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Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:29 am
by LyleW
Kit number 35346

place holder for whenever.

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:00 pm
by Duke Maddog
*sets about pitching his tent...*

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:03 pm
by LyleW
Duke Maddog wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:00 pm *sets about pitching his tent...*
Thanks Marl. Pack a lunch!

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:50 pm
by BlackSheep214
Bring beer too :giggles:

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:28 pm
by Stikpusher
:clockwatch:

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:38 pm
by keavdog
:bored: :stirpot:

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:08 am
by LyleW
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.

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:49 am
by Gary Brantley
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:

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 8:52 am
by LyleW
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."

Re: Tamiya 1/35 M43E8 "Easy Eight" Sherman

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 8:55 am
by LyleW
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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