Hi fellow tankers...

I have bought a half built Sherman T 34 Calliope fom a guy in Germany, he have made alot of scartch building on it and with my eyes it look great, but i need the hatches for the driver and the radio-oprator, i have tried to make them from scratch, but it dosnt look right, is their anybody that know somebody that makes thoes hatches, i have seached on the net but haven't got any luck, the only place i have seen them is on a Sherman metal model from forces of vallor...but i think its a bit pricey to bye such a tank just to get the hatches....

Thanks...

Hi JB_DK, that's a fine looking project you've got there. With some good detail provided by the previous owner.
As far as I know the hatches are the same as Firefly hatches. I'm sure you could make these out of Plasticard for the hatch assembly and paper clips for the handles.

I found a couple of links that show a bit of the hatch detail.

I hope these help a bit.

http://news.webshots.com/photo/24674...63387170oxnNFg

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?ma=t&userid=561FFE6D1F9D41F1985C97FDF945C 99C&albumid=5A4D94930D1F4246878D0C46E24E4496&st=he &GUID={D9401B74-FA49-492C-9DF8-746114EE7069}&sent=stored

Just found this hatch pic in "Walk Around M4 Sherman". It's a great book for detail pic's of various Sherman types.

Hi gigantohawk...

Thanks for the links and the pic, its a great help, and i will try and find the book you mentioned...sorry about my english...its a bit rusty...

cheers Jens..

My pleasure Jens,
Here's a pic of the front cover to help you find the book.

p.s. your written English is a lot better than a lot English people that I know.

Post lot's of pic's of your progress at every stage. I for one would be very interested in seeing it's build.

All the best,

Gigantohawk.