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Modifications to an early Sherman turret

Big-John

Beginner
This is a project I did for a magazine article. Here I will show the steps involved in turning an early turret into a later turret with cast cheek armor. This was a kit bashed project before Asuka released their M4 Sherman kit.
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The first thing was to remove the pistol port and infill the opening with Milliput.
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Next I roughed out a piece of card stock to account for the protruded casting.
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Milliput and green putty was used to blend it all in.
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And finally the turret was given a rough cast texture.

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The finished model.
 
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