That is really bad practice. As mentioned previously, their loss. Nice work on the braces.
Since you are working on the Chrysler cupola you might want to add the machinge gun resting mount as seen on M48 (the front left side of the turret)
Hi Nikos,
Already in the CAD package from Mike K. @HDSC2D 
He got your back, friend.
If I feel adventurous, I may CAD the funky-shaped driver’s hatch, too as a part of backdate package. We shall see if I remain sane after making the MG mount:
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The horrible Dragon T54E1 kit has a nice early M48 upper hull with flush periscopes and small drivers hatch.
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Camp Douglas, Wisconsin has a flat deck '48 that has this cupola.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g59754-d10237063-Reviews-Wisconsin_National_Guard_Museum-Camp_Douglas_Wisconsin.html
Something not so accurate. 
M8 Rockets for Meng Toon T34 Calliope. Only CADded the rockets.
For
Unlaunched and launched versions
Unlaunched
Launched
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Been practicing making repeated patterns on Fusion 360:
Getting the hang of it:
Planning to use it to make this on Leopard 2A5 or 6:
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Not too fancy but may be useful for dioramas.
Coffee mug in 1/16 and 1/35 scales.
Reference photo used - my actual coffee mug:
4 versions made - empty x2 and with beverage x2 (2 in each scale)
Empty:
With beverage:
If I render in glossy white, looks like this:
Uploading the STLs to my cults3d page.
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You might want to offset the holes so that they are at an angle rather than rows and columns.
It looks like the holes are angled at 30º (or 60º depending on which way you look at it).
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If you don’t like drawing out all those holes you can cheat like I do and download either a 2D drawing or 3D model from McMaster-Carr. Almost all their products have CAD drawings!
I needed large scale realistic fasteners and instead of trying to draw a thread I simply downloaded 3D bolts and import them into my CAD program as solid models. My Punch ViaCAD seamed to prefer IGES but they have a variety of export options.
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This is a great catch, Michael! Completely missed it. I’ll redo.
OK, redid it in Fusion 360:
Learned a powerful new tool.
Using the same trick on a cylindrical surface!
This enables me to render something like an M900 series truck muffler guard.
I have been manually cutting these holes using individual cylinders and kept freezing the software. Novice attempt no more.
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That looks noice.
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Do you know where one can go to get a file printed if they do not possess the required printer?
Hi Mike,
I actually do not know if there’s a ‘public’ place or an outsourcer near the Springs where 3D printing can be done. I may 3D print some files from the Denver area if that’s considered near enough to you. I thought we talked about this before, and didn’t you say you’re in the process of acquiring a 3D printer? PM me if you want to discuss separately.
Kind regards,
James
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Putting my new CAD skill to use!
USMC Humvee muffler with mesh guard in 1/35. Used the Tamiya 35263 kit measurements.
I wanted to eliminate messing with the PE for this.
Reference photos used:
Uploading it to my Cults3D page soon.
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as soon as I saw you doing the exhaust guard, I was like I wonder about a Humvee exhaust.
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