centurion part 4 foto

[Saxondog]

Photos are fine,to bad about the hatch scale issue.Coud you not place another piece on top of the exsisting front plate but at a shallower angle,this will increase the length some and might be enough for the hatch issue if you scale them down just a bit.Good luck Blake

[Matdragon]

hi nice work mate, cant wait to see it

ive merged the topics together into this build one..

cheers,

Matt

[Plastic scouser]

Looking good Micky Keep the pics coming

Cheers Ian

[fleshpedler]

Nice one Mike it,s coming together just great., it will be good to see it at Lutton ,next month..looks like you are now becoming the master..
Fleshy...............how do like the old sherman rebuild?...

[mickyb]

Hi guys

Heres a couple of fotos for you....

Having started this build, I am now well aware of the skills that Fleshy and Oztruck have. Patience and an endless supply of Stanley knife blades are just a couple of the tools needed....I am learning very quickly

If you havent looked at Fleshy's Tamiya Sherman Firefly conversion you should. It is absolutely amazing. The work and skill needed to make that change from standard Sherman to Firefly is just outstanding.

On the last post, I explained that the donor tank was a bit short for the Cent to be true scale, so I had shortened the front and decided to leave the driver's hatch off. Blake offered a suggestion that I try and extend the deck in front of the turret and make a slightly smaller hatch.... that way at least all the fittings were there.

Well this evening I decided to give Blake's idea a go. It has worked out just fine so thanks Blake, I can now fit a hatch. I did not think it would look rite with the front armour at a steeper angle. but it doesn't look wrong after all.

The exhausts have been a problem. I have not been able to bend the plasticard into the exhaust box shape without distorting it, so I gave up on the plasticard and made a pair of exhausts from scrap pieces of wood.

Now for the deck fittings. I am dreading the turret, lots of cutting and filling.

Does anyone want dimensions of the deck, or any info that is not shown in the fotos????

Mike

[fv432]

wow mick that is outstanding work i hope your planning on bringing it to swindon in sept?

[mickyb]

Hi,

many thanks for the comments. I realy appreciate everyone's interest in the conversion, and hope that it continues as well as it has to date, if not I will be offering a large pile of tank parts for sale...

Yup I will certainly be at the meet in April and will bring it along. I hope that it will be in a reasonable shape by then

have a good week

Mike

[fleshpedler]

Mike you will make me blush, and thanks for the plug, your cents coming along nicely, love the mufflers and as you said you could not do it in plastic then ,the wood was first class idea..keep this up.. look forward to the next step..................
Fleshy........................

[fv432]

yep cant wait to see more

[Saxondog]

I am looking forward to this project,wood was a good idea.Keep the pictures coming.Blake