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Old 10-10-2015, 11:14 AM
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Jhdumas
 
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Default 1/16 Grant

This what I did for the Grant Tracks... First I used a stationary belt sander to sand down the standard HL Tracks... this turned out pretty well.. then I had some British Track pads printed and painstakingly cut out and prepped each pad.. there is approx. 170 of them... and affixed them to the sanded Sherman tracks... thew work well...as I haven't lost one yet. Then I did the M3 Suspension.. this was a bit tricky and I didn't do a very clean job of it, but it works and the final painting and weathering hides many sins... I am still waiting for the proper wheels to arrive as well as the sand shields...as you can see on the pix.. I haven't yet done the turret aside from putting it together... I have a ton to go....but I'll tackle the rest in time.. as you can see have many projects under way.. I'm patient so it is all good...

the 5 Panthers and Jagdpanthers all just got the Taigen metal chassis(s)... still waiting on the Rubber-Saving, all steel wheels... Domimique says a few more weeks and they will be in...
The early Jagdpanther is slowly being brought up to the same level as the rest... I still have two sets of Aber Fenders to make...
The Panthers will be a very late Panther G, a Panther G Late production, an Early G.... the Jagdpanthers are an early Production model and a late production version

The Shermans are as follows.. the Normandy M4 early, a Firefly, an M4 Composite large hatch Dry Pacific, an M3a3 75mm Pacific, and a Cast hull 76mm.
The Shermans are still in the hunting ands gathering phase... I have most of it, but still searching for a few parts... and thinking about the composite hull build...
I did get all of the correct rear top panels and parts though.. that was a big score...







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Last edited by Jhdumas; 10-10-2015 at 11:18 AM.