ARMOR---SHERMAN FAMILY GROUP BUILD---8/22/05---1/22/06

Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 11:58 AM

lazy...........

looking good jeff!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 12:53 PM

Thanks Tankergeoff!! You donkey!!!

Alright I am finished!! The Sherman is off at the paint shop. I should have some more photos by the end of the day. I just put the primer coat on. Next will be the OD and then to the tracks.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 7:17 PM

lookin good smokinprice the Lee has been delayed by themarder III

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 9:31 PM

ddayomaha thanks. Nothing wrong with being delayed!! I love the Marder III. I am currently building a 234/1. So when I dont work on it, I have been working on the Sherman.

To all,

Here is tonight's progress. I still have a lot of detail work to do but everything is on minus the fenders and tracks. They should be done tomorrow. I did test fit the tracks and of course they are a wee bit short. Dont know what I am going to do yet. Well here it is.

Hope everyone is doing great!

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 9:32 PM

I should mention that a few small pieces either broke or flew off into never never land. Mainly two head lights. Oh well.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:56 AM

Ahh how the 21st century modeler has been plagued by sprue flinging

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:38 AM

Well here is my progress thus far. The tracks are on, a little bit of weatehring ahs been done and just needs a tad more weathering to be completed. Hopefully you can see the weathering around the hatches and turret.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:43 PM

wish to be in with the Tamiya M3 Lee MK I same chasis than sherman but poorest performance than sherman

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:05 PM

Sure Panzer I'll add you to the list

Lookin good smokinprice

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:18 PM

Thanks ddayomaha

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:34 PM

jeff, it's looking good buddy! i'll have another pic up tonight all...

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:56 PM

Thanks tankergeoff

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:39 PM

heres my latest progress shot...... 3 GB's going on so i'm trying to even my time up

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 6:37 AM

Tankergeoff,

Looks good man.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 9:55 AM

thanks jeff............

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archangel571

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June 2005
From: NJ 07073

Posted by archangel571 on Friday, August 26, 2005 11:54 AM

i built an BoB sherman for the mad sherman GB, though only got to finish it a week later thanx to my project at work started to go nuts on the team. that was the reason i didn't want to transfer the badge from the GBs joined to Badges Earned section.

Anyways, I will choose one out of the two tamiya Early and Jumbo Shermans or just get another Dragon BoB Sherman. Can't never have enough of them before Dragon comes out with the two new ones they had in their planning. I will let you know which one i decide on in a week after a trip to the LHS.

n Tankergeoff, was there a reason that you didn't use the kit included PE headlight guards? cuz i found them way too thin n had posted on the mad sherman GB regarding that.

-=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks

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STUG61

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January 2005
From: Meeeechigan!!!

Posted by STUG61 on Saturday, August 27, 2005 12:59 AM

Hey all, looks like some good progress. I'm still waiting for my Firefly to get here. I have a couple Sherman kits here but I want to get another Firefly done for a dio I got planned(someday?) I still got a little while yet so I'll keep poppin' in.

Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:42 AM

ryan, yeah i didn't like those PE pieces...... it's a cool kit, though. I dread those links coming up.

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archangel571

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June 2005
From: NJ 07073

Posted by archangel571 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:52 AM

oh man, those links... I took an entire build day (half a day) to get them off of the trees and cleaning each piece up. I'd say don't sweat with the mold lines center pieces length-wise, since they won't be seen after the links are assembled together. Now you only gotta clean up between the two studs for the endlinks. My finger had a blister thanks to these links since I had to use my old sidecutter due to that my xuron cutter fell behind the computer and wasn't found until days later.

On the assembly part for the tracks, CDNTanker told me to go at it 10 links at a time, cuz the endlinks are just such a pain in the neck! I ended up doing them 5 at a time and used the liquid tape by microscale so I could still make some changes after assembling the entire thing and then finalize them with ultrathin liquid cement.

After those two days well-spent, I just had to ask myself one question, how good are those AFV Club workable tracks for the Sherman....

-=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks

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JWest21

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December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:20 PM

Update....currently I have the lower hull done sans tracks. The uper hull is partially done (I will add lights and brush guards after painting. The turret is started. Here are some pics from the other day
Hull front, showing my work correcting Dragon's incorrect weld seams

rear hull, showing finished removal of Dragon's incorrect inclusion of grouser covers (note...the loose piece on the suspension was fixed. Dragons HVSS suspension is really flimsy!)

The lower hull and wheel assemblies

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 1, 2005 12:04 AM

hello: as looks like there isn't a badge what do you think about this:

im working on my M3 and will try to finish to end of september...
just want to know if was a badge or if proposals are acepted...

jwest: the wheels looks good

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 1, 2005 2:22 PM

Jason, excellent work so far man

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 1, 2005 3:45 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by ddayomaha

frostygirl do you want in on this build?

well, i did participate in last year's Sherman Family GB,
the m-32 arv conversion in my sig was the result...
i started w/ the italeri m-4 kit & then did a whole lotta
scratchbuilding. since i haven't built another Shermie
since then, maybe it's time 4 some OD OD again...

frosty Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 1, 2005 3:49 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by smokinprice

Well here is my progress so far. Frostygirl was correct.....part 19 doesnt fit. I am working on puttying it now. I just took a break to post some photos. Except for part 19, it has been an easy build.

smokinprice:
i tried 2 warn u... u should have just flipped it over , LOL !
(i hate 2 putty & sand...)

re: too short trax... didn't ur kit come w/ styrene link & lengths
as well as the rubberband ones ?
if not, i think i have a spare set somewhere ... if u want 'em, i'd b glad
2 send them 2 u gratis...
edit: i read a bit further & realized u had already got ur trax on, sorry... Blush [:I]

frosty

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 1, 2005 9:38 PM

frostygirl,

No problem!! Thanks for the heads up though. I hate to putty and sand as well. I just couldnt let the thing go on upside down. It bothered me greatly. Except for that part, it was a nice build. Well that and the rubber band tracks but I got them done as well. Again, thanks for the info.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 2, 2005 4:57 AM

Jason, looking good buddy!

as for me, here's a couple more progress shots:

panzer67: ddayomaha has already got a badge in mind, but it will not be awarded until the build is complete.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 2, 2005 10:32 AM

oh thats good have the badge since the beggining, will erase it

thanks

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jay12472

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July 2003
From: Pennsylvania

Posted by jay12472 on Monday, September 5, 2005 6:31 AM

hey guys I think I would like to join this a little later on. I have a Dragon m4a1 that I want to do.
Jason

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STUG61

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January 2005
From: Meeeechigan!!!

Posted by STUG61 on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 5:34 PM

You're all looking good!!! I'm gonna give my Firefly till the end of the week to get here.If it's not I'll change over to a M36B1.

Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 8:21 PM

OK well do to other GB's and very little time, I am going to be done my Sherman. Please see the earlier photos. Since that post I have since weatehred it but it does need a wash or two. Oh well. I will get to it at some point. What about the badge?

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