And here are some pictures of weld lines on the Sherman turrets:

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And here are some pictures of weld lines on the Sherman turrets:

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Just for the record, these are not welds, but the seams between the two parts of the mould they are cast in.

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And here are some pictures of weld lines on the Sherman turrets:

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Just for the record, these are not welds, but the seams between the two parts of the mould they are cast in.

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Yep, you're right. I meant to mention that while typing but dinner was ready and so it left my train of thought. I was going to mention it's a cast line... not a weld line but since you broke the ice, there it is.

Several pictures of how it should look.

Thanks guys. I guess I knew that, err maybe not. In any case I'll sand the weld I put on down to make it more subtle.








~ Jeff

Quick update. The dozer assembly has been attached to the Sherman. The kit instructions were a bit vague but it wasn't too hard to figure out. I did have to trim down the dover arms so they would clear the drive sprockets and track.





I'll probably start weathering ans such on it in the next few days. This is to represent a post war Sherman being pressed into a reconstruction role, clearing roads. I'll cover the main gun and coaxial. I may just leave off the hull MG. I probably willleave off the 50cal as well. The longterm plan is to eventually have this vehicle in the act of clearing a street of rubble while people are milling around and such. I plan on including a Studebaker dump truck in as well.

Terry, that looks to be coming along nicely!

I went through both of those kits I just bought and found that the PTO must be one of the earlier kits as it only has one lower turret ring Not to worry though as I have the T-28 kit and it has two. I also took out all the extra parts from both kits so I have more options for my current builds here is a pic of the extras minus some road wheels(have not decided which ones too use with the kit yet) and one turret.

I also came across a web site that I am surprised I had not found or heard of before, so am posting a link in case I`m not the only one.

http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/index.html

Cheers Rob.

I finally got around to working on the front fenders for Hony Tonk. I decided to use the kit fenders. I modified the transmission cover so the fender would fit, removed the curved brass part from the fender, and scratched a replacement part for the area between the fender and transmission cover. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

A little more advances..... decals on!!!!

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Terry, that looks to be coming along nicely!

I went through both of those kits I just bought and found that the PTO must be one of the earlier kits as it only has one lower turret ring Not to worry though as I have the T-28 kit and it has two. I also took out all the extra parts from both kits so I have more options for my current builds here is a pic of the extras minus some road wheels(have not decided which ones too use with the kit yet) and one turret.

I also came across a web site that I am surprised I had not found or heard of before, so am posting a link in case I`m not the only one.

http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/index.html

Cheers Rob.

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Rob,

Have you contacted dragon care about getting the missing part? I read about a year and a half ago that they were supplying folks with those free of charge.

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Terry, that looks to be coming along nicely!

I went through both of those kits I just bought and found that the PTO must be one of the earlier kits as it only has one lower turret ring Not to worry though as I have the T-28 kit and it has two. I also took out all the extra parts from both kits so I have more options for my current builds here is a pic of the extras minus some road wheels(have not decided which ones too use with the kit yet) and one turret.

I also came across a web site that I am surprised I had not found or heard of before, so am posting a link in case I`m not the only one.

http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/index.html

Cheers Rob.

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Rob,

Have you contacted dragon care about getting the missing part? I read about a year and a half ago that they were supplying folks with those free of charge.

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Thanks Pedro!
I have it covered there are two lower turret rings in the T-28 kit with no turrets to go with them so no problems.

Cheers Rob.

Another update for ya'll!

I decided I didn't like the molded on handles on the boom so replaced them with brass. Had an extra set of AFV Club indy link track laying around so I decided to use them on this one. The seam on the end connectors of the kit tracks was pretty obvious, but then again so were the ejection marks all over the indy links! Prepping them turned into a 3 night ordeal, but I'm pleased with how they turned out. Then a few more details and I was ready to compress some air and propel some pigment! Base coat of Vallejo OD primer. Never used primer before, but learned my lesson on my M-16 that it takes a lot of coats of regular paint to cover a lot of brass. This is actually a decent approximation of OD in my opinion, but a little on the green side...I'll take care of that next installment. Thanks for looking!

Terry