For A Sherman V you will need to shave off the protruding bolt on the bottom of the the bogey. The CHrysler built M4A4 had a much neater (I believe) countersunk bolt here. Look at pictures of Fireflies and you will see what I mean (Disregard Restored Vehicles).
Al

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For A Sherman V you will need to shave off the protruding bolt on the bottom of the the bogey. The CHrysler built M4A4 had a much neater (I believe) countersunk bolt here. Look at pictures of Fireflies and you will see what I mean (Disregard Restored Vehicles).
Al

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After consulting the SON OF SHERMAN book, about the bottom bolts you are referring to, The early bogies had hexagon bolts in that position later they were changed to self locking nuts on later production versions.
The kit that I am building is the later M4A4 with the cast in cheek armor on the right side of the turret and without the so called pistol port. So these bogies are correct.

Pretty cool stuff, Don!

I'm not actually either much a Shermie fan nor very knowledgeable about the numerous variations and detail differences, so keep that in mind as I point at a detail opportunity on your bogies...

One thing I do know is that the central bogie mount block to which the swing arms and return roller/skid assembly are attached was a standardized casting designed to fit all bogie stations both sides of the hull. It was milled to be "universal": in particular, the return roller assembly bolted onto the rear side of of the block, using 4 big bolts. The block casting was drilled and tapped for bolts on both sides, with the return roller simply bolted where desired. This left a characteristic visible pattern of 4 empty bolt-holes on the front side of the mount.

Best I know, these un-used holes were simply left open....

So maybe drill those in and you can add a neat little historic visible detail without new parts or even scratch work!

Just an idea... And, sorta strange-seeming, to me, as while typically visible on about every vert-spring Shermie (the sort you are modeling) not all mudded-up, it is seldom done on Shermie builds, and not usually provided on kit parts by manufacturers...!

Just a thought and a suggestion for what it may be worth!

(PS: I did build a "Iwo Jima" Shermie back when... and only after getting it done did I discover this interesting detail that reflects the standardized assembly-line construction of this very, very common WWII tank! )

Cheers! Bob

Donald, in image 21 there is an object with PE that looks like an open tool box to me. Any idea what that is ?

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Donald, in image 21 there is an object with PE that looks like an open tool box to me. Any idea what that is ?

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It looks like it could be a tool box as to its location.
As for me the instructions said to stick it there, so I did.
Maby some of our Brit friends will know.
Regards.
Donald

There were actually six bolts attaching the return roller bracket, four on the end and two on the top of the bogie truck. One of the top two is covered by the skid but one is exposed - the return roller bracket will show where they go.