Figured i'd do a build log, but sadly i have no pics (yet). I have already started this kit, and i finished its assembly and finished painting/wheathering the interior. The kit's rubber band tracks were a real disapointment- too narrow, stiff, and did not fit well at all. To remedy this, i purchased and assembled AFV Club's workable tracks. However, the sprokets were to narrow, to i installed some styrene spacers.

So where i stand now is with an M10 with its interior painted. I have yet to paint the turret interior. Now for my question- stowage. Is it best to paint the vehicle, add the stowaye, and then paint the stowage, or add the stowage, paint the vehicle, then paint the stowage? or paint the stowage and add it to the painted vehicle?

Pics tomarrow!

An added update- Sorry for the lack of pics. My dad is the one who takes the pictures, and as usuall, Christmas hub-bub and work intervined. However, today i worked my way into the spray-room and painted the turret's interior Lifecolor Olive Drab lightenned with a nick of Lifecolor Faded Olive Drab Type One. Suposedly, my dad is free tomarrow- maybe we'll see some pics.

All the best and happy holidays.

i like to see those pics Jon, i'm currently working on the M-10 Duckbill by Academy, your right the tracks r really stiff, i'll post some pics of my build after christmas, once my home PC is repaired, coz at the mo i'm stuck to posting on my works internet cafe, and for security reasons were not allowed to download or upload anything but will post soon cheers Ant.

Ant, i highly recomend you place those tracks in the trash- it is the only place they belong. Anyway, as promised, here are some pics of what i got so far. Theres still much tweaking to be done, but the interior of the hull and turret are done. If anyone is interested, i will go into details. On to the pics!

Looking good so far, but just a couple of suggestions. The Thompson amgs on the back turret wall would look better being a gunmetal/ greyish colour and the ready ammo in the turret should have the war heads a little longer (less brass). As for the tracks, I used them on another Sherman project with no problems.

Hope this helps out.

Doug

Doug- Thanks for your interest and your suggestions. I had no idea those were thomson mags! i will fix them soon. Unfortunatly, my shells are already glued to the turret wall, and i decided to leave them be, as the risk for a slpadash job and ruining the whole thing is just to high. Once again, thanks for the interests

All the best and a happy holidays

P.S. I'm glad to hear your tracks worked fine. It was not so much the stiffness that got to me, as it was the length. AFV club tracks are the easiest way to do all tracks IMHO.

hi Jon did the afv tracks go on with ease, how big of a spacer did you need coz i read somewhere it's about 1mm? does that sound about right. keep up the good work

The AFV tracks went on real well. Its the easiest way to do tracks on a Sherman chassis because the tracks have to be "pulled" together in order to get that tight look. The AFV tracks will not come appart. I do not remember the exact measurement, certainly bigger than one mm. I will post it as soon as i can

sorry for the late reply, ive been a bit busy

hope you understand, Jon

You're interior is looking nice! Especially the grenades look cool.

Lars

Its coming around really nicely. Willbe looking forward to seeing it painted.

Darryl

Way to go Jon, your interior's looking great! Nice color for the faded olive drab, looks perfect.

Keep at it! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers -

Tim

thanx for the reply jon, the M-10's coming on nice can't wait to see more.