Re- worked turret hatch

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:19 am

Here are some photos of my re-worked sherman turret hatch hingers . I have moved these inwards and reshaped the inside radius to match the inner ring . Plus cut new alloy hatchs with the correct shape pintals . Also I have made the hatch stops to hold open the lids to the correct angle . Next I will added all the good detail parts . Dale

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:20 am

sean morgan · Post by **sean morgan** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:28 pm

Brilliant model engineering dale another masterpiece in the making !!!

Sean

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:33 am

Here are some photos of the turret hatch ... I just need to add the hatch clips and then it's finished . Dale

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:33 am

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:34 am

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:50 am

Hello David .. The letters are called " slater's letters @ numbers " you can buy them from your hobby shop or model train supplies . The sizes that I used where , 3mm , 4mm , 6mm . They are flat on the back ... Just use thick super glue ,, to fix them on . Dale

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:33 am

Dale,

Jeez, I still haven't gotten over your Tiger and you're already diving right in on the Sherman? Super work on the hatch details! I really look forward to the progress reports on this one as well as Allan's Firefly.

Hi David,

If you have trouble finding them at your local hobby/train shop, here's where I got some of the small letters for my parts. They are located in L.A. and supply all the hobby shops with the detail styrene parts. You can order direct. Not the greatest range of sizes on the type but the smallest one is the one I've used the most of (2mm, I think). Direct link to letters: http://www.plastruct.com/Pages/OnlineCa ... Key=PABT-2

If you are not a fan of super glue, you can also prime the part, apply a tiny amount of thinner to the spot and set the letters that way as well.

good luck

Kind regards