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Old 12-15-2015, 06:52 AM
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Made a start on my next build...not 100% accurate but she'll do me...
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Old 12-15-2015, 10:53 AM
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Awesome, i have wanted a small hatch A1 to go along with my large hatch 75 A1.
is that the profiline comversion or are you chopping some hatches into a mato hull?
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Im using a mato upper hull so the glasis angles arent quite right but the overall look is pretty close...
Old 12-15-2015, 03:33 PM
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Nice one Frank. Your output of Sherman's is amazing.

I did an early North African version on this tank with the small mantlet and only one turret hatch. I used the Profiline casting.. It was the best casting I had ever worked with. I wonder if this casting will ever see the light of day again.

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...had this on the back burner for a while..time to get her finished..
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