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| Subject: | Re: Improving Italeri´s Sherman M4A1 |  |
| Date: | Aug 24, 2003 |
| From: | Andy Herbert | |
Hi
I finished one of them a year ago.
I replaced the gun barrel (totally wrong, there should be not 'steps' in
it).
I left off the sand shields, but added retaining strips for those made
from styrene sheet.
The small shell ejector port on the driver's side of the turret needs to
be puttied and smoothed. Italeri provides parts that result in a very
squared off port with sharp boundaries. It should have a much rounder
profile around the door, with no abrubt discontinuities.
I replaced the kit tracks with the one piece 3 bar tracks from AFV Club.
Any opened hatches need interior details, and of course the light guards
etc are pretty heavy, but I worked with/around those.
It's an easy build, and fit is good.
Cheers
Andy |
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