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  • Lion Mark Makes a 76 Gaston
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      Posted Jul 7, 2009 11:36 AM

      It is in the T48 shop (just checked). Olivier at the Quarter Kit shop has one in his Gasoline line as well. You have to correct the HB mantlet by adding some styrene sheet to the sides and some more styrene and some putty to the bottom to reduce the undershot look. Here is a corrected example with the Gasoline 76mm barrel.

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      The rest of the HB turret is OK, but the commanders hatch opening is too large add a ring of styrene to reduce its diameter. The hatch is too big too, but you are on you own trying to fix that. One possibility would be contact Steve Faxon for a Sherman all-round vision cupola it is the right size, but will take some fitting.

      As long as we are talking hull corrections, here are a couple of shots of the correction to the HB M4A1 hull. Again HB got the angled plates on either side of the engine deck wrong. The width of the engine hatch is acceptable, but the rear decking on either side has to he separated and lifted with styrene wedges to correct the excessive downward slope at the rear plate. Once this is done some 1mm thick profile strips and a lot of two-part epoxy putty must be added to restore the nearly vertical angle of the side plates this is the most glaring error on the HB M4A1 hull and is well worth the effort.

      First the cutting angle and wedging:

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      Here is the corrected hull with the putty in place the profile strips are peaking out from under the putty where it has been sanded down.

      [linked image]

      Hope all find this helpful.

      Konrad

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