Sherman II mid October 1942

[Isitme]

Afternoon oh Wise one, I shall join and refrain from throwing any shoes !

Hello Pyro,
Hope you have recovered from all that fizzy orange and cake....
I have not forgotten your package, it will be on its way this week (amazon envelope).
I think the cold weather has kept twinkle toes in.
But welcome to the build.

[Isitme]

I am watching in awe and wonder as always

Hello Neil.
Welcome again, although this should be fairly straight forward, just build 'n paint.....
Mike.

[Neil Merryweather]

Hello Neil.
Welcome again, although this should be fairly straight forward, just build 'n paint.....
Mike.

yeah yeah!

[Mini Me]

Of course I'm available for any psycho support required to keep Mr. Race within the bounds of reason....I'll pull up a chair next to him and keep a look out for Matron, should she be required to administer a little "needle" therapy to said Mr. Race....Terrific progress on the build Mike, I like a good Sherman as much as the next guy. :thumb2: Rick H.

[Guest]

More work done, spent a pleasant Sunday building all the suspension units

Did you use the spongy black stuff Asuka puts in the kit, or fix the suspension with some plastic card (or those little shims they provide in some kits but not others)?

Also added the correct covers for the grousers at the rear top of the hull (grey bits). These should be square and not the rounded items usually seen.

Only if it’s an early tank (like you’re building) that was made by Pressed Steel Car (PSC)

As promised earlier - tracks.

When I saw the length in the first photo I thought they were AFV Club, based on the colour of the plastic. Having seen this post, I think I’ll pass on ever buying a set of Modelkasten Sherman tracks myself …

[scottie3158]

Mike,
Looking forward to this. Nice little SBS on the tracks.

[Allen Dewire]

My Gawd Olderthanme,

Can you still see straight Mike??? Great SBS, but I think I'll stick to Axis armor meself. I take it the pins in the pads must remain movable and the dingsbumms on the outside are to be glued on at least one pin to keep them workable. Man, do you have patience!!!

I'm in for this and I know it will not be a 100% OOB knowing you. Been slug hunting in the camo-jammies with your double barrel salt shooter yet??? Take care and stay sane!!!

Prost
(Still) Youngerthanyou

[BattleshipBob]

Know bugger all about lots of things and includes Shermans and nailing them together

So sitting down and learning :thumb2:

[outrunner]

Looking good, and here was me thinking that Mirror Models tracks were a pain.

Andy.

[Isitme]

Of course I'm available for any psycho support required to keep Mr. Race within the bounds of reason....I'll pull up a chair next to him and keep a look out for Matron, should she be required to administer a little "needle" therapy to said Mr. Race....Terrific progress on the build Mike, I like a good Sherman as much as the next guy. :thumb2: Rick H.

Hello Rick,
Nice to hear from you, and your position of head anal yst is very welcome. :sick:
Mike.

[Isitme]

Did you use the spongy black stuff Asuka puts in the kit, or fix the suspension with some plastic card (or those little shims they provide in some kits but not others)?


Only if it’s an early tank (like you’re building) that was made by Pressed Steel Car (PSC) :smiling3:


When I saw the length in the first photo I thought they were AFV Club, based on the colour of the plastic. Having seen this post, I think I’ll pass on ever buying a set of Modelkasten Sherman tracks myself …

Hi Jakko,
No, afraid the spongy stuff went in the bin, although I did get fooled into thinking I could use it. That part od the suspension is a pretty tight fit, so once all assembled I used the back of a scalpel blade to move the part down about 1mm and added a touch of liquid cement to hold it in place.
As for the manufacturer of the tank I will go with you there, I have the Hunnicut book/bible but not the strength to lift it :smiling6:
Yes the plastic does look similar in colour to AFV Club. But do not be put off, most of the work is the preparation, as we all know preparation is a pain sometimes and once you get underway then you can get into a rythm. As I said the slowness was for stopping to take the photos.
Mike.

[Isitme]

Know bugger all about lots of things and includes Shermans and nailing them together

So sitting down and learning :thumb2:

Ditto with Stugs:thumb2:

[Isitme]

Looking good, and here was me thinking that Mirror Models tracks were a pain.

Andy.

Andy, they are ok if you swithch off and hum to yourself while siiting in the Lotus position.....

[Isitme]

Mike,
Looking forward to this. Nice little SBS on the tracks.

Cheers Scottie.

[Isitme]

My Gawd Olderthanme,

Can you still see straight Mike??? Great SBS, but I think I'll stick to Axis armor meself. I take it the pins in the pads must remain movable and the dingsbumms on the outside are to be glued on at least one pin to keep them workable. Man, do you have patience!!!

I'm in for this and I know it will not be a 100% OOB knowing you. Been slug hunting in the camo-jammies with your double barrel salt shooter yet??? Take care and stay sane!!!

Prost
(Still) Youngerthanyou

Hello is there anyone here, I will just run my fingers over the screen, sorry matron! I thought it was odd the screen went all bumpy.....
Ahh! it is you Youngerthanme,
The sight is returning, got the sellotape on one eyeball and the other fixed to my ear. I actually pulled a long lost Dragon Tiger out of the stack the other day, maybe in the future, but thought I would attempt to see how long sanity would last, Sanity claus does not visit anymore..... My SWMBO would disagree with you on the patience thing.
As for the pins, I could not see how they would hold the end connectors without cement, so went for the cement one side and leave the other side free approach, obviously not correct as both need to be free, but good enough for scale modelling. Bit like putting a corset on, are the dangly things for over the shoulder or for holding you socks up???
Pleased you are staying the course and welcome. Far too wet for slug hunting, but have found a new game... The new tennants across the street are damn noisy, tooting car horns, slamming car doors, and do not know how to converse quietly, then spend the better part of the day snoozing. So what I do now is fire rolled up bread onto their roof and the seagulls do the rest, tap.tap.tap on the roof tiles....
Stay safe and look after yourself
Cheers
Olderthanyou