Sherman M4a3 small hatch conversion..

[frankie]

Lol..thats going on my headstone Tom...

[frankie]

..I dont do "Rembrants" Canned, I leave that to the experts....although that m50 has changed into a 51 since youve had her...lol

[frankie]

...the jumbo was all filler and sanding..

[greengiant]

To bad you didn't have a FOV metal top available. I did mine with one and it took much less work to get where your going.

[frankie]

...I could have got a resin one as well..but I enjoy the scratchbuilding side of things..

[ALPHA]

You have to stick with what you do best Frank...scratchbuilding is definitely your Forte'.....Pros and Cons to that Fov Hull...though I really liked converting mine...there were some grounding problems ...and it's so nice you really don't want to cut into it ....the resin one...beh....I'll cut that baby any day What makes the FOV hull really attractive now is the availability of metal hulls...there is the Taigen and Mato now....so for those who like full metal tanks..
The long and the short of it is....If I had the stockpile of parts you have...I'd probably go the scratch built way too ...especially those small hatches


ALPHA

[frankie]

....to be honest you dont need a lot of extra parts, its more plasticard/filler..the only extra this will be getting is a Mato metal mantlet...

[ALPHA]

OH yeah...that Mantlet sure is nice ...Nicer than Nick's I think ....Did you ever figure out what those two flaps on either side of the gun were ...


ALPHA

[frankie]

I think theyre just like a shot deflector or something...I'm sure someone out there knows the answer...

[ALPHA]

I think theyre just like a shot deflector or something...I'm sure someone out there knows the answer...

Not sure anyone does ...Remember the convo on my build thread...man ..I think it went a few pages....I'm at the point where I think they were an afterthought of the designer...who thought the mantlet looked too plain

Now getting back to your build...if you don't have that on hand...does that mean a delay


ALPHA