M50

[Sherman 18]

Well, I have not been just sitting and watching TV, I have been working a couple of projects and this is one of them. A kit bash for a M50. I'm using the Academy M51 hull, Tamiya turret and parts from MP turret. I thought this would be easy. Slap the MP turret on the Academy hull and call it good.

A shot of what I'm after on this one

MP turret

Tamiya turret

I hacked off the back of the Tamiya turret and added the cheek armor with sheet styrene

I cut off the counter weight from the MP turret and then lengthened it with some styrene

I cut off the gun trunnion from the MP turret and thickened it with some styrene

I thickened the mantlet with sheet styrene

test fit of the counter weight

I was still a little off on the length and had to add some more styrene

I adjusted the rear of the hull and added the welds, plus some casting texture

I going to try to back date the engine deck to a 1967 version. I'm scratching the rear half of the deck

 

[Sharkmouth]

Great looking! Are you using the Lioness of the Desert plans?

Regards,

 

[Sherman 18]

Great looking! Are you using the Lioness of the Desert plans?

Regards,

Yes the ones from the first book and thanks.

 

[jknaus]

James

 

[Sherman 18]

Thanks James!

 

[MrT]

Terry

 

[Iron Mike]

Chop, channel, lead, seems like a lead sled is happening.

 

[Tojo72]

nice going so far Sherm

 

[lupanzer]

Top work...very good

Luiz

 

[The Zod]

Great job on the turret. I guess the old MP turret is wrong?

 

[Sherman 18]

Great job on the turret. I guess the old MP turret is wrong?

Thanks Zod!

As for the MP turret being wrong - Yes, but not so bad it does not look like a "M50" turret. It is dated, the counter weight is to short and not shaped right, it is missing the cheek armor and the trunnion is a bit to narrow. I used the line drawings in Dr. Robert Manasherob book Loiness adn Loin of the line. I chose to use a Tamiya turret as I like the way Tamiya molded it.

 

[Sherman 18]

Thanks Terry, Mike, Raiderfan and Luiz!

Hope to get a little time with it this weekend.

 

[Sherman 18]

I think I have the shape just about close enough. :hmmm

 

[Ken Abrams]

Whoa, that looks like a lot of work!

Cool.

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[moon puppy]

Jeff where you get your measurements for this surgery?

 

[Sherman 18]

Jeff where you get your measurements for this surgery?

Dr. Robert Manasherob's book Lioness and Loin Of The Line Vol 1

Plus some eye ball engineering :laugh:

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Sharkmouth]

Lioness and Loin

I personally wouldn't mix the two...
:woohoo:

Regards,

 

[ij001]

More great armour modelling. We are so lucky to have such talented folks here

Ian