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Replacing commanders copula

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:00 pm
by greengiant
After years of ignoring my Mato Sherman decided to upgrade the commanders copula which is not very well detailed itself as well turret top where it mounts.

Re: Replacing commanders copula

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:43 pm
by PainlessWolf
Good morning,
Nicely done revamp there, GreenGiant! Those old MATO Shermans have a lot to offer the Hobby. My own 'In The Mood' is one of my favorite runners.
regards,
Painless

Re: Replacing commanders copula

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:05 pm
by c.rainford73
Very nice work Mr Greengiant Always nice to see someone go the extra mile to get more accurate details and realism really well done

Re: Replacing commanders copula

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:04 pm
by greengiant
Now really want to redo the turret sides. Have one of Aguilars T23 turrets on my Tamiya Sherman that I changed to the small loaders hatch but the difference in the sides on the Mato especially forward of the hatches is to obvious. Looks more like the sides of a Jumbos turret. :haha:
Only thing I think will have to be changed is shorter turret half screws in that area before cutting the sides and reshaping them a bit to get more of an angle to them.
If the Mato was easier to open up !!! I would already be doing that. Will post pics of any progress I've made on that when I get around to doing it.
May be sooner then later as the more I look at it now the worse it looks compared to the real thing.