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Yeh, me too :) In a mater of fact they find it a weak spot and deleted it in later production, but returned by demand., for a reverse use of what you thought :) Here is a citate from Wikipedia: "Being a ballistic weak spot, firing ports are often reinforced with additional armor, and in...

Thank you all! Next part is pistol port. Interesting solution with handle. It was manual handle and not a cylinder :) and locked in close or open position. Sorry, I accidently erased picture with parts. I want to point some mistake here - parts 334a and 334b must be glued on 1 mm cardboard...

Next step was commanders hatch. A tough nut... Curved ring consisted only of petals, that later need to be cut into, for hinge axes. Managed to assemble it somehow. Pay attention to the order of four rings stripes. Two inner and two outer. Glued one on another with bottom base line. Ring...

Yeh, I know that tube amps are the best. My another hobby is music (drummer ) ;)

Cool, Zathros! Thanks for the picture and explanation!

Thanks Micha . Continued with armored radio box. A lot of lamination. Box is ready and attached to turret Fun fact: in early versions of Sherman, radio set was located inside the turret. When Sherman was modified with bigger 17 pdr anti tack gun, it was so big that breach...

Assembled radio set. This one is called British Wireless Set Number 19 or WS19. They've been installed in commonwealth and lend lease Shermans and were different from US versions. First off all boxes. I adapted a method with square boxes - draw along fold line very lightly with knife. It...

Added some details to the turret as suggested in instructions, before i start assembling radio station Ventilation cup, commanders hatch base ring, some plugs and pistol port frame Parts аrе ready and attached to their places Fun fact: the turret was made of cast, homogeneous...

Thanks friends! Laminated to 0.5, 1, 1.5 mm cardboard, as suggested in instructions.

Thanks guys! Eventually finished outer skin! This part was twice harder than inner one, though i had power structure to glue it on. After a lot of thinking i decided to glue parts separately. So, first of all i cut all the parts and folded-glued all curved ones. This gave me some picture...

After i assembled inner skin i moved to power structure. I know that there is a laser set for this, but i wanted to keep with my challenge and cut it myself. Thin breakable parts were strengthened with glue. A lot of parts must suggest curved edges. So i gently cut corners with art knife...

Thanks guys Just wanted to add that, as you see on pictures, i didn't cut out openings until i assembled everything. The reason was to preserve structure stiffness. I just made cuts like dashed line for easy trimming later.

Took a little break between stages. The reason was that in instructions it's suggested to use BCG glue for gluing turret. So i ordered and waited for it to be delivered. And I'm glad i did. I was in need to glue a lot of petals and parts by edge and did it with ease with this glue. Compared to...

That will be a long ride On neighbor forum someone noticed i assembled axe-handle wrong way Already fixed it. Sorry for the mistake

Thank you, thank you :cool: Was busy lately with building last details for outer armor. What was left to assemble: fire extinguishers, grouser box covers, rear lifting eyes, tail lights with brush guards, tow cable and front towing hooks I usually make tow cable for suitable rope, but...

And I'm out of thanks for your positive feedback ;) Last tools assembled: mattock, ax and a shovel I always enjoy to build tools :)

Cleaning rods for the gun, track bar and mattock handle. Track bar was made from solder wire (such a joy to work with this material). Mattock handle was made from wooden stick. Tools were fixed on armor with straps and hooks, like on a real tank :)

Added splash guards and armor plates, that protect fuel caps and tool box on the rear Started with tools - idler adjusting wrench and sledge hammer, with brackets Hammer handle was made from solder wire of 1mm and tip was smashed to imitate squared ending. This was easy, because...

Thanks Micha And detailing continue: Three armored cups for fuel filling ports - two of main fuel tanks and one of auxiliary generator fuel tank. Two tow cable holders. One rear rooftop ventilator cover. I really like designer's solution for sphere assembling. And still learning how to...

Thanks again for positive feedback :) More details on the armor: Spare tracks brackets, armor plates for drivers and co-drivers hoods and two hull roof ventilators Glued to their places