Got myself one of Frankies 'mixed' modell

tamiya lower and 'Frankies' usuall mix of goodis upper.

Now , just to make Clear, not a sherman guy , so no kicking if I state something wrong now

arrivel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdeH0jeBUE Quick testrun With the Clark TK60 Board

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUAFey1niC8 Looking fw to get on With painting

Looks pretty good from here. What are your plans for it?

well, pritty much just going to get everything hooked up ( turret and recoil - elevation to see that all is good ) and just paint it as good as I can. Need to get a few of my tanks beyond the 80% 'done' mark, haha.

So no crazy detailing ore stuff like that , get everything to work, paint it , and just enjoying watching that hvss getting a workout

Quick outside test run on the Snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVTrRHOpOmM

and had time to test the Clark universal recoil + add a few details to the turret

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flebfOG16C0

I assume that's a taigen hull and turret on a Tamiya chassis. I just helped a friend do the same build with an upgrade chassis I traded to him.
You need to cut the fenders off and make new ones or salvage some from a Tamiya hull because the EZ8 had full fenders out to the skirt flares


Good tank. My buddies came out great. The taigen fits the Tamiya chassis so nicely.

Where did the sandbag front come from?

They, and stovage came With the tank ( Frank casted them )

yes sir it is . Looks to be a Nice runner pared With the tamiya lower-gearbox+clark TK60

Can you explain to a sherman noob what you mean by the 'full fenders' easy 8

Here's a pic with the sandbags painted up..I did two types, plain and with a spare wheel/track..they were just done using milliput then I cast them in resin....

Frankie will correct me if I'm wrong but I think hl top Mato turret

That's right Tom...

The front fender that faces forward on your model is only the width of the hull because it came from an VVSS hull.
The front fenders should go all the way out to the side skirts on an EZ8.

I cut front fenders off a Tamiya hull and gave them to my friend to attach to the front of his taigen hull after cutting his off, at the same time he installed the side skirts.

Here are two pics of my friends tank. A taigen upper on a Tamiya chassis. Look closely at the front fender width how it blends into the side skirt.

Nice!

Got it :-)

So a little fast forward here now , been tiddeling along with this sherman on off a little .

thinking about say a to myself , and take a step back and see if I missed a spott. Some stowage left though

Very nice!

Really fun interesting thread. A cool gathering of Sherman builders here, with their usual top work; for sure.

John

too bad I sold my shermy,,,,I miss it.....darn!

Build another one!
Or im sure Frank can hook you up.