Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

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Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

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Kit number 35346

place holder for whenever.
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*sets about pitching his tent...*
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Duke Maddog wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:00 pm *sets about pitching his tent...*
Thanks Marl. Pack a lunch!
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Bring beer too :giggles:
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:clockwatch:
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:bored: :stirpot:
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BlackSheep214 wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:50 pm Bring beer too :giggles:
Now, that sounds like a plan!
keavdog wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:38 pm :bored: :stirpot:
Stikpusher wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:28 pm:clockwatch:

This is just me trying to get something, anything, across the finish line. It will be nothing much.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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LyleW wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:08 am


This is just me trying to get something, anything, across the finish line. It will be nothing much.
It will be something. :wink:
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Gary Brantley wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:49 am
LyleW wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:08 am


This is just me trying to get something, anything, across the finish line. It will be nothing much.
It will be something. :wink:
:grin:
That, it will be! Kind of like my Mom used to say, "Where ever you go, there you are."
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Probably the kiss of death, but here is where I am at this point. . .

A completely different (to me, anyway) method of attaching the upper hull to the lower hull. A tab on the front and a pin in a post on the back. Seems pretty secure though.

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