pyrman Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 Jusy a few pics of the Marine Sherman in progress. Adding the cast in cheek armor on the turret was the most work, followed by adding the raised weld beads on the hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 I hate having to add weld beads. I am getting better at it though. Looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bun E. Carlos Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Greg...........AWESOME!!!! What size are the side strips???? The cheeks look good too! Are you going to have the stacks going the same direction???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bun E. Carlos Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrman Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Jack & Mark, thanks for the comments. Mark, the weld beads are more time consuming than anything. This is the first Sherman I've taken the time to detail- I took a break of over a year after spending nearly 10-days just building up and sanding the cast-in cheek armor. Jack, nice M4A2. I make the weld beads from .010 x .020 Evergreen strips. The sand skirt mounting strips are .010 x .080 strips (Evergreen 104.) The rear fender/mud guard mounts are .100 angle (Evergreen 293).) I actually found a local early M4A3 and measured the mounting strip lengths and the distance between the mounting holes. I'm planning on only adding the lower section of the rear stack - the 6th Tank Bn was landed by LST/LCM direct to shore on Okinawa. The USMC 6th Tank Sherman crews welded spare track links to the front, sides and turrets during the campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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