M10 LEND LEASE BY ACADEMY 1/35 AMBUSH .

[JR]

John at the Shop sells quite a range of VMS CAs. Not sure what he has in stock though.

Thanks Jim, the last time I bought any it was from their Ebay shop.

[JR]

Looking how quickly thrown together those weapons look I think I'd be getting my mate to fire it just in case :smiling5:

A mate !

[Jim R]

Looks a more than decent kit. Interesting that the M10 was another armoured vehicle obtained by the fledgling state of Israel in 1948.

[JR]

Looks a more than decent kit. Interesting that the M10 was another armoured vehicle obtained by the fledgling state of Israel in 1948.

Just hope I can give it a decent build Jim, going to take my time on this. Expecting a load of xps sheet and basswood , foam board on Monday , decided it's time to do better builds now I have more experience .

[Graeme C.]

Looks like another interesting project there John, I'm in.

[JR]

Looks like another interesting project there John, I'm in.

Welcome Graeme, think it will , made a start on the wheels today .

[Guest]

Quick tip: if you can, you may want to leave the roadwheels free to rotate on their axles, at least until after painting. That way you can paint the rubber tyres far more easily than having to get your brush in between the suspension arms and bogies and all that. The roadwheels are the only ones with rubber tyres, BTW — the return rollers and idler wheels are all steel.

It’s also easy enough to leave the whole bogies separate from the hull until after painting, to make painting the tyres less difficult still. Just build the complete bogies, paint them, then scrape the paint off the mounting plates on the hull and the backs of the bogies, and you can glue them into place.

[JR]

Quick tip: if you can, you may want to leave the roadwheels free to rotate on their axles, at least until after painting. That way you can paint the rubber tyres far more easily than having to get your brush in between the suspension arms and bogies and all that. The roadwheels are the only ones with rubber tyres, BTW — the return rollers and idler wheels are all steel.

It’s also easy enough to leave the whole bogies separate from the hull until after painting, to make painting the tyres less difficult still. Just build the complete bogies, paint them, then scrape the paint off the mounting plates on the hull and the backs of the bogies, and you can glue them into place.

Thanks for that, will do . :thumb2:

[Andy the Sheep]

Hope there's still a seat in the back rows or gallery.
I filled to the brim my insulated 1/2 litre tea mug, so no need to elbow my way to the front.

[Jim R]

That's a good idea of Jakko's. Certainly worth noting in my book of tips

[Guest]

You only find out how much handier it is to build Shermans that way when you need to set the suspension to a certain attitude, like to represent much weight on the front but not the rear, for which you pretty much have to glue the bogies to the hull before painting.

Oh, one thing I forgot this morning: the M10 has an inward-sloping bit to the bottom of the upper hull sides, at the level of the top run of the tracks. On the real vehicle, this is a hinged piece, but Academy has moulded it to the upper hull. You almost certainly won’t be able to fit the drive sprockets if you glue the hull halves together first, so make sure those are on before you do that. If you want to use the tracks from the kit, you will also need to add those before installing the upper hull. However, if you use workable tracks, like your preferred Friuls, you should be able to put the track in after glueing the hull halves together — just as long as you haven’t joined the ends of the track first, of course

[JR]

Hope there's still a seat in the back rows or gallery.
I filled to the brim my insulated 1/2 litre tea mug, so no need to elbow my way to the front.

Hi Andrea.
In case you can't find a seat shout FIRE, this will clear the front row quicker than Matron appearing .

That's a good idea of Jakko's. Certainly worth noting in my book of tips

Yes indeed Jim, think I shall be asking for help on this quite a bit !

You only find out how much handier it is to build Shermans that way when you need to set the suspension to a certain attitude, like to represent much weight on the front but not the rear, for which you pretty much have to glue the bogies to the hull before painting.

Oh, one thing I forgot this morning: the M10 has an inward-sloping bit to the bottom of the upper hull sides, at the level of the top run of the tracks. On the real vehicle, this is a hinged piece, but Academy has moulded it to the upper hull. You almost certainly won’t be able to fit the drive sprockets if you glue the hull halves together first, so make sure those are on before you do that. If you want to use the tracks from the kit, you will also need to add those before installing the upper hull. However, if you use workable tracks, like your preferred Friuls, you should be able to put the track in after glueing the hull halves together — just as long as you haven’t joined the ends of the track first, of course :smiling3:

Thanks for that, I've done the road wheels as suggested, spent some time removing the mould line .
Will be using the kit tracks this time as an article in Scalemates which I posted earlier appeared to favour them .

No doubt I shall re read your post many times as I progress :nerd: and pm -ing you if that's ok .

[Guest]

pm -ing you if that's ok .

Of course. Happy to answer questions, whether in a thread or in a private conversation.

[JR]

"Right there's more ", a famous expression by a US train u tuber Jaw Tooth.

Although I did find a wooden box with 4 Panserfausts in I've made a box with two . Seemed a better size for modelling .
Tried to make the internal supports in wood was just to small so used some Evergreen plastic strip .
Finished the 12 road wheels, sanded the mould line back , these will be sprayed and the outer rims painted in black tyre paint before they are assembled, as suggested by Jakko .


That's it , off to cook the tea .
John .

[Jim R]

Box looks great. The old habits and skills eh! :thumb2: