My latest “Shermania” purchase from Scale Reproductions in Louisville, KY:
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**Breaking news! **
I finished my entry for this campaign. In due time it will be placed in a diorama,. I already have the figures and made a start with them, but I currently don’t have place to display a dio. So that will be something for the future…
Now for the pics:
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Very nice Erwin. What are the mounting points for on the mudguards ?
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Thanks!
The Brits called them houseboats. They are mounting point for the device to disguise them as trucks. Same as they did in the desert. It hasn’t been put to use in the ETO, though and were removed later on. This Vc is depicted in Normandy around the Falaise area.
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Small point: your tracks are on backwards (which is not impossible) and they are far too loose. If you still can, you would probably do well to remove at least one link, if not two, to get them as tight around the wheels as you can get them.
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Thanks Erwin. Never knew or seen it before 
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Thanks for noticing. I hope I can get them of in a good way. Tightening them will be a issue, as there is not that much leeway…
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I am going to chime in here but not trying to start an argument . . .
I have seen a number of Shermans with that much slack in their tracks, or more.
Also you have put the slack in exactly the right place for a Sherman that is driving forward. Most of the slack accmulates just below the main drive sprocket.
p.s. Beautiful work!
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The idea is that the tank is actually at a standstill, while a heavy machinegun section passes by.
The placement of the slack can be changed, as the tracks are workable and loose.
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If they’re workable tracks as you say, you can probably break the track somewhere on the bottom, right? Or are these Bronco-style tracks with those pins that go all the way through?
With AFV Club tracks or similar, all you need to do is pull off some end connectors, remove the blocks, pull the track together and slide the connectors back on.
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They are Friul tracks, with the pins fixed with a tiny drop of CA glue… 
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Good job Erwin.
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Thanks buddy!
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Out of the hospital. Maybe tomorrow, besides all the follow-ups I have, I can get some bench time. Having a form of cancer (CLL in my case, assuming the biopsies don’t show a transition) blows.
However, the food was good and one of my nurses was super sexy and super great.
Mike
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Don’t know if this can help: Friul are heavy on their own and they naturally tend to sag (expecially over time). When I want a durable live track effect with a metal offering I use a strip of thin plasticard running more or less from sprocket to idler. I glue it along the upper run of the track, using the VVSS skids as mid points to lay on; and it remains descrete unless you don’t peep from below!!
Cheers
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Sorry to hear of this, Michael.
Enjoy some modelling and recover at best.
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That really blows… Here’s ti hoping and praying you’ll be on your feet (or bench) again soon!
Sexy and great nurses are but a meager recompense.
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That is tough! I sincerely hope you will recover soon…
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Sad news mate. Not many words to sum it up bar everyone will be rooting for you …
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