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Exhibitedbrute wrote:Teaching none. I’m asking for some. I will stick some photos up of where I have got to at some point. Not much more than that though I’m waiting for parts
This section is for sharing what tips and tricks YOU have.
It says so under Tips and Tricks
I'll move it to general questions.
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Did your commander's hatch come like that or did you fill the opening?
Did you change the barrel?
There is a proper 75mm turret available on eBay from Russia. Mine is a firefly turret from forgebear so the loader hatch has been filled in. Filler paint will take care of the outline when I can get some. But it does mean I will have to build the mantle for it like on the a2 above that my dad built for me
Son of a gun-ner wrote:Yes, those bogies do look good
May I ask where you got those conversions from Mr Exhibitedbrute?
Indeed you can mr gunner. I was going to print them my self but I then discovered that warren huddsen has them on shapeways. Though I find them expensive the plastic they print with is far tougher than any I have so all in all I’m in pressed.
When I do the other side I will post some more detailed photos so you can see the alterations needed if that helps
He also does the early wheels which I will buy rather than have my dad print. Again because the plastic they use is so much tougher
That is if I change the wheels because although many photos of the El Alamein a1 has the spoked wheels but one of the earliest a1 examples the tank museum have are pressed spoked wheels so I can only assume they used both. Factory dependant
According to some articles I have found the one they have at bovington is alleged to be one of 2 prototypes. It is claimed to still be in original condition apart from a lick of paint. It does seem to have a few prototype fittings such as it machine guns in the bow but the wheels are not what we expect to see on early a1s. That being said there are some a2s that where also used in the desert that seem to have the early spoked or pressed spoked. Some go as far as having both but I put that down to front line repairs
Well, you must be talking about Sherman Michael, that was the second one off of the production line. And the 75mm barrel it has today isn't the original one, the original barrel was the very short 75 with the counterweight. Like I said, you can't rely on museum pieces, the original photos of Michael taken during the war show some differences.
I do wonder why the barrel was changed, the tank never left England or saw battle.
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