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| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:47 |  | | Views : 632 | | A few more details for the turret top. And yet a few more to go. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:46 |  | | Views : 643 | | Detail of the driver's hatch showing the periscope, hinge and spring. The spring is thin wire wrapped around a pin. Each hatch has 8 parts in addition to white glue to create the "bump" to allow headroom for the driver. Materials are solder, basswood, card stock, dowells and wire. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:43 |  | | Views : 631 | | More of the front end. The silver shape around the bow machine gun is solder. It represents the snapdown fixture for a canvas hood to protect the machine gun. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:41 |  | | Views : 637 | | Front showing the reshaped tranny cover. Other details include applique armour over the drive and ass. driver hoods. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 20-Jan-11 13:39 |  | | Views : 616 | | 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 : 657 | | 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 : 606 | | 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, |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 30-Nov-10 09:07 |  | | Views : 581 | | I reworked the engine grill. Cut out the old one and made a new one from stiff paper (one of my business cards) and very heavy guage guitar strings. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 24-Nov-10 08:53 |  | | Views : 651 | | The holes on the engine deck show where the fuel caps will go. I scored the deck lid with an Xacto knife and straight pin, but may redo it as it tore out some of the wood fibers and is not as neat as I would like. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 24-Nov-10 08:51 |  | | Views : 575 | | The white brads were used as the ventilator caps. The wood furniture buttons will be used for the fuel caps. Both were found in the crafts section of a hobby store. |
| Creosotewind | ACE M-4 Sherman Tank | Parked | 24-Nov-10 08:50 |  | | Views : 592 | | A bit closer detail. The extension boxes for the driver and assistant show this to be an earlier version of the Sherman. A revised front end made the tanks roomier and easier to manufacter. |
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