tamiya sherman with mato vvss

[BREL]

looks good paul

[septon]

heres the latest part i have put a skin of thin plasicard on the side of the hull to hide the hvss mounting holes


paul

[grim_marmazet]

Thats a great idea Paul. It would be excellent for adding missing detail like rivets or bolt heads.

Where did you get the resin gearbox covers behind the sprocket?

Cheers,
Rik

[septon]

well painted the lower hull looks much better now hope the tracks get here soon

paul

[FireflyKeith]

Looks great Paul i cant wait to see it with the tracks on either

Keith

[bowlman]

Hi Paul
Are you going to use the Mato sprockets or some aftermarket with metal tracks .

Jimmy

[Saxondog]

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The difference in suspensions on these two Shermans are what your modifying ? Just trying to further my Sherman knowledge Paul.

[Saxondog]

So here are my dumb QUESTIONS,First are these a result of improving the Sherman? Or does this represent two different manufacturers? Similar to our gun discussion last night about the different Gun calibers,and the field modified armor but this had to be a factory design change or difference? Sax

[grim_marmazet]

Its not a dumb question Blake, its all part of learning to speak 'Sherman'! lol

The first picture you showed is Vertical Volute Spring Suspension (VVSS). It was the original suspension system for the Sherman taken from the M3 Grant's and Lee's. It was fairly efficient, but suffered from narrow tracks and a higher profile.

The second picture shows the Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (HVSS) which was introduced very late in the war, in December 1944, on the first Easy 8 model Sherman. It could handle higher loads, and had wider tracks. It also was easier to maintain.

The HVSS Shermans showed up in very small numbers in the Second World War, but were far more common in Korea. Both suspensions were made by all manafacturers I believe. Just after mid '44 the started to swap to HVSS.

I hope that helps answer your question.

[septon]

thanks rik thats how i would have put it
jimmy i will be useing the mato plastic sprockets untill some some brings out metal ones

paul