Bolt Action: A Sherman for the Red Army

Because my US forces have enough heavy metal, this Sherman M4 will be added to my growing Soviet forces as lend-lease tank. The Soviet Army book offers a wide selection of foreign vehicles to add as lend-lease, the Sherman can be used as a medium tank like a T-34.

The tank is a plastic kit from Italeri in scale 1/56. The female tanker is from the Soviet range of Bad Squiddo. The lettering on the sides means "Victory". I used "Russian Green" from the Vallejo Model Air range mainly und build up lighter shades of it by throwing a little bit "White" in the mix. Weathering is done with chipping fluid, Vallejo pigments and some muddy grass paste from AK.