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| Subject: | [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Starting the interior |  |
| Date: | Oct 7, 2005 |
| From: | Hans Haase | |
Chapter 2 - Starting the interior
Well, it doesn't take long until you run into the first problems when you start combining so many aftermarket products.
I started off by test fitting the most critical joints and most important parts. The upper and lower hulls took just a quickie cleanup of some molding flash, the same with the transmission housing. The transmission was glued in first, since the driving compartment really needs it for placement. (Bottom Right)
Then I moved onto the floor plates for the front and rear compartments, as well as the rear bulkhead for the crew compartment.... none of which fit. The engine floor was a touch too narrow, but test fitting showed that the gaps will be covered by the coolant tanks when they're glued in, so that one was put in with no real work needed. (not shown )
The crew floor, that's just a mess. Problem one was the way the pour plug was attached, which damaged the edges when I separated it all. It was also about 1/8" too narrow and 1/4" too long. Since there isn't much detail, I originally thought about simply cutting off the little bits of detail and attaching them straight to the hull floor. But I didn't want to mess up the hull when scribing the escape hatch, so I decided I need to make a replacement floor out of .010 styrene sheet instead which will give me room to mess up without ruining the hull. (Top Right)
Both the interior and the engine compartment came with bulkheads. The one from the interior isn't correct for an M4A2, but thankfully the one from the engine set is. BUT, it's too narrow and too short in just about every measurement, which means that one is probably a scratchbuilt replacement as well. To fit it into the lower hull, the hull also needs some of the molded in supports to be trimmed out, which was easy enough to do. (All but bottom right)
Hopefully there won't be too many parts needing replacement, but so far it doesn't look so good. I've already spotted a lot of areas on the interior that will need a lot of work, so it may be a longer build than expected.
-Hans |
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 | [BLOG] El Alamein Sherman III DV with full interior - Hans Haase - Oct 1, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 1 - Rounding up the parts for the build - Hans Haase - Oct 1, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Facinating.. same subject, different set of kits. - Paul A. Owen - Oct 1, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Yes, the differences are extremely minor - Hans Haase - Oct 2, 2005 |
| . . . Re: [BLOG] El Alamein Sherman III DV with full interior - Jim Wechsler - Oct 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [BLOG] El Alamein Sherman III DV with full interior - Hans Haase - Oct 4, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Starting the interior - Hans Haase - Oct 7, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 3 - More interior problems - Hans Haase - Oct 7, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Interior Progress - Hans Haase - Oct 8, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 5 - More interior - Hans Haase - Oct 12, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 6 - On to the turret - Hans Haase - Oct 14, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Fighting compartment finished - Hans Haase - Nov 5, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Engine Compartment Finished - Hans Haase - Nov 13, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 9 - Fenders, Sand Skirts & Stowage Strips - Hans Haase - Nov 22, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 9 - Fenders, Sand Skirts & Stowage Strips - R.C. Hill - Nov 23, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - Turret: Ready for paint - Hans Haase - Nov 23, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Main Hull: Ready for paint - Hans Haase - Nov 26, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Suspension and a couple other goodies - Hans Haase - Nov 28, 2005 |
| . . . . . . how did you make the headsets? - dominic j miele - Nov 28, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Scratch-built - Hans Haase - Nov 29, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 13 - Base coat and marking the camouflage - Hans Haase - Dec 2, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 14 - Turret Interior finished - Hans Haase - Dec 5, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 15 - Tracks and Hatches - Hans Haase - Dec 23, 2005 |
| . . . . . . T41 vs T51 - Kurt Laughlin - Dec 23, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: T41 vs T51 - Hans Haase - Dec 27, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . it could also be well-worn WE210.... - Chris Smith jr - Jan 4, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Base Camouflage Coats - Hans Haase - Dec 27, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Color comments - Hugh Bispham - Dec 27, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Color comments - Hans Haase - Dec 27, 2005 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 17 - Major Assembly Completed - Hans Haase - Jan 4, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Markings and the fiddly bits - Hans Haase - Jan 26, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 19 - Diorama - Hans Haase - Feb 16, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 19 - Diorama - Paul A. Owen - Feb 16, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Plan to when I'm done - Hans Haase - Feb 16, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 19 - Diorama - Jim Wechsler - Feb 17, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 20 - The Crew - Hans Haase - Mar 21, 2006 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 21 - Finished - Hans Haase - Mar 23, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 21 - Finished - Steve Frost - Mar 24, 2006 |
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