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Topics  78
Messages  2860
 Subject:  Lower hull, turretsList thread.  
  
 Date:  Feb 21, 2005
 From:  Kurt Laughlin 
I wouldn't call the CFM-W turret an oddball, just distinctive. The others (Scullin Steel, Pittsburgh Steel Foundry, GSC, and an unknown) were all pretty much the same (and like the kit) and you can't tell who made it without climbing aboard. You'll see variations in the placement of some minor seam lines and in the lift lugs. The pack racks varied and the rain gutters were not always present but these were not permanent items. I saw GSC S/N 73 out at Ft Lewis WA and it still had remnants of a pistol port in the casting.

The front of the hull was a casting and included the drivers hatches and the front of the turret race. The sides of the race were castings as were the engine deck areas and the rear. The joint at front curved up from the floor, behind the glacis, went approximately horizontal then curved up between the glacis and race side pieces. A horizontal seam went under the races and continued rearward then up. The rear joint was vertical but there were two of them. (IIRC the rearmost plate was thinner than the main side plate.) The asymmetry comes from the intermediate plate - it was longer on the right than on the left, say maybe 36 vs 24 inches. Some - I'm guessing the early ones - had large arced seams back there rather than straight lines.

Like most of the stuff, I've just been collecting data. I don't do the analysis until I'm ready to do something with it.

KL
 
Thread Listing 
  [BLOG] M47 Patton at Suez - Paul Roberts - Jan 28, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 1 - Its all about the texture... - Paul Roberts - Jan 28, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Texture II - Paul Roberts - Jan 29, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 3 - Casting Numbers - Paul Roberts - Jan 29, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Casting Numbers II - Paul Roberts - Jan 29, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 5 - Turret Texture - Paul Roberts - Jan 30, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 5 - Turret Texture - Alex Hill - Feb 2, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 5 - Turret Texture - Paul Roberts - Feb 2, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Obvious question.... - Alex Hill - Feb 5, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Obvious question.... - Paul Roberts - Feb 10, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 5 - Turret Texture - Marc MERCIER - Apr 17, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 6 - Turret Texture II - Paul Roberts - Feb 6, 2005
. . . Re: [BLOG] M47 Patton at Suez - Skip - Feb 7, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Turret Texture III - Paul Roberts - Feb 9, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Hull Texture I - Paul Roberts - Feb 12, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Hull Texture I - Kurt Laughlin - Feb 13, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Hull Texture I - Paul Roberts - Feb 18, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Hull Texture I - Kurt Laughlin - Feb 18, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Hull Texture I - Paul Roberts - Feb 20, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lower hull, turrets - Kurt Laughlin - Feb 21, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 9 - Hull Texture II - Paul Roberts - Feb 19, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - Texture Variations - Paul Roberts - Feb 22, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Ready for the Fiddly Bits - Paul Roberts - Mar 2, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Ready for Painting - 1 - Paul Roberts - Apr 25, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 13 - Ready for Painting - 2 - Paul Roberts - Apr 26, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 14 - Painted and decalled - Paul Roberts - Apr 27, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 15 - Turret close-up -01 - Paul Roberts - Apr 28, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Turret - 2 - Paul Roberts - Apr 29, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 17 - Mantlet Cover - Paul Roberts - Apr 29, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Hull Front - Paul Roberts - Apr 30, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Hull Front - Bruno COLLIN - Jun 10, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Thank You! - Scott Taylor - Jun 10, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Hull Front - Paul Roberts - Jun 28, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Platform's There - Scott Taylor - Jun 28, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Platform's There - Paul Roberts - Oct 19, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Looked Great! - Scott Taylor - Oct 21, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 19 - Finished! - Paul Roberts - Oct 22, 2005
. . . [Additional] Turret side [IMG] - Paul Roberts - Oct 22, 2005
. . . [Additional] Exhaust [IMG] - Paul Roberts - Oct 22, 2005
. . . [Additional] Headlight assembly [IMG] - Paul Roberts - Oct 22, 2005
. . . [Additional] Sprocket & Track [IMG] - Paul Roberts - Oct 22, 2005
. . . [Additional] Turret Side [IMG] - Paul Roberts - Oct 22, 2005
. . . [Additional] Turret Roof [IMG] - Paul Roberts - Oct 22, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 20 - All Done - Paul Roberts - Oct 22, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 20 - All Done Decalls - Mark Johnson - Oct 24, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 20 - All Done Decall - Paul Roberts - Oct 24, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . thanks Paul - Mark Johnson - Oct 25, 2005
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