Halinsky Sherman VC Firefly

[romanmodels]

Well I'm still alive and so is this build i have got to complete a reconstruction drawing of a Roman villa so the Sherman has taken a backseat but the track is progressing slowly. I have about 20 more track links to go to complete the second track plus extras to mount on the turret.


The second picture shows Cpl R Young and Sgt GE Murray both of the Fort Garry horse repairing the track, Sherman VC firefly tank, Putte, Netherlands, October 6, 1944. Unknown copyright library and archives Canada.
Next is the inside fitting the main aerial, I'm going to pause on the turret build as I think I've done the hard bit. I'm going to start back following the parts in numerical sequence.

The parts for component five possibly drain plugs?

Part five fixed in position in the base of the hull, circled in red

bent up some varying thicknesses of brass wire for the extinguisher lines the fuel lines and a pipe that runs round the top opening on the back of the tank possibly connects to fuel tanks.
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[Don Boose]

Superb work. All the images of your model look as if they are photos of a full-sized tank, and the image from 1944 is wonderful!

Don

[Clashster]

beautiful work! Definitely will keep your thread in mind when I start this one! Thanks!

[romanmodels]

Don and clashster Thanks for your kind words
With the scorching speed at which I'm assembling the tracks I decided I would add four of the six engine bay fire extinguishing horms and their pipework

[Gandolf50]

Very wonderful job! 2 questions, did you have any problems when you scanned and reprinted from the original? and second, where did you find your Japanese book punch, the best I can find has 3-4 bits unless I go the leather punch route and then can find sets with perhaps 13 different sizes!

I am following this with avid attention!!

[romanmodels]

Gandolf am useing the original. i got a cheep book punch of ebay and put the crap punches in the bin and made up a lode of punches. the outer diameter has to true to hole in the center or thay drift at best a the werst thay will rip a hole.

[romanmodels]

As it was a bank holiday weekend I decided to give myself a day paper modelling, so on with the Sherman still doing track links but I am getting near the end now. So have taken a break from them and continued with the tank build.
First five pictures are the engine mounts parts 10 the two side mounts and 11 and 12 for the rear mounts.

[romanmodels]

to meny pic for one post so heres the second part. Instructions now say to make up the engine as it is easier to fit before fitting out the rest of the hull interior.


I will let the pictures show you the story started off with the central crankcase parts 77 to 78 and then moved on to making up the five cylinder heads although they are the same they have different fittings on them so it is important to keep them correctly labelled.parts 79 to 88 so far.

[enrico63]

Nice progress David!
your work is always very clean!!

[romanmodels]

Thanks Enrico.

I finished off the relief parts 88 could they be core plugs?Then added parts 89/89a.


Then parts 90.


Then added cover plates 91, 91a had a hole in it covering this hole was 91b a tube to take a pipe.


Parts 92 which are brackets to hold the coil.


Next move onto adding the coolant inlet or outlet manifolds, this is now where care needs to be taken as they are all different.
The first is for the top cylinder parts 93.

Next was 94 and goes on the top of the left middle cylinder looking from the back of the engine.



And finally for this update part 95 which goes on the bottom left cylinder head looking from the back of the engine.

So far everything has fitted well.