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 Subject:  [Chapter] Preparing the HullList thread.  
  
 Date:  Apr 21, 2008 
 From:  James Wechsler 
Preparing the Hull

The Tasca kit is a wonderful model but it is not really set up for an interior. There are a lot of ejector pin marks and some large recesses where the suspension mounts to the side of the hull. All these had to be filled and sanded smooth.

One item I really needed to think through was the firewall between the fighting compartment and the engine bay. Tasca provides this part but without detail. CMK provides a very well detailed part but it is intended for use in the old Dragon M4A1 kit. The problem is that the Tasca part is a key piece of the hull assembly and acts like a jig to keep all of the other parts correctly aligned. So I didn’t want to simply leave it off because I was concerned that the lower hull would end up misaligned and then I’d have a hard time fitting it to the upper hull at a later stage.

I ended up removing the locating channel on the hull bottom but not on the hull sides. My logic was that I could still use the Tasca part to make sure the location of the other pieces was correct. I could remove it later and replace it with the CMK part by not gluing it in place. But removing the location channel on the lower hull would have been very hard. The channels on the hull sides are easier to remove since there is direct access to them. Hope this works.

Finally I removed the rivets from the outside of the hull. The Tasca kit represents a riveted lower hull but most Shermans had a welded hull. Normally I wouldn’t care too much and might have blown off this step. But I just bought Mission Models’ Microchisel and I was dying to try it out. It worked great and I popped off the rivets cleanly with only a light sanding required afterward.
 
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  [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - James Wechsler - Apr 15, 2008
. . . [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - Michael Bedard - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - Scott Taylor - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 16, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - Chris "toadman" Hughes - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 16, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - Tim Streeter - Apr 16, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 17, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 16, 2008
. . . Re: [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - Glenn Bartolotti - Apr 15, 2008
. . . Re: [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - Roy Chow - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - James Wechsler - Apr 16, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Preparing the Hull - James Wechsler - Apr 21, 2008
. . . . . . Ain't bulkheads a pain in the butt? - Hans Haase - Apr 21, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: Ain't bulkheads a pain in the butt? - James Wechsler - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull - Michael Bedard - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-please ignore - Michael Bedard - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-riveted - Michael Bedard - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-riveted - Chris "toadman" Hughes - Apr 28, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-riveted-Chris - Michael Bedard - Apr 29, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-riveted-Chris - Chris "toadman" Hughes - Apr 29, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Casting the Hull - James Wechsler - Apr 26, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Casting the Hull TENAX Question - Edward Hall - Apr 28, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Casting the Hull TENAX Question - James Wechsler - Apr 29, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Casting the Hull TENAX Question - Edward Hall - Apr 29, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Let’s get Giggy with it! - James Wechsler - Apr 28, 2008
. . . Have you seen this James? - Glenn Bartolotti - May 3, 2008
. . . . . . Re: Have you seen this James? - Jim Wechsler - May 3, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: Have you seen this James? - Glenn Bartolotti - May 3, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Rear Hull Fixing - James Wechsler - May 3, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Mounting the Transmission - James Wechsler - May 6, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Mounting the Transmission - Louis Leung - May 7, 2008
. . . [Chapter] The scratch building begins - James Wechsler - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins [IMG] - James Wechsler - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins - Pat McGrath - May 11, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins - James Wechsler - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins - Martin Dogger - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins - James Wechsler - May 12, 2008
. . . Re: [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - Steve Nine - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . I'd love a copy! - James Wechsler - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: I'd love a copy! - Karl Van Sweden - May 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I'd love a copy! - James Wechsler - May 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: I'd love a copy! - Steve Nine - May 14, 2008
. . . [Chapter] More Scratch Building - James Wechsler - May 16, 2008 (00:04:15)
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] More Scratch Building - Evan August - May 16, 2008 (09:43:35)
. . . . . . What I did.... - Hans Haase - May 16, 2008 (10:51:31)
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