[MOC] M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank

[Tommy Styrvoky]

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

This model has been quite a challenge, and also a lot of fun to see come together. I think this has to be the longest time I have spent working on a model so far, it took 3 months to develop it, and over a week it was converted into physical form with 15 Bricklink orders and about $400 of parts. At college, I have been currently very busy Organic Chemistry, and has had little time to edit and compose photos I took in August. Over the last 3 months I have worked on animating the digital model in blender, and working on the video. Finally today, after a week of intense studying for an Organic chemistry exam I was able to add the final touches and post it prior to my Thanksgiving break.

Enjoy.

More information about the model and film here.

 

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

This rendition of the Sherman is very close to being perfect, though with an overlay of blueprints, some minor changes could be made, by shifting the upper half of the hull backwards one stud, and maybe replace the tracks with custom four stud wide versions. I would like to potentially modify the design, and create a modular system for the Sherman, as I originally foresaw prior to creating my Sherman crab variant of the M4A2. This would include the both HVSS, and VVSS suspension options;The choice between the early D50878 turret with the 75mm gun, or 105mm howitzer. A modified D50878 turret bustle for the 17 pounder used on the firefly, or The late T23 turret with the 76mm gun, and modified mantlet for the M51 Super Sherman's 75mm gun. The ability to modify the hull between the long, welded hull, early welded hull, and cast hull could also be options, though designing a cast hull may prove to be a challenge. Potentially the option to change the front transmission housing could be an option, though for the early three part housing, the structure may prove to be difficult. Finally different powerplants could be chosen, though there will be some serious design challenges to make the 30 cylinder Chrysler muiltibank engine, and a continental radial engine fit. Though a Cummins V8 engine wouldn't be too difficult to make for the M51 Super Sherman. Though this may be a long term project, due to the complexity of some of the designs. This project has been fun to work on, and it taught me a lot about the differences between the Sherman variants design. I am proud to have made major changes to my old Sherman Crab's hull design, and maybe a potential option for the modular system would be to replace the space with drive motors for the Crab version, and for a pneumatic bulldozer version.

 

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Some scenes from the movie that were recreated.

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

Lego RC M4A2E8 FURY Sherman Tank by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

And an 8K image of the Tiger battle with Sariel's Tiger XL

This was quite a challenge, as I had to rotate the entire turret in Gimp, and replace all of the covered tiles with either renders, or copies of other parts from the photo. Though the end result was worth it. 

Lego FURY vs Tiger scene by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

 

 

Edited November 24, 2016 by Tommy Styrvoky

[Sariel]

Spendid Tommy, I'm glad my Tiger found some use and welcome, finally, to the world of DBG tanks ;)

[Thirdwigg]

Great job. The suspension looks great, and the details are terrific.

But I really want to know how you did on the O-Chem test.

[J_C]

why is the man behind machine-gun naked? (only joking) 

Model is excellent! Level of detail is amazing.

[Tommy Styrvoky]

15 minutes ago, J_C said:

why is the man behind machine-gun naked? (only joking) 

Model is excellent! Level of detail is amazing.

TLCB said the same thing, I struggled to find a better color for it, maybe using sand green, or dark tan. As you can see the color of the US tanker uniform is mostly light tan.

[J_C]

7 minutes ago, Tommy Styrvoky said:

TLCB said the same thing, I struggled to find a better color for it, maybe using sand green, or dark tan. As you can see the color of the US tanker uniform is mostly light tan.

good point about the uniform. I did not know. thanks for info. I would have assumed dark military green for uniform.

[Kelkschiz]

Top-notch model, suspension, detail, I love it. Also really appreciate the creativity and effort you put in making those composition photos :). Too bad we can't see your and Sariel's tank battle it out in a video. But we know who wins anyway rigth  

[Leonardo da Bricki]

Epic tank! The details are spot on, and I like the diagrams of the mechanical workings. Excellent work!

[brickless_kiwi]

Gorgeous Model Tommy, good luck for the exam!  

[Rishab N]

Fantastic model. You really nailed the details as well

[Paul Klop]

Very cool, looks very realistic! But how did you make the animations in the video? They are very nice!

[Lox Lego]

This build kinda makes me want to build a Tank. Very cool build and super detailed!

[Bricksonwheels]

Thats a very good build!

[Edwin Korstanje]

I love it Tommy.

[Tommy Styrvoky]

On 11/23/2016 at 8:28 PM, Thirdwigg said:

But I really want to know how you did on the O-Chem test.

Really good, my best so far, I got an 82%, and the class average was a 67%, and a high score of 96.5%. Its content was on alkenes, substitution (SN1, SN2), addition reactions ,elimination (E1,E2), enantiomers & diastereomers and a large plethora of other reaction mechanisms.

Edited December 5, 2016 by Tommy Styrvoky

[Tommy Styrvoky]

A LXF file of the model is now available on Rebrickable, http://www.rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-6562/TommyStyrvoky/m4a2e8-fury-sherman-tank/

I do also have a ldraw model if someone wants to make instructions from it, as I don't have the time with college to further break the model down into proper pdf instructions or renders. http://www.bricksafe.com/files/Tommy_styrvoky/m4a2e8-fury/M4A2E8 Fury.ldr

[jorgeopesi]

Awesome tank and video, for a track vehicles lover like me is always a pleasure to see your MOCs.

[AFOLegofan66]

awesome tank.....very well done!!