Oh, happier times...
Coming Soon! - I will soon be adding to this website the M3 Medium Tank (Lee/Grant) and all its derivatives. Stay tuned. 21 April 2016 Small update tonight to get back into the swing of things.
8 April 2015 Thanks to Stephen Brezinski, we have a few new previews tonight for some items from a manufacturer previously unrepresented on this website, Friendship Models. I hope to soon add their entire catalog to the kit lists.
13 January 2015 Happy New Year! A couple of new previews this evening:
29 November 2014 Well... Not quite two years. I hope this update marks the beginning of the revival of this website, as I have a whole bunch of items to review that I've accumulated over the past years. But I make no promises. Some of you may have noticed that the email address I gave below no longer works; spammers got a hold of it so I had to change it again. For now, I am keeping my new email address private; not because I don't want to hear from you, but because I am not yet convinced that I am ready to resume regular updates to the site. So I don't want to receive a bunch of questions and contributions that I am unable to address at this time due to the time constraints imposed upon me by a toddler in the house... I do have a Facebook page set up for discussions related to 1/72nd scale Sherman modeling, and you can find me there. Search for "Modeling the Sherman Tank in 1/72nd Scale" and you'll find it.
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