"Falaise" Otter number 2

[jdmcm]

Love the Otter! what unique piece of history...as for the damage...it'd kind of a tough call, patching as would have been done in service will leave a lot of the uninformed thinking it was a poor restoration...tough on some folks ego, not on others..completely repairing it as if it never happened seems to be like re-writing history...as for range damage..I think it is fine to leave it as long as you don't misrepresent it...it is a very interesting thing to see what kind of damage can be inflicted on armor plate...I have some plates we cut out of our range find Sherman that I kept just to be able to show people exactly what happens when a round penetrates a tank...the circle left on the inside around the point of entry is amazing...and frightening to think where those metal splinters would end up

[David Dunlop]

That makes for a very interesting compromise. The range damaged plates are part of the history of the vehicle. By saving some of the more interesting examples for display with a fully restored vehicle, respects it's history and adds great value to any display of it in the future. Personally, I would go that route.

David

[Alex van de Wetering]

Looks a little like a firefly.

I agree...radio box and square hatch on turret; definately Firefly Vc.

Lovely pics of a Sherman M4A1 Duplex Drive in the same series as well.

Alex

[lssah2025]

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