M551 Sheridan

The M551 Sheridan is a light tank of US design, first seeing service in the 1960s, where it played a prominent role in the jungles of Vietnam. A lengthy and fruitless replacement program saw the tank operate well into the ’90s, including the first Gulf War.

This model features thorough hollowing, drain holes, and careful support placement to ensure optimal print quality. Thought has been put into making the components easy to paint, and detail is deeply recessed and exaggerated to avoid being drowned in thick paint.

Included in this download are all the files you will need to print versions with and without Night Vision equipment, two different types of turret bustle; with or without print-in-place stowage, and some machineguns for the crew.

Files come in supported and unsupported formats.

These models are optimised for detail at 1/100 or 15mm scale on a resin printer, but they should scale up well too.

Printed dimensions of hull (excl. gunshields and tracks):
L 60.2 W 28.5 H 25 mm

Printer settings used for display models:

• Anycubic Photon Mono
• Opaque Grey Anycubic Resin
• 0.03mm layer height
• 1.4s exposure time
• 50s bottom exposure time
• 8 bottom layers
• lift speed: 0.9mm/s
• 8x Antialiasing
• Environment: 19-23C, 60-80% humidity

Slicer used:

Photon Workshop V2.1.23.RC8