Sherman M51; an accidental build.

tomhugill · Post by **tomhugill** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:03 am

So I got a bit cocky on eBay, put in what I thought would be a none winning bid early on and ended up with a bit of a bargain.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/tamiya-1-16-f ... true&rt=nc

Ok I thought I'll put it in a corner and leave it.

Then the same day these came up:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/76mm-turret-f ... true&rt=nc

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-Mato-1 ... true&rt=nc

I decided I wanted the M51 but if not I'd do an easy 8. Unfortunately he listed the easy 8 to finish first so I bought both!

I'll probably do a separate easy 8 build in the future.

cannedheat · Post by **cannedheat** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:31 am

well tom old chap ,good buy,s will envy you on this, my favourite ,

tomhugill · Post by **tomhugill** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:15 pm

Looking forward to this one! Will be starting it proper when I finish the tiger.

tomhugill · Post by **tomhugill** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:53 pm

So I didn't finish the tiger yet as I'm waiting for some tow ropes from Germany (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!). However the Sherman stuff came today so I made a start. Some minor mods to the hull and it fits like a glove! I'm going to have to buy some bits from Jason's store like recoil, flash and recoil stay but I can crack on with the fun stuff like the rear deck.

971wright · Post by **971wright** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:18 pm

HI Tom I thought you wanted a Firefly LOL .Look forward to seeing this at Hyde. Its about the only one I like with the Tamiya Suspension.

regards pete

tomhugill · Post by **tomhugill** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:29 pm

Should have her mechanically done quite quickly. The detail will take a bit longer! I'm still after a firefly. Another German tank will have to go first though!

TKcommander · Post by **TKcommander** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:35 pm

If your planning on using this hull .. would you not be better off cracking out the plasticard than cutting up a Tam hull for the guards?

tomhugill · Post by **tomhugill** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:40 pm

Your probably right Andy!

tomhugill · Post by **tomhugill** » Thu May 08, 2014 5:19 pm

My bits came from jasons store this morning, got the recoil, recoil bracket and a flash unit. Cracked open the turret and installed the bits. Also put the muzzle break together which is a bit tricky!

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Thu May 08, 2014 6:09 pm

Shermans, Shermans everywhere and not a shot to plink! ( with regards to Samuel Taylor Coleridge )
regards,
Painless

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