Sherman Alamein - (READY!!!!!!)

I'm attempting a Sherman and word is that Matthew has built one or two and knows a thing or two!

Question:
See where the turret joins, there is a seam.
a) Is there a weld seam on the original turret?

Does this help :cheers:

i guess marco answered your question but just in case
YES THERE IS

btw
nice to see youre back noel

Noel doing a Sherman ?

Hope you're ok and not sick with a bit of Sherman Flu or anything

Ray

@ Thanks Marco! Good pictures! I can see the weld seam..... I'll try to start it this evening............ if my kids let me!

@ Alex...Thanks....I'm back..... I hope!

@ Ray..... I like British Shermans (The guys that speak English, old chap) .... I have some good colour plates and information to do this one.

Boy! Isn't modelling just great!

Regards
Noel

noel if you want i have two books specifically on british shermans
just hoot

check your refs well...there IS a seam but i would ill advice you to use the mould seam as a weld seam. If i rem well DML have included a faint weld seam bit further down...

To summarize..fill texture and re create a weld seam where it should be...

Dottore

Finally....the expert!

Thanks Matt..... you confirmed what I had in mind..........now I feel more confident!

Regards
Noel

I looked up some photos and not all turrets had a visible weld seam. So I did mine like this:

Note the seam and the smooth surface area


My tool!


Paste applied


Getting the desired effect


Result


Upgrading the shovel


Unrealistic plastic bracket removed


Used lead foil. Much better

Great SBS as always Noel.

With what do you smooth the Tamiya putty? With liquid cement or?

Keep them coming.

Ray

Lovely step by step pics Noel, thanks for sharing. By the way, when you use Tamiya putty like that do you thin it down with some solvent?

I always wondered, how do you make putty wet & manageable again? Just like you add water to clay. i tried using thinner once. no luck..

I use tamiya liquid cement with tamiya putty to soften it, but take care cause it might effect the plastic.

As JF hinted Tamiya or any other liquid cement work fine ...

Youre talking to a certified shermanoholic here....

Toss away that lead foil the attachment points are wrong...it has two bolted strips on either side...
Thats the bad news...
The good news is I have loads of spare PE from which I can get you the pristine tool tie-downs (free ofcourse!)
Just send me a message here or mobile me...

Re cast texture all you journeyed modelleres MUST have heard of Mr Surfacer 500...if not it is bound to be another Gator Glue hit....
For next time Noel...could have given u some of the stuff...no comparison!

Dottore

Dottore wrote:Youre talking to a certified shermanoholic here....

Toss away that lead foil the attachment points are wrong...it has two bolted strips on either side...
Thats the bad news...
The good news is I have loads of spare PE from which I can get you the pristine tool tie-downs (free ofcourse!)
Just send me a message here or mobile me...

Re cast texture all you journeyed modelleres MUST have heard of Mr Surfacer 500...if not it is bound to be another Gator Glue hit....
For next time Noel...could have given u some of the stuff...no comparison!

Dottore

You really bring tears to my eyes when I read words like these especially when you chide us the journeyed modellers with a "discovery" of your own

What hurts me most is that when it comes to simple ways of painting something with a brush, you fret about the BLOODY PURGING OF THE BRUSH

But having said that, I still SALUTE you for the Gator Glue Revelance

Ray

Journeyed modelers are those who can grab a paintbrush and do a straight line with it Dottore!

By the way the paint brush has to be Sable WN Series 7 - OO ... or there are any cans available that can do the job

who is afraid of the brush

J.Fenech wrote:who is afraid of the brush

He who is afraid of the DARK I presume

Ray

[Mr Matthew I heard about Mr Surfacer! But since I don't have it and needed it for a small area and being an experienced modeller, I improvised!!

As for the shovel bracket I took this from this picture! I don't see any bolts! Just welding! Can you tell them to get the Shermans standardized!]

IMPRESSIVE WORDS INDEED

Thumbs up from ALL the journeyed/experienced modellers I presume Noel!!! We owe you buddy

Doc Roe, a word of advice if I may........if I were you I WOULD STICK TO THE GATOR GLUE WAVE and just stay there

Ray

[quote="Noel Petroni"]To smoothen the Tamiya Putty I used cellulose thinner.

Mr Matthew I heard about Mr Surfacer! But since I don't have it and needed it for a small area and being an experienced modeller, I improvised!!

As for the shovel bracket I took this from this picture! I don't see any bolts! Just welding! Can you tell them to get the Shermans standardized!
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NOEL i dont want to be a pain in the arrears but the shovel holder of this RESTORED SHERMAN is wrong, whoever restored this vehicle took a short cut im afraid so i hate to say this but the DOC is right.my offer for reference is still available
I KNOW RAY I KNOW BUT WHATS DOCS IS DOCS apart from the fact that he is family


spoke too soon sorry matt but we are both wrong on this one
picture in militaria no 13 m4 sherman page 29 centre picture odf an operational sherman

heres the incriminating evidence


NOEL I HUMBLY BEG FORGIVENESS