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| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 17-May-11 14:48 |  | | Views : 727 | | More pieces added including bolts and places to store the tools. The tool brackets and the light guards are heavy card stock. The light guards were soaked in water to loosen the fibers and hold the shape. They later were "painted" with white glue to stiffen the shapes. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 17-May-11 14:46 |  | | Views : 661 | | Every tank needs tools. There are carved from wood. The shovel from a popsicle stick. The mattocks is two pieces. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 17-May-11 14:44 |  | | Views : 642 | | Applique armor on the hull side, and the revised turret machine gun port. Oh, and the turret hatch is also new. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 17-May-11 14:42 |  | | Views : 628 | | Details added to the tank include light guards made from card stock stiffened with white glue. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 16-Mar-11 14:43 |  | | Views : 761 | | All 6 are done. Now I just need to add them to the tank. Oh, and cut out the track. Should be fun. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 16-Mar-11 14:38 |  | | Views : 767 | | To the left is my first attempt. The "grill" was too heavy so I tried again. Each bogie has about 35 pieces when completed. |
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| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 16-Mar-11 14:34 |  | | Views : 623 | | Starting on the bogies for the Sherman. In the lower right is the kit part. They would have you add some 1/16" pieces to the front, drive a nail through each end piece, through the wheel and into the tank side. Not to realistic. The top two are the front and back, my solution. I couldn't figure out how to cut the compound shapes so I made them out of cut and folded paper. You can see the patterns |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 21-Feb-11 12:04 |  | | Views : 626 | | More details on the backside, including bolts on the return wheel gears and an access door for the engine. That may end up getting covered by a deflector shield that diesel powered Sherman tanks used to keep exhaust fumes from getting sucked back into the intake filters. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 21-Feb-11 12:02 |  | | Views : 606 | | The transmission cover at the front (left) has multiple bolts, as well as the rear return wheel bracket. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 21-Feb-11 12:01 |  | | Views : 635 | | I'm back after a brief pause. Spent time in Kennesaw Georgia at the National Battlefield. Very interesting site and history. Anyways, I found a company Vectorcut (www.vectorcut.com) who makes laser cut nuts, tools, building, etc. They perfectly fit the bill for some of the details I needed for the Sherman. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:50 |  | | Views : 660 | | Almost ready for action. Where are my tracks! |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:49 |  | | Views : 614 | | More of the engine deck. This deck shows that this model represents an M4-A2 diesel powered tank. Most diesel tanks were shipped to our allies, but the Marines used them at Tarawa and Okinowa. This one will be a Marine tank. |
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