Derelict Crab T148656
Hull interior with Academy M36 parts in Asuka hull
Last bogie on left side, with missing wheel
Chain case for driving the flail
Chain case drawings, to help you build one yourself 🙂
Hull interior almost complete
Stuff on commander’s side of turret
Scratchbuilt turret drive mechanism
Turret basket
Turret basket
View through commander’s hatch
Resicast gun in Asuka mantlet
Hull interior painted
Turret interior painted
Painted turret interior through commander’s hatch
Resicast Crab parts on hull
Resicast blast shield and scratchbuilt replacement
Flail arms and blast shield on hull
Resicast wading trunk on hull rear
Attachment strips for lower blast shield
Basic shape of the bin on the right-hand side of the hull
Rear deck with deep-wading adapter and stationkeeping bars
Stationkeeping bars
Paint on both the models, SCC 15 on the derelict tank and dark grey-green on the monument tank
Highlights added
Tracks built and installed … and then the build stalled for almost two years 🙁
After the long break, I corrected some details that became apparent from photographs that surfaced in the mean time: different periscope covers, the surround around the gun shield, and a few more.
The links for the flail chains, 3D printed by another modeller. Four plates with links for twelve chains each, so seven spare (a Crab had 41 chains). For reference, the brown tiles are 5 cm × 5 cm.
One flail chain constructed: four lengths of 0.4 mm brass rod held in a piece of Blue-Tac, onto which the links were assembled; the length (on the right) is a cut-down piece of Resicast flail chain. The rods were then glued and after drying, snipped off on both sides. After some practice, this took about 5 minutes per chain …
All 41 flail chains done!
Markings on right flail jib and hull front, replicating those on the real tank using decals and hand-painting.
Markings on hull rear, again with decals and hand-painted parts.
Markings on right hull side: WD census number both behind stowage bin and inside it, as visible in post-war pictures.
Weathering started, with an overall wash of Tamiya flat earth and other parts more selectively stained and discoloured.
Some of the flail chains on. They were painted black, drybrushed gun metal and washed with a dirt colour.
Finished model, following more weathering, stains, etc.
Comentarii
11 11 March 2020, 12:46
Jakko
Thanks, though the fun was wearing a little thin at times building these models 🙂
Thanks, though the fun was wearing a little thin at times building these models 🙂
28 March 2020, 14:23
Robert Podkoński
Wow, what an intricate detailing - I admire your patience and determination here, Jakko!
Wow, what an intricate detailing - I admire your patience and determination here, Jakko!
24 October 2021, 20:03
Jakko
Thanks, it was certainly trying … perseverance got me through eventually, though 🙂
Thanks, it was certainly trying … perseverance got me through eventually, though 🙂
24 October 2021, 20:11
Villiers de Vos
Nicely done, painted and realistic weathered. Your Sherman has seen some service!
Nicely done, painted and realistic weathered. Your Sherman has seen some service!
26 October 2021, 12:24
Jakko
Thanks 🙂 Not sure about long service: it had stood outside for two and a half years at the point this model represents 🙂
Thanks 🙂 Not sure about long service: it had stood outside for two and a half years at the point this model represents 🙂
26 October 2021, 12:29
Spanjaard
amazing job. from scratchbuild details, to high tech 3D parts. fantastic!
amazing job. from scratchbuild details, to high tech 3D parts. fantastic!
26 October 2021, 13:22
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Sherman Crab Mk. I, WD census number T148656, as it stood as an abandonned, derelict wemi-wreck in the village of Westkapelle, Netherlands, ca. 1947.