Let it not be said that Dave only makes German stuff!
This is my rendition of the famous Royal Scots Greys Sherman III, "Sheik". It features the DML Tarawa M4A2 kit, with Eduard sand skirts/fenders, a Resicast cupola and drivers hatch, and early M34 mantlet from the DML Sherman III kit and decals by Echelon and Bison. The figures are by Pegaso and Ultracast.
There is some degree of conjecture over the track type and the tranny cover (no frontal pics exist of Sheik that I know of), but many RSG Sherman III's had welded hoods / one piece tranny cover so I opted for those. Ditto the tracks. One common unit feature was the addition of half a cupola hatch welded in front of the drivers hood as extra armour.
Dennis Olivers' "British Sherman Tanks" provides a highly accurate side profile of Sheik and her spotty camouflage, which came in very useful.
As an aside, my model of Sheik is currently languishing in a box marked "for repair". I was transporting several models - including this one - from my modelling shed to the house through the garden on a tray. At the very instant that I said to myself "Hey - better not launch this lot into space, eh?" I tripped and sent the lot on what seemed to be a slow-motion parabola into space and then impacting onto the lawn, patio area, into plants, troughs, you name it. I almost wept, and for once, my wife felt some small measure of pity on me. Modellers --- feel my pain.....
Anyway, here's Sheik:
