Fixed my problem with the brush guards, thanks Robert. Rather than mess with the sodder I bent and made the frames by making the uprights first and then using CA for the longitudinal pieces.
Of course after I get this all done, there seems to be no evidence of this on Canadian Shermans and the evidence at all (on M4A4's) is sketchy. Ah well, I am better for the experience I guess. I endeavor to percivere.
Most of my detail work is finished and the upper and lower sections are joined and the whole thing is ready for paint. I noticed on the DML kit that the front end goes on a little sloppy and the upper half front has to be pushed into position and glued to the forward hull section. This left some gaps that needed to be filled and puts tension on the forward part of the hull that I'm not thrilled about. There were some pretty deep ejection pin marks on the reenforcement bands that needed to filled rather than scraped flush.
From the looks of it I will have to carve out the key ring on the underside of the turret and glue the turret on rather than use the usual key ring molded in. This is because if you look past the commander and down into the tank you'd see it. Pretty obvious.
The .50 cal in the Academy Allied and Axis AFV access. kit was a little clunkey. I carved the handles so they looked better, drilled the barrell and cleaned up some pretty heavy flash lines. I was hoping to find the new machine gun kit that was just released but they seemed to be the first thing to go at Atlanta. I'll make do with what I have. (There is a Canadian voice in my head that keeps saying "Let it go Mikey, let it go......")
After the paint comes (que dramatic music) the indy's......
Mike
Mike
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