How to treat the commander's windows on a Sherman?
06-26-2018, 10:45 AM
#1
How to treat the commander's windows on a Sherman?
So what do you all recommend for treating the commander's windows on the Sherman?
I'm tempted to dremel out the windows and install acrylic windows from behind, but that's a lot of work.
What about painting the inset black and then applying some kind of liquid glass on top of it?
Steve
I'm tempted to dremel out the windows and install acrylic windows from behind, but that's a lot of work.
What about painting the inset black and then applying some kind of liquid glass on top of it?
Steve
06-26-2018, 12:13 PM
#3
If you dremmel them out there is a product made by microscale for gluing windows and it will actually make windows about this size. I used it on all my sherman windows. You dab some on a toothpick and run it around the edge till the whole perimeter is coated, then get a new glob on the toothpick and start in a corner and pull it across to the other side. This makes a white film cover the hole. It then dries clear and looks awesome.
06-26-2018, 02:21 PM
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I'm a fan of having actual clear pieces - means more work, but I think it looks better. I got Chris Ludwig to CNC cut vision blocks for me - both for my M41 & M26 - different sizes - M41 Post, Reply 111 - Project 2 - M41A1 AVRNZE Cont'd - the M26 Post, Reply 66 to Reply 70 - M26A1 - If you're doing a Tamiya cupola, the measurement is slightly larger, but don't recall the measurement, think it was 1mm larger.
Mal
Mal
06-27-2018, 11:03 AM
#6
If you dremmel them out there is a product made by microscale for gluing windows and it will actually make windows about this size. I used it on all my sherman windows. You dab some on a toothpick and run it around the edge till the whole perimeter is coated, then get a new glob on the toothpick and start in a corner and pull it across to the other side. This makes a white film cover the hole. It then dries clear and looks awesome.
