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Christian Lehmann
Looks realy nice. I also have to add some luggage on my M4

Philip De Keyser
Looks great Kim 😉

Kim Branders
Thanks for the comments guys.

Lionel Marco

Hi!

Great job on the Sherman, but the accessories 🙁...

First, the boxes, on the louvers. There will be troubles, like engine overheating. And they will be in the way for the engine maintenance
Secondly, how will all thes accessories stay on the tank while on the move? They will need to be tied on the tank.

My 2 (constructive I hope) cents

Lionel

Gerald
Nice Kim very well

Kim Branders
@Loinel:I think you are right, do you know a site with this info???

Steve Wilson
Hi Kim, I found these if they are of any use to you, I can't see any crates, but but plenty of loose untethered fodder... 🙂 🙂 🙂

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Lionel Marco
@Kim: Which info are you looking for?

Christian Lehmann
@ Lionel: I am also building a Sherman at the moment. Usually I build aircrafts and have not so much knowledge about tanks. So I bought the book" Armored Victory 1945" written by Steven Zaloga. This book contents a lot of helpful fotos.
The fotos proove that your´re right. All the luggage on the tank was lashed on the tank.
But indeed there are also a lot of fotos of tanks where the back part of the hull was full of boxes, bedrolls etc., often covered by canvas. These luggage covered definitely the cowling grill. Due to my opinion you´re right that this should cause overheated engines but obviously they did not overheat because this method of stowing was common practice.

Lionel Marco
It depends of the version of the Sherman too. Only the M4A2 and M4A3 have these kind of grills The others versions hava different/no cooling system, so the rear deck is solid and more "useable" for storage. (as on Steve's first picture)

Steve Wilson
Yer! know Lionel, I never noticed that🤔... Pay attention at the back there.🙂

Christian Lehmann
Is the type of grill related on the type of hull, casted hull or welded hull ?

stefan natus
Nice progress.

Lionel Marco

Yes, they are related to the type. Actually it's only on welded hull, and they are different, more square on the M4A2 and more large on the A3

Kim Branders
@ Lionel: how do I tied the accessoires on the tank. I haven't done this before. How do you make it?? Thanks Grtz Kim.

Lionel Marco
I had a look to pictures of (mostly) british sherman in a book I have at home.

On the rear deck, it's mostly objects like tarpaulin and other "soft" objects like bedrolls. There's some boxes too, but not that often... And often the whole mess is protected (from the rain and more) by a tarpaulin which must help to secure everything on the tank.

So how to tie them? Well just remember how you might have tied objects on the roof of your car or in a trailer. The rear lamp guards and the hull lifting points are obvious starter for fixed points for securing objects on the rear hull.
The shelf that overhang the rear hull will be nice to store the bedrolls I mentioned earlier: ammunition boxes will be inside, where thay might be usefull an not as an additional hazard

Sorry not to be more specific... It's not easy to explain this kind of thing in my natal tongue, and even more in English. The best way is to search for pictures on line,as a picture is often worth a thousand worlds!

Lionel

Christian Lehmann
Hi Lionel, this is exactely how I also observed it and how I intend ed to do it

Christian Lehmann
Boxes are often used on the front above the plank

KMK
nice work Kim

Kim Branders
Ok thanks for the info Lionel.It is a very good point of view 🙂. pics well follow.
Thanks KMK.
Grtz Kim