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 Subject:  [Chapter] Looking at the Lower HullList thread.  
  
 Date:  Nov 22, 2007 
 From:  Michael Bedard 
Looking at the Lower Hull

Before getting to the actual build a little examination as to the accuracy and detail has been done. Starting with the lower hull the TMD M8 is spot on in dimensions according to the drawings in Steve Zaloga’s Stuart book by Osprey. In Zaloga’s book there is a 1/35th scale engineering drawing available that was used for comparison. The dig on the old Tamiya kit was that the lower and upper hull were too short and had incorrect angles because of this. The TMD lower hull matches perfectly having the correct length and height. I also compared the Formations hull, which has correct length, but height is too short. The Tamiya hull is both too short in length and height. Details on the bottom of all three hulls are different. I did not have my Hunnicutt book available when I was writing this chapter (my best friend borrowed it from me) so I don’t know which is the most accurate. I would assume the TMD is mainly because of the addition of the belly escape hatch. The Formations hull has no internal detail.

The only nit-picks I have about the TMD lower hull is that some of the rivets should actually be hex bolts instead. This is minor since once painted and drybrushed they will appear the part. Also on the left exterior a weld bead is noticeably bent and should be straight. I know these are minor but someone would have noticed at some point.

Picture 1) TMD, Formations and Tamiya lower hulls. Notice the different details and sizes of the details between the TMD and Formations details. Formations lacks the belly escape hatch. Tamiya has the motorization holes.

Picture 2) Interior shot of the three hulls.

Picture 3) Misaligned weld bead.
 
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  [BLOG] M8 HMC - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Preparing resin pieces - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing resin pieces-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing resin pieces-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Removing pieces from carriers - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Removing pieces from carriers-Pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Removing pieces from carriers-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Removing pieces from carriers-pic 4 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Removing pieces from carriers-pic 5 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 18, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Looking at the Lower Hull - Michael Bedard - Nov 22, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Looking at the Lower Hull-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 23, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Looking at the Lower Hull-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 23, 2007
. . . . . . Comments On the Lower Hull Comparison - Rob Ervin - Nov 24, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: Comments On the Lower Hull Comparison-Rob - Michael Bedard - Nov 24, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Comments On the Lower Hull Comparison-Rob - Rob Ervin - Nov 24, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Found the escape hatch-Rob - Michael Bedard - Nov 27, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Painting interior parts - Michael Bedard - Nov 25, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting interior parts-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 25, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting interior parts-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 25, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting interior parts-pic 3 - Roger D. Foss - Nov 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting interior parts-pic 3-Roger - Michael Bedard - Nov 27, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting interior parts-pic 3-Roger - Karl Van Sweden - Nov 27, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting interior parts-pic 3-Karl - Michael Bedard - Nov 27, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Painting the interior resin pieces - Michael Bedard - Nov 28, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting the interior resin pieces-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 28, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting the interior resin pieces-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Nov 28, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Painting the Hull Interior - Michael Bedard - Nov 30, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting the Hull Interior-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Dec 1, 2007
. . . [Chapter] .50 cal Thompson - Michael Bedard - Dec 4, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] .50 cal Thompson - Gary Cooper - Dec 4, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] .50 cal Thompson-Gary - Michael Bedard - Dec 4, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] .45 cal Thompson [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Dec 30, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] .45 cal Thompson-black metal [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Jan 20, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] .45 cal Thompson-sheen [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Jan 20, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Weathering the Interior - Step 1 - Michael Bedard - Feb 6, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Interior - Step 2 - Michael Bedard - Feb 12, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Feb 12, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2 - Martin Dogger - Feb 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2-Martin - Michael Bedard - Feb 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2-Martin - Roger D. Foss - Feb 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2-Roger - Michael Bedard - Feb 14, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2-Martin - Martin Dogger - Feb 14, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . drying time-Martin - Michael Bedard - Feb 14, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2 - John Blair - Feb 22, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2-John - Michael Bedard - Feb 22, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Alternatives - Ken Hartlen - Feb 24, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Alternatives-Ken - Michael Bedard - Feb 24, 2008
. . . . . . Ox Gall Liquid, oder? - Ken Hartlen - Feb 24, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: Ox Gall Liquid, oder?-Ken - Michael Bedard - Feb 24, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Ox Gall Liquid, oder?-Ken - John Blair - Feb 26, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Interior - Step 2 (Using Ox Gall) - Edward Hall - Apr 10, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Adding Pigments - Michael Bedard - Mar 30, 2008
. . . . . . Re: Michael about Mixing Pigments - Edward Hall - Apr 5, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: Michael about Mixing Pigments-Edward - Michael Bedard - Apr 5, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Painting Fabric - Michael Bedard - Apr 5, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting Fabric-2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 5, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Painting Fabric-3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 5, 2008
. . . Re: [BLOG] M8 HMC - Paul A. Owen - Apr 5, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [BLOG] M8 HMC-Paul - Michael Bedard - Apr 5, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Aammunition Racks - Michael Bedard - Apr 8, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Aammunition Racks - Kyle Nelson - Apr 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Aammunition Racks-Kyle - Michael Bedard - Apr 14, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Aammunition Racks-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 14, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Aammunition Racks-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 21, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Extra Detail - Michael Bedard - Apr 11, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Extra Detail - Edward Hall - Apr 12, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Extra Detail-Edward - Michael Bedard - Apr 14, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Extra Detail-Michael - Edward Hall - Apr 16, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Extra Detail [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 14, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Extra Detail [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 24, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Periscopes - Michael Bedard - Apr 17, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Periscopes- pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 21, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Periscopes-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 21, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Adding Interior Rounds - Michael Bedard - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Adding Interior Rounds-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 24, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Adding Interior Rounds-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 24, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Adding Interior Rounds-pic 4 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 25, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Fire Extinguishers - Michael Bedard - Apr 26, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fire Extinguishers - Glenn Bartolotti - Apr 26, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fire Extinguishers-Glenn - Michael Bedard - Apr 26, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fire Extinguishers- pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Apr 27, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fire Extinguishers-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 2, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Dashboard - Michael Bedard - May 2, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Dashboard - Andy Barnett - May 2, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Dashboard-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 2, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Fit Problems - Michael Bedard - May 4, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fit Problems-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 4, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fit Problems-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 4, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fit Problems-pic 4 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 4, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fit Problems-pic 5 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 4, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fit Problems-fix for periscope - Michael Bedard - May 11, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Exhaust - Michael Bedard - May 7, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Exhaust - Martin Dogger - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Exhaust-Marrtin - Michael Bedard - May 10, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Fixing the Turret Ring - Michael Bedard - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fixing the Turret Ring-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fixing the Turret Ring-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fixing the Turret Ring-pic 3 - Joe Bakanovic - May 11, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Fixing the Turret Ring-pic 3-Joe - Michael Bedard - May 11, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Opening screens - Michael Bedard - May 16, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Opening screens-pic 2 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 16, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Opening screens-pic 3 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 16, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Opening screens-pic 4 [IMG] - Michael Bedard - May 16, 2008
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