Hey Guys !
Here is where I'm at with Oddball's Sherman
(BTW: I'm also posting progress over on the Sherman Campaign Thread, even though the build is for this Campaign - The Shermaholics there may like it
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** Basic (pre worked) welds on the upper hull. I'll mark the beads in the next few days and drill drainage holes.
** Formations Late Single Piece Cast Transmission used to replace the kit Transmission.
** Upper hull attached to the lower Hull.
** Formations Armored Exhaust deflector added, including Turnbuckles and styrene Filler plates (I scratched these instead of using the resin ones).
** Formations Sponson filler plates used to fill those big holes under the sponsons
** Bogies assembled with Formations wheels sets and skids.
Now Oddballs Sherman is indeed an 'Odd' Beast. There is a scene in the movie during the fight at the railroad tunnel where the tank rolls past the camera and you can see all the wheels on the left side of the tank. On that side alone there are both the smooth dish and the welded mixed in with three or four of the spoked stamped. wheels.
From front to rear on the left I came up with :
Spoked stamped, dished, dished, welded, spoked stamped, spoked stamped.
So that is what I have done on that side. The Right side is slightly different
Some progress pics (the bogies are 'tacked on' with Blu-Tac) :
'Woof, Woof '
Paul
