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42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:40 am
by dgsselkirk
Hey Guys,
Does anyone have info, detailed plans, pictures, line drawings, for the early Sherman III turret blanket box North Africa? The circled part...
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:09 am
by RobW
Is it a designed item or a local addition?
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:11 pm
by dgsselkirk
Was a pretty standard item for North Africa...
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:15 pm
by capt midnight
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:39 pm
by dgsselkirk
Thanks Bill. I too work with that site. I guess I just didn't go deep enough. Those will help with the dimensions for sure...
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:55 pm
by dgsselkirk
Actually, didn't work. The resolution is too low...
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:06 pm
by dgsselkirk
Yes, but the rez is still really low. Although it's good enough to get the measurements. I more interested to know the method of the closure. In some pics I've seen it almost looks like leather straps!!!
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 3:14 am
by dgsselkirk
Excellent pic son...
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:48 am
by capt midnight
Son of a gun-ner wrote:dgsselkirk wrote:Excellent pic son...
Thanks dad
Not easy to find pictures of the diagonal opening boxes, found plenty of one's with top lids with catches.
But for me, I got quite a bit from the searches, found north African Shermans with both early styles of bogies, so I can have an allied tank with readily available running gear and take the lazy rout
Sounds like a TotM entry for next month!
Bill
Re: 42 Sherman turret blanket box
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:03 pm
by RobW
Son of a gun-ner wrote:But for me, I got quite a bit from the searches, found north African Shermans with both early styles of bogies, so I can have an allied tank with readily available running gear and take the lazy rout
You mean M3 bogeys on Shermans? I'm fairly sure I've seen late M3's with M4 bogeys, and not just modern survivors.