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| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:39 |  | | Views : 615 | | The front end. I had to reshape the transmission cover, as it wasn't round enough. I cut shapes out of card stock, glued on either side and filled with lightweight spackle. You can kind of see the original shape (wood) and the new shape (white). |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:37 |  | | Views : 670 | | More Sherman details. These are the left and right final drives. Each is basswood, dowell and card stock. 8 pieces in each one. Should be substantial enough to handle the strain of the tracks. |
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| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 30-Nov-10 09:13 |  | | Views : 655 | | The driver's hatches each have a "bump" toward their backs, I think to allow the driver a bit more headroom. I replicated that again with many layers of white glue. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 30-Nov-10 09:11 |  | | Views : 605 | | I had drilled holes anticipating using furniture plugs for the armored fuel caps. Instead I went with the brads, so I had to fill the holes. The fuel caps include the metal brad, two short pieces of 1/16" dowel and two strips of paper. Once assembled, each cap was coated with white glue to blend all the parts, |
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