Early m4a1

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Bit of work on the back end today folks.

Not really much to explain here as you can see it all
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Gentlemen I am told the mantlet is almost ready and will be available for standard hl recoil units or air soft as well as servo recoil units. Photo will be posted when I go and fetch mine
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The wait is over
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Looks good. Beats trying to carve it from stock plastic.

Might just need to take the edges off it to finish it off.
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Need a bit of a sand to reduce the print lines and the screws putting in but otherwise turret almost done
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Young man. Did you get this little vent with your hull?
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I did not mr gunner I cut it off and old Tamiya top I bought and cut the air ducts off some time back. It’s not exact but it looked a closer match than the turret vents.

I don’t really rate Tamiya as a whole but they are good for cutting bits from if you can get it cheap enough
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Ah, ok, thanks for that. At least I know there wasn't a part missing.
That part must come on a Tamiya Sherman sprue, I must check to see if I have them.
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Son of a gun-ner wrote:Ah, ok, thanks for that. At least I know there wasn't a part missing.
That part must come on a Tamiya Sherman sprue, I must check to see if I have them.
Nope. I cut it from the upper hull just behind the turret inside the flash guard
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Oh, are you talking about cutting this detail out of the hull (centre of picture).
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