M4(105) Sherman

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Rob Matthews
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M4(105) Sherman

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My photofile tells m that this was started in 10.02.2012. I am shamed.

I lost momentum trying to fit some Miniart "U.S. tank crew" that are not particularly good. I also blanched at the paint job -- I'm aiming for this

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But with Philipp's blog spurring me on - it's back to the build - I find that mentally you have to start at the beginning of the instructions and work your way through.

The Light guards are always a trial in PE. I looked at buying some 3D printed from Shapeways - £8 to buy and nearly£ 8 postage. I'm not certain that this build meits that - so stupidly or otherwise I reverted to filing down the plastic offerings :roll:

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However I did buy (back then) an "Exhaust Deflector" - it doesn't seem to fit very well. Gary is it worth persevering with this? They only seem to appear in a few original pics.

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It's an innocuous looking piece of resin - I remember Gary building his from etch which was a thoroughly frightening prospect from my perspective. His of course turned out Very nicely

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It's restarted :lol:

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Why my blog of all things? :lol:

Good looking Sherman you got there! As for the exhaust deflector, in theory all large hatch M4 and M4A1 had these....in practice probably a few less. If you want to be 100% accurate, you can add the empty fittings for one. This picture could help. Don't worry about the armoured covers for the air filters, these were introduced extremely late in the war.

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The model in your ref pic looks very convincing, amazing what a backdrop and monochrome does for an image.

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@ Philipp - Clumsily put but I meant by "your Blog" - the Shelf Queen idea :|

And thanks for the pic which is the most instructive I've seen and for the info - It would be rude NOT to fit it now ;)

@Vlad -
Vlad Seabrook-Smith wrote:The model in your ref pic looks very convincing, amazing what a backdrop and monochrome does for an image
:lol: :lol:

(there's always one :roll: )

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Good to see this one up and running again Rob. Philipp's already answered your question above so leaving the deflector off is certainly well within the realms of accuracy. If I didn't have my stuff all packed up, I'd offer to make a PE one up and send it over to you. Can still do it you're prepared to wait several week....

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Gary - that is a VERY kind offer - but I'll run with the 3D piece if only to see how it comes out.

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No worries. You know where to find me if you change your mind ;)

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Looking forward to it Rob. Don't feel bad about when you started it. I have you beat. :lol:

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