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Old 04-03-2007 | 05:17 PM
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Wight
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Default RE: Progress on my sherman.

Hi all.
Got some more done this last week.
I had a go at applying weld seams to the side of the front plate.I started by scribing a line into the plastic that was deep and wide enough to take a rolled piece of putty.Then I smoothed it down with a wet finger until it sat just proud of the plastic,then I scribed the weld marks with a tiny screwdriver.It worked ok but I think it could have been better.The hardest bit was getting it square with the front plate,and trying to guess how thick the front plate should be.



I cut strips of plastic card to run along the sides just on top of the fenders.I used 1mm card for this but looking at it now it kind of looks too thick.May look better once painted.
I then used railway track pins to simulate the rivets.Unfortunatly I snapped the drill bit on the 26th hole out of 30,so can't finish till I get a new bit.
Note for self,buy more than one drill bit in the smaller sizes next time.[&o]

Here's a couple of shots of the strips in place.





This week I am hoping to scribe join marks in the fenders and the fixing holes for where the sand skirts would be fixed to.
Lights need sorting too,along with the rear guards for the lights.

Cheers.