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Old 23-12-20, 19:18
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During the restoration of the Sherman V, a temporary sign has been placed in situ to inform visitors of the restoration.
Heh, I came here to post pictures of that too It was supposed to be a full-size version, but that would have cost too much. This one is scale 1:3, and I’m glad to see Ivo (of the Polderhuis museum — the building with the solar panel roof in the second photo) took my advice to have the “5” removed from the turret
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Old 24-12-20, 09:14
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Heh, I came here to post pictures of that too It was supposed to be a full-size version, but that would have cost too much. This one is scale 1:3, and I’m glad to see Ivo (of the Polderhuis museum — the building with the solar panel roof in the second photo) took my advice to have the “5” removed from the turret
Hi Jakko, by all means share your pictures here. The one above were sent to me by Ivo.
Good to see they are taking advice from someone who has researched Operation Infatuate II and the vehicles in depth
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Old 24-12-20, 10:40
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I have those same photos, Ivo mailed them to me too, so I thought I’d share them here, only to find them already up. You saved me the trouble
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Old 18-02-21, 08:09
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Default Sherman M4A4 T-148656 being dismantled

Bas Rijk (69) and Hans Mulder, two volunteers of the Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland are making great progress on dismantling the Sherman of Westkapelle. The are pensioners who spend two days a week on restoration and they plan to have it restored in time for the annual commemoration on 1st November this year.

Read more at https://www.pzc.nl/walcheren/bas-en-...dijk~adad0d5d/

Bas en Hans restaureren de Shermantank 2.jpg Bas en Hans restaureren de Shermantank 3.jpg

Bas en Hans restaureren de Shermantank 4.jpg Bas en Hans restaureren de Shermantank 1.jpg

Bas en Hans restaureren de Shermantank 6.jpg

See the full album here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...07840542628251
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Old 18-02-21, 11:01
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Let me add this photo that you haven’t seen before:

T148656 July 1954.jpg

It dates from July 1954, according to the caption on the back in old-fashioned handwriting, and was clearly taken when the tank was next to the old war museum in the Leitstand bunker. The most interesting bit to me is how clearly visible the registration number is inside the stowage bin — based on a photo from a few years later I had assumed it had been painted over and become visible again when that paint wore away, but you can tell very clearly here that this wasn’t the case.

There’s also a second, almost identical photo with six rather than two kids on the tank.
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Old 20-04-21, 16:36
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This afternoon, I went to the workshop where the monument tank is being restored. The tank has been almost completely stripped.

Here’s some photos I took:

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And for interest, the inside of a VVSS bogie, showing details I never knew was there:

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Unfortunately, I could not find a chassis number on the hull. The vehicle data plate is long gone, and the area where the chassis number should be stamped into the sponson floor is very rusted — not to mention that the plate sounded very thin when I knocked on it, so I suspect it’s been replaced at some point previously (as someone told me when the tank was moved back in December).

There were concerns about how long the tank would last when it’s replaced. According to Stef Traas, who’s in charge of the restoration, it will be made watertight so no water will get into it, and the outside will be painted with something that’s also used to corrosion-proof wind turbines in the North Sea. This sounds to me like it should be a good solution to the problem.

I also fortuitously arrived just in time to hopefully correct the front mudguards. They had been looking at them recently, and were about to remake them as they had been — that is, flat and rectangular. I explained the shape they should have and will send them some drawings showing the real shape (scanned from a model kit’s instructions).

As for the colour to paint it, I will spray a bit of material in SCC 15 intended for models (for those interested: MRP No. 349, “SCC No. 15 Olive Drab”) and send it to the museum, so they can have the right colour mixed.
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Nice photos Jakko, thanks!

WRT the tank Serial Number, have you looked on the rear towing lugs? It shoud be stamped there (on both lugs), but you might have to scrape the paint off, which I suppose will not be a problem since the paint job is not done yet?

See: http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_m...n_serials.html

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Old 21-04-21, 14:11
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Thank for the update, Jakko!
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Unfortunately, I could not find a chassis number on the hull. The vehicle data plate is long gone, and the area where the chassis number should be stamped into the sponson floor is very rusted — not to mention that the plate sounded very thin when I knocked on it, so I suspect it’s been replaced at some point previously (as someone told me when the tank was moved back in December).
Michel shared the webpage with details on where to find the serial numbers on a Sherman above.

I recall last December when we looked at the rear and front towing lugs that the rear ones were especially rusty. I'd suggest to go back and try to carefully file and scrape the indicated locations to try to get some numbers to show up. If you wait till after sandblasting, the numbers which may remain in or under the rust layer will have been blasted away.

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I also fortuitously arrived just in time to hopefully correct the front mudguards. They had been looking at them recently, and were about to remake them as they had been — that is, flat and rectangular. I explained the shape they should have and will send them some drawings showing the real shape (scanned from a model kit’s instructions).
Thanks for that intervention. If they need them ready-made, please contact Adrian Barrell as he has made copies in the past.
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