bigfoot Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 My entry for this GB is going to be a Sherman V DD shortly after d day with the screens removed. It’s an older resicast kit and I’m going to replace the tracks with some aftermarket ones. Just need to source some decals for the turret numbers. And box contents. shoukd be a fun little build. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Wow! OK. ... this will be interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 nice choice Bigfoot, the Resicast kit was a little out of my price range. I had a go at scratch building one off a tasca Kit, I've still got the rear to finish off. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 Thanks for the interest. I’ve seen your build and you’ve done a great job of converting the kit. I managed to bag this kit off eBay for little more than the cost of a tasca kit. I also managed to pick up a DD with the screens attached but that will be for another time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) Clean up has begun whilst watching some d-day documentaries. The join between the transmission cover and lower hull is going to take a bit of fettling to sit smoothly. Instructions leave a bit to be desired as well, trying to work out that is tank and what is flash takes a bit of pondering in some places! Edited June 12, 2019 by bigfoot 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Looks like good progress. I'm guessing there is no gluing yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Robert Stuart said: Looks like good progress. I'm guessing there is no gluing yet? Thanks Robert. No gluing yet, plenty of clean up and test fitting first before committing glue to resin. Although next step will be the suspension which I should be able to get glued up relatively quickly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 Fitted another couple of hours in at the bench tonight and got the suspension and wheels cleaned up and assembled. Some of the casting blocks are a PITA! Snapped one of the return roller arms off whilst trying to clean it up as well as various other little bits. All repaired now, just need to add some filler to some air bubbles and smooth off the wheels a little once that’s done. things are coming along though. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 There is some nice detail in that suspension, though, being resin, I can see that it could be a PITA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) Been a while since I’ve been able to do much on this but progress has been made on the turret. Pretty much all detail added to the turret, replaced the .30 barrel with a turned brass one from RB models. Hatch’s will stay off for now until I decide if there will be a figure in the turret. The commanders platform on the back seat I’m having a lot of trouble with. The only instructions are so vague and the picture are poor quality and shown with all the storage attached that I can’t see the placement of the support struts! I’ve figured that out from reference pictures however the written instructions also say to use PE parts 27 to connect the struts to the platform. The PE fret numbers are so small, half of them are illegible from the manufacturing and some parts don’t seem to have numbers, plus there’s no pics in the instructions of the parts. So I’m a bit stuck on that progress. I might leave the struts to the end and see what PE parts I have left! Progress might slow even more now as we have the imminent arrival of our second child due in the next couple of weeks... Edited July 11, 2019 by bigfoot 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, bigfoot said: Progress might slow even more now as we have the imminent arrival of our second child due in the next couple of weeks Congratulations ! 🥳 ... Good work BTW. 👍🏻 Edited July 11, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Did any of these actually make it ashore without sinking? Interesting choice of subject anyway! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Looking good. Wish i had the cahonies to build a full resin kit like that! Congrats on the 2nd by the way. Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 13 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Congratulations ! 🥳 ... Good work BTW. 👍🏻 Cheers fella, for both! 1 hour ago, limeypilot said: Did any of these actually make it ashore without sinking? Interesting choice of subject anyway! Ian Yes, the British and Canadian ones were pretty successful with most of them making sure. Some were lost when they parked up in the surf to return fire and subsequently swamped by the incoming tide. The US ones were less successful, especially at Omaha where only 3 out of about 30 made it to shore. Utah was a bit more successful but I think they ended up landing most of them directly rather than swimming in. 1 hour ago, fatfingers said: Looking good. Wish i had the cahonies to build a full resin kit like that! Congrats on the 2nd by the way. Regards Steve Cheers Steve, it is definitely a bit more out of my comfort zone compared to the usual styrene kits and the instructions definitely make things trickier! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Loving that replacement gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 Nabbed a small bit of time this pm in the man cave whilst my boy was sleeping. Not much done but added the missing bolts to the suspension using Meng bolts. Still need to drill the 4 holes in the front of the blocks. Small progress but progress none the less! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Got the lower hull assembled now, the fit wasn’t great, the main hull was a few mill wider than the transmission cover so a bit of sanding, filling and fettling was required. Rescribed the join line between them and added the bolts lost in the process. Also added the little details to the propellor drive shafts ready for adding to the hull. underside of the upper hull sponsons have been filled with pcard as well. Next job is adding the upper hull on which I feel may require a bit more work to match up before all the detailing. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 Found a bit more time to do some work on the DD despite the arrival of a new baby boy 10 days ago to the family. This is the result of a number of short sessions, mostly whilst the baby and my wife have been napping. The top hull is on, along with some details. I had to add plastic strip around the driver’s hatch as there was a reasonable gap. Gaps where the bow and transmission cover meet the hull and fenders also had to be shimmed and gaps fill although I still need to fill a few small gaps and clean up. the back end has been a right royal PITA to fit, lots of poor fitting and still work to do. Had to rip the sponson fillers out and redo them as the vague instructions meant I had to redo bits so the back end is a bit of a mess and not finished yet. No way in hell am I going to get this finished by the end of the GB unfortunately, will have to become another long term project. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Hello bigfoot, congratulations on the arrival of the new family member. On 06/08/2019 at 17:21, bigfoot said: No way in hell am I going to get this finished by the end of the GB unfortunately, will have to become another long term project. Sorry to hear that bigfoot, but see how far you can get here. If needs be, the project can transfer to the Armour WIP area. BTW - Your Sherman DD looks good, even if you are finding it frustrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 I’ll be following this closely. I’m too late for the group build but just about to start building the version with flotation screen lowered. For decals the Bison set was recommended to me by @fatfingers. Good luck with the model and new addition! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 There still five weeks to go, @sanfrandragon ? Will it take longer to build than that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 11 hours ago, sanfrandragon said: I’ll be following this closely. I’m too late for the group build but just about to start building the version with flotation screen lowered. For decals the Bison set was recommended to me by @fatfingers. Good luck with the model and new addition! Thanks, are you going to do a build log for it? I’ve got one with the screen down to build too at some point. Would be good to see how you get on with yours. which Bison decal sheet is that? I’m struggling to find suitable turret numbers for this. no work been done in it in a while as have had no free time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 6 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: There still five weeks to go, @sanfrandragon ? Will it take longer to build than that ? Unfortunately I’m a slow builder , there’s no chance it will be finished in that time frame! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 1 hour ago, bigfoot said: Thanks, are you going to do a build log for it? I’ve got one with the screen down to build too at some point. Would be good to see how you get on with yours. which Bison decal sheet is that? I’m struggling to find suitable turret numbers for this. no work been done in it in a while as have had no free time!! I’m a rare poster but I will put up a WIP for this one. Please don’t expect too much! The sheet I’m referring to is ‘British Swimming & Wading Shermans’, no 35014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/23/2019 at 7:50 AM, sanfrandragon said: The sheet I’m referring to is ‘British Swimming & Wading Shermans’, no 35014. That’s the sheet I’ve been looking for but apparently it’s as rare as rocking horse poo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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