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Subject:

[Chapter] Crew Compartment, finished

Date:

Jun 28, 2007

From:

Hans Haase

Crew Compartment, finished

This project..... has become a chore. The constant need to rebuild and replace components due to totally incorrect aftermarket sets has taken what I thought would be a fun project, and turned it into actual work. However, the results are starting to make me feel better about all the effort.

This is the crew compartment, finished and done. I think. It's as close to accurate as I can make it with my current skills and available material. A few stowage items I had to guess on their locations, and a couple were left out. Short of going to Aberdeen Maryland, and opening the hatches on their vehicle, I simply cannot do more than this right now. Even then I may not get any more info.

Normally I do black leather seats in my Sherman builds, but I know that green canvas ones were also pretty common too. So I did something a bit different to separate the seats from the many black knobs inside the vehicle. Oh, and speaking of the knobs, I finally found a way to make smaller shifter knobs instead of those melon balls I had in the previous chapter. Candle, styrene, very gentle pressure. Perfect.

Now I just need to finish up the upper hull and engine compartment, and I can seal it all up.

Thread Listing

[BLOG] M-12 155mm GMC - Hans Haase - Mar 7, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Rounding up the Pieces - Hans Haase - Mar 7, 2007

. . . [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? - Hans Haase - Mar 8, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? - John Eary - Mar 9, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? [IMG] - Mike Shackleton - Mar 10, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Funny you should mention that..... - Hans Haase - Mar 10, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Lots of updates in the pipe now - Hans Haase - Mar 28, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 1 - Hans Haase - Apr 19, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Nuts, Bolts and Plates - Hans Haase - Apr 24, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Apr 29, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Christopher C. Tew - Apr 30, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Michael Bedard - May 7, 2007

. . . . . . . . . easy1 - Roy Chow - May 7, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: easy1 - Mike Powell - May 8, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Hans Haase - May 10, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Michael Bedard - May 11, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Hans Haase - May 12, 2007

. . . . . . Formations Early VVSS Set F080 - Saul Garcia - May 14, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Probably the Priest set.... - Hans Haase - May 14, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 3 - Hans Haase - May 13, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment, finished - Hans Haase - Jun 28, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Hans Haase - Jul 5, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Christopher C. Tew - Jul 6, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Edward Hall - Jul 8, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . It has been more fun lately - Hans Haase - Jul 8, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: It has been more fun lately - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 9, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Upper hull attached, and some more goodies.... - Hans Haase - Jul 10, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Upper hull attached, and some more goodies.... - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 11, 2007

. . . . . . . . . I will try to mail them out tonight - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I will try to mail them out tonight - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 13, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Suspension: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Jul 11, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Hull, fast progress, almost done - Hans Haase - Jul 12, 2007

. . . [Chapter] 155mm gun: Part 1 - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007

. . . [Chapter] 155mm Gun: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] 155mm Gun: Part 2 - Petr Bednarik - Jul 14, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Yes, I noticed that as well - Hans Haase - Jul 15, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . All fixed - Hans Haase - Jul 17, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Ready for Paint! - Hans Haase - Jul 17, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Base Colour - Hans Haase - Jul 23, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Second color coat - Hans Haase - Jul 27, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Adding the Stars - Hans Haase - Aug 3, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Tracks - Hans Haase - Aug 3, 2007

. . . [Chapter] 155mm Ammo - Hans Haase - Aug 16, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Stowage Added and More Weathering - Hans Haase - Aug 16, 2007

. . . [Chapter] An extra weld seam... - Hans Haase - Aug 19, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] An extra weld seam... - Martin Dogger - Aug 19, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Finished - Hans Haase - Sep 2, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Christopher C. Tew - Sep 3, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Tim Streeter - Sep 3, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Matt Riesmeyer - Sep 4, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Found those, the PE set is holding me up - Hans Haase - Sep 4, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - James Wechsler - Sep 4, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Thought about it, but passed.... - Hans haase - Sep 5, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Gaylan Morris - Sep 9, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Tracks were DML - Hans Haase - Sep 9, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Tracks were DML - Gaylan Morris - Sep 11, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . They aren't too bad either.... - Hans Haase - Sep 11, 2007

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