Monday, July 30, 2018

Labours of Hercules - A Sherman VC part two

The Nemean Lion had impenetrable golden fur, Hercules slays the lion by (sources vary) shooting it in the mouth or beating it to death with his club. Hercules wears the pelt as armour.

So, this is the build of a Warlord Games Sherman VC as "Hercules", the slayer of big cats.

So since the last post, I have added some additional track to the hull and the turret. I bought another Rubicon German Stowage set and added one long and one short length of Panther track to the hull side.
Additional pieces of Panzer IV track has been added in front of the headlights.
A short length of Panther track was added to the right side of the turret.
I also removed the existing gun travel lock and replaced it with a travel lock from a Rubicon Sherman I Hybrid kit. It is not correct for a Firefly, but is better than the moulded on version. I added the cross piece from Slaters Microstrip. It does not match the shape of the Rubicon Firefly travel lock but does match the outline of the original.
The tow cable was shortened and replacement Rubicon end pieces added. The white posts on the turret are the fixing points for bags for the turret crew's kit bags (to be made from Greenstuff).


 Two more kit bag posts.

The commander's hatch still needs to be assembled and a suitable crewman added. Soft stowage also needs to be sculpted.