Sherman M4(105)

[DRAGONWAGON]

Dan,

I've degreased my lower hull using Isopropyl alcohol, then roughed it up with a glassfibre pen, a layer of Vallejo putty and when dry a coat of Mr Surfacer 1000. I've tested the weld by gently trying to warp the hull, no problems, so I'm quite satisfied with the bonding characteristics of this putty....

John.

[X82d Pathfinder]

John:
Thank you. I was concerned with it's bonding characteristics. I use 91 Isopropyl alcohol as well. It's a great degreaser and has many practical applications like removing price adhesive residue. Thanks again. Your build is going quite well. You're right about research. It pays dividends. I hate doing things twice. I presume you're going to add a recoil function. Did you buy an MF 03 from the Pershing to do so? I understood the MF03 was compatable with the T 05 DMD from the sherman. I am installing my electronics and having an issue.
-Dan

[DRAGONWAGON]

Dan,

I'm not going for the recoil function, as stated before, I'm very new to this branch of modelling, so all the electronics is quite scaring for me. I will build this one, as for the electronics, out of the box.
To be hounest, I'm more concerned about the detail on the outside of this model, but that's a leftover from my 1:35 side of this hobby....LOL.
BTW, if you need any form of reference on your Firefly build, let me know, I have tons of reference material on my HD.....

Grtz, John.

[DRAGONWAGON]

And I had some time again today, thanks to the glorious Dutch summer....NOT!!











Thanks for looking, John.

[DRAGONWAGON]

Finished and placed the track adjusters:





Slowly but surely the Sherman is getting into shape.....John.

[X82d Pathfinder]

John:
Did you take a look at the Mato idlers I converted? Tamiya got the adjusters completely wrong. This is a vast improvement from stock.

-Dan

[DRAGONWAGON]

Dan,

I've read your topic back and forth! So I did see the Mato idlers you did a facelift on. After inspecting the Tamiya idler mounts, I've concluded that there's a lot of work coming up!! Thanks for the heads-up...

Grtz, John.

[DRAGONWAGON]

Today I started to play with my Evergreen stock. I've noticed that the engines internal fire extinguisher was missing in action at the Tamiya model. Took some measurements, re-calculated them to 1:16 scale and started fooling around. Here's the result so far:







Hope you like it! John.

[DRAGONWAGON]

And the work continues:







John.

[X82d Pathfinder]

John:

Great work. Tamiya's hull leaves a lot to be desired, doesn't it? I ordered the Plastistruct letters and numbers and all three versions of the foundery marks and numbers.
I had never seen them applied. You sold me on them.

-Dan