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Armor/AFV: Allied - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Just added an italeri sherman recently finish
ekaufman
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 04:51 PM UTC
at last i created an album at the MSN site, first pictures are of my latest finished model
IDF Sherman M1
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:09 PM UTC
Looks terrific Eric!
Did you make the "cast effect" on the turret, or was it like that?
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:10 PM UTC
Nice texture!!! How did you do it?
ekaufman
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:31 PM UTC
I used liquid cement+stiff brush then a little sanding then mr surfacer 1000
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:32 PM UTC
How many applications of liquid cement did you apply before the plastic softened?

Gotta try that some time. Thanks!
ekaufman
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 05:42 PM UTC
Well, i guess it was ont or two, u think the trick is to let the glue sit for a while to let it work.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 06:50 PM UTC
Nice Sherman. Did you add the bars to the sides the ones with the little bolts on them where the fenders would be I saw them but did not remember them in kit. And who says that Italeri did not get this one right. I just got this kit also so thanks for look. And again nice sherman. (:-)
ekaufman
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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 07:12 PM UTC
only modification to the kit are:
added the bars with bolt holes to the sides.
replaced all the handels with wire
added cast texture to hull and turret
sanded the step in the barrel
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 04:47 PM UTC

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only modification to the kit are:
added the bars with bolt holes to the sides.
replaced all the handels with wire
added cast texture to hull and turret
sanded the step in the barrel


Do you have a template of this bar with bolt holes to the sides? What did you use to make it and how far apart are the bolt holes? Also what size are the bolt holes? Sorry about asking so many questions but this would be very handy to know and seems like it could be worth doing to other Shermans also. In fact any information you have would be appreciated. The kit cam out brilliantly, it really looks the part!
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Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 05:41 PM UTC
Very nice!
I never gave a thought to the plain old shermans in IDF roles. I always pictured the super shermans and variants in IDF use.
John
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Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:00 PM UTC

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Do you have a template of this bar with bolt holes to the sides? What did you use to make it and how far apart are the bolt holes? Also what size are the bolt holes? Sorry about asking so many questions but this would be very handy to know and seems like it could be worth doing to other Shermans also. In fact any information you have would be appreciated. The kit cam out brilliantly, it really looks the part!


I just eyeballed the measures, used a thin strip of evergreen and drilled it in equal spaces
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