Hello Russ,

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Man, talk about a blast from the past... I started over, back with page 1, just to get in the mood again.
This thread is so old, SK has gone to the great food bowl in the sky, we've moved, and I haven't built (or even started) a Sherman in well over a year.

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That begs the question, did it get you in the mood again? (lol) and yes this thread is so old that there's actually some new info on the web regarding the Grizzly, so I'm still tidying up and sorting out loose ends, that kinda thing, constant edits in the build log.

And there's nothing like a good old house move to cause chaos for a model maker that's for sure, you should do a build log here on old Armadrama, could do a Sherman, (I found some nice high quality pictures of a Sherman Grizzly that will get you in the mood for a Sherman, I'll post them in the build log at some point) or a Merk maybe, lots of new Merk kits at the mo you lucky sod


Matt

If you are talking about that round hole in the rear of the tank highlighted in the square??? That is where you insert the engine crank. Applies only to radial engined Shermans. If it has been a bit since the engine has been run you (and two or three of your best friends) will need to turn the engine over a number of times using the crank.

Engine oil will have accumulated in the lower cylinders of the radial and if you simply try to start the engine as-is you stand a fair chance of blowing the cylinder head off one or more of the lower pistons.

That is why you often see, in old movies, the flight crew of a B 17 or 24 doing the "propeller walk", using the propellers to turn the radial engines over to redistribute the engine oil before starting.

Easy8

Hello Easy, how's you these days? I was in my favourite model shop the other day, browsing the kits, and on the shelf was a Dragon M4A3E8 Thunderbolt kit, I looked at it with a wry smile and thought of you, I seem to remember you mentioning that you built one, years ago, logs on the side, then I remembered a Youtube vid of a guy building that kit, he nearly rage quit model making for good, so I left it on the shelf.

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I just fight with the bending moving plastic.

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First time I made a deck years ago with a little splash guard strip, I just fought with the bending moving plastic as well, after that I swore never again...


Matt

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I must admit to an addiction to the E8

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It's a good looking tank, mean and moody, and while on the subject of Tamiya's Easy Eight kits and build logs, I did some messing around work on a Tamiya M4A3E8 turret, it was going to be a build log, but I never got round to it, and decided it was probably better to concentrate on the Grizzly for a bit.



It's just a variation on the old M4A3E8 Thunderbolt additional armour theme, I wanted something that looked rough n ready, and bolted on, but I'm still undecided as to what to do with the hull.



Matt