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Showcase & Gallery / Magnetising a Sherman
« on: March 06, 2019, 07:50:58 pm »
A month or so ago, I played a d-day scenario of Bolt Action against a friend, and it bugged my that my only sherman (a very late war easy-eight) was the only thing I had, so I decided to get a second sherman more suitable for summer-autumn 44.
Remembering the modular nature of shermans (and rubicon's kits), I decided that it would be cool if I could make a single model that could have VVSS, VVSS with "duckbill" extended track, be a 75 or 105, and be able to optionally fit the deep-wading trunking set.
I already had a big stack of 5mm magnets left over from doing turrets for my team yankee, so this thread is going to document what I did, and any problems that arise along the way.
It's not going to be possible for 100% accuracy in places, but so far it's a nice exercise in getting the most out of the kits.
I've chosen the M4 composite sherman as it's my second-favourite sherman look after the very late flat front, but a lot of this will port straight over to the M4A2 and M4A3.
Remembering the modular nature of shermans (and rubicon's kits), I decided that it would be cool if I could make a single model that could have VVSS, VVSS with "duckbill" extended track, be a 75 or 105, and be able to optionally fit the deep-wading trunking set.
I already had a big stack of 5mm magnets left over from doing turrets for my team yankee, so this thread is going to document what I did, and any problems that arise along the way.
It's not going to be possible for 100% accuracy in places, but so far it's a nice exercise in getting the most out of the kits.
I've chosen the M4 composite sherman as it's my second-favourite sherman look after the very late flat front, but a lot of this will port straight over to the M4A2 and M4A3.