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 Subject:  [Chapter] The Basic Hull or…List thread.  
  
 Date:  Dec 18, 2007
 From:  Eric Scurlock 
The Basic Hull or…

There You Go Again Putting Your Keen and Penetrating Mind To The Task and Coming to the Wrong Conclusions.

I always start my builds with the basic assembly. I’ve as of yet to build a DML kit that hasn’t given me consternation at one point or another and this kit is no exception. The hull build was going well until I got to the transmission cover. If you follow the instructions you end up with the transmission cover sides sticking out from the sides of the hull by about a millimeter. This causes all sorts of problems so clearly I had to fill this gap.

I decided to use spare parts from the kit to fill the gap. I trimmed parts A13 and A14 to fit and used them to fill the gap. This seemed logical since now the hull side was flush all the way to the transmission cover. But now the hull sides sticked out from the cover. I came up with an easy fix – just add a bit of strip styrene along the transmission cover edge to fill the gap. With a little Mr. Surfacer no one would be able to tell once the model was finished.

Interesting hypothesis but it doesn’t work. The widened transmission cover causes the front fenders not to fit correctly. Besides that it's just wrong. The transmission housing is narrower than the rest of the hull. Only US Army bureaucracy would come up with such a thing. Go figure.

There was no way to remove parts A13 and A14 so I had to trim them to correct size in place. I recommend using parts A13 and A14 as templates and using sheet styrene to fill the gaps for anyone else tackling this project.
 
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  [BLOG] M4A3E8 Thunderbolt VII Kit - Eric Scurlock - Dec 16, 2007
. . . [Chapter] What I will be Working With - Eric Scurlock - Dec 16, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] What I will be Working With - Frank Iannetta - Dec 18, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Forget the springs - James Wechsler - Dec 19, 2007
. . . Re: [BLOG] M4A3E8 Thunderbolt VII Kit - Martin Dogger - Dec 17, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [BLOG] M4A3E8 Thunderbolt VII Kit - Eric Scurlock - Dec 17, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Basic Hull or… - Eric Scurlock - Dec 18, 2007
. . . . . . After Repairs [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Dec 19, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Corrected Hull Sides - Eric Scurlock - Dec 23, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Transmission Cover Mounting Plate - Eric Scurlock - Dec 25, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Transmission Cover Mounting Plate - Matthew Mifsud - Dec 25, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Transmission Cover Mounting Plate - Eric Scurlock - Dec 26, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Transmission Cover Redux - Eric Scurlock - Dec 28, 2007
. . . . . . View From The Front [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Dec 28, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Transmission Cover Redux - Matt Weisberger - Dec 29, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Transmission Cover Redux - Eric Scurlock - Dec 30, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Transmission Cover Redux - David Damerell - Jan 4, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Suspension - Eric Scurlock - Jan 1, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Engine Cover - Eric Scurlock - Jan 6, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Turret Rear - Eric Scurlock - Jan 7, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Turret Rear - Michael Bedard - Jan 7, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Turret Rear [IMG] - Thorsten Herbes - Jan 9, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Pistol Port Area of Turret - Eric Scurlock - Jan 14, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Final Drive Housing - Eric Scurlock - Aug 20, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Final Drive Housing [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Aug 21, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Final Drive Housing - Eric Scurlock - Aug 21, 2008
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