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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Trying my best :) First part of the gun is semi-automatic breech block It has interesting power structure and consists of several subparts: breech block, connecting ears and breech lock Ready Notice yellow cylinder that houses spring that actuates...

Thank you all! Before i turn to almighty 17-pounder, last detail was attached - storage box.

Thanks for suggestion, Micha. In a matter of fact I did them exactly by drawing scale: 0.6 mm for aerial A (the long one) and 0.5 mm for aerial B. With WS19 radio set aerials were pretty sick. I checked data about real thickness of this rod and it was about 13 mm, so in scale of 1:25 it's...

Thank you friends. Finished outer turret details: Gunners periscope with guard, ,metal vane sight and improved sight, bomb thrower ring, loader hatch lock pin, three lifting eyes, 8 hooks for camouflage scrim (i suppose) and two bases for aerials 'A' and 'B'. Some wire details were left to...

Took a little vacation with family and now back to the Sherman workshop :) Baskets, baskets, baskets. One with first aid kit, one with spare parts, one with MG ammunition and one is empty. In addition added hatches locks

Thanks Zathros! Radio set's control and junction boxes, binoculars case and big pouch (maybe for maps) Wire diagram was strange. So i did a little research and wired it differently. I don't claim it is the correct wiring, but definitely better then in diagrams. For instance, 2 aerial...

50.8 mm (2'') bomb thrower Fitted well into the designated hole View from outside. Outer edging will be glued later, when i will complete all turret outer details

Or throwing out cigarettes stubs :noteeth:

Two more errors that i forgot to mention: Opening rod handle is offset and must be parallel to locking pin. You can see the issue here And real one as it should be here In addition, part #335a must be white. Those little mistakes, but funny that concentrated all in one part. Next i...

Yeh, me too :) In a mater of fact they find it a weak spot and deleted it in later production, but returned by demand., for a reverse use of what you thought :) Here is a citate from Wikipedia: "Being a ballistic weak spot, firing ports are often reinforced with additional armor, and in...

Thank you all! Next part is pistol port. Interesting solution with handle. It was manual handle and not a cylinder :) and locked in close or open position. Sorry, I accidently erased picture with parts. I want to point some mistake here - parts 334a and 334b must be glued on 1 mm cardboard...

Next step was commanders hatch. A tough nut... Curved ring consisted only of petals, that later need to be cut into, for hinge axes. Managed to assemble it somehow. Pay attention to the order of four rings stripes. Two inner and two outer. Glued one on another with bottom base line. Ring...

Yeh, I know that tube amps are the best. My another hobby is music (drummer ) ;)

Cool, Zathros! Thanks for the picture and explanation!

Thanks Micha . Continued with armored radio box. A lot of lamination. Box is ready and attached to turret Fun fact: in early versions of Sherman, radio set was located inside the turret. When Sherman was modified with bigger 17 pdr anti tack gun, it was so big that breach...

Assembled radio set. This one is called British Wireless Set Number 19 or WS19. They've been installed in commonwealth and lend lease Shermans and were different from US versions. First off all boxes. I adapted a method with square boxes - draw along fold line very lightly with knife. It...

Added some details to the turret as suggested in instructions, before i start assembling radio station Ventilation cup, commanders hatch base ring, some plugs and pistol port frame Parts аrе ready and attached to their places Fun fact: the turret was made of cast, homogeneous...

Thanks friends! Laminated to 0.5, 1, 1.5 mm cardboard, as suggested in instructions.

Thanks guys! Eventually finished outer skin! This part was twice harder than inner one, though i had power structure to glue it on. After a lot of thinking i decided to glue parts separately. So, first of all i cut all the parts and folded-glued all curved ones. This gave me some picture...

After i assembled inner skin i moved to power structure. I know that there is a laser set for this, but i wanted to keep with my challenge and cut it myself. Thin breakable parts were strengthened with glue. A lot of parts must suggest curved edges. So i gently cut corners with art knife...