wayne - sweet job on the artillery piece, and fast too, wow!
Regarding the weather in June, there actually was a severe storm that began on the 19th, lasting three days (not sure the amount of rain it brought to the coastal areas). It created much destruction on the beaches, even destroying a MULBERRY harbor. Interesting theory has it that all that activity in English Channel brought it on: climate-ocean.com/.../7_4.html
There's also of course, the storm in early June that delayed the actual D-Day event.
Greg H - horch is looking good.
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Sherman Vc finally taking shape. After cutting the floor and attaching the front piece, replaced the lost detail with a thin strip of sheet plastic. Both upper and lower hulls had to be braced from inside to correct the wobbly shapes to the walls. This resin is not the type I'm use to. Very soft, and not very strong when thin - recycled product?
The back plate that over hangs the hull also had deformed edges. To achieve crisper corners, a thin strip was glued across the bottom, filled in, and then sanded.
The port hull side wall was still misbehaving, yawning inwards. Squadron putty to the rescue - this will take several sessions of building up and sanding.
A single thin sheet of plastic was used to cover the hollow sponson areas, and once that was sandwichd between the upper and lower hulll sections, I noticed the back plate wasn't parallel with the bottom hull. Another shim made of sprue, was strategically placed in the suspect corner, with a clamp holding it in place while the glue dried.
regards,
Jack