peterairfix
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Not really my thing but I thought I would drag out of mothballs and show you what's been done. 
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Airfix 1/35 M36B1Gmc tank destroyer "abandoned"
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If I may give a few tips? The little flaps over the periscopes, in the drivers’ hatches, should be at about a 45 degree angle, so they sit right on top of the periscopes themselves. On the real thing, these are spring-loaded so they get pushed up by the periscopes and snap shut again when those are removed. The rear hull plate seems to be at a very strange angle 
It should be up against the vertical rear edges of the side plates.
Did the kit come with those etched headlamp guards?
It should be up against the vertical rear edges of the side plates.Did the kit come with those etched headlamp guards?
peterairfix
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Thanks for those pointers this is why I rarely build tanks but am I right in thinking that this is a reboxing of another companyIf I may give a few tips? The little flaps over the periscopes, in the drivers’ hatches, should be at about a 45 degree angle, so they sit right on top of the periscopes themselves. On the real thing, these are spring-loaded so they get pushed up by the periscopes and snap shut again when those are removed. The rear hull plate seems to be at a very strange angle
Did the kit come with those etched headlamp guards?
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As far as I know, all the current Airfix 1:35 military vehicle kits are reboxed Academy. I have the Academy M36B2, and I suspect the turret sprues are the same between your kit and mine The difference is that the basic M36 had a different upper hull, with sloping sides, and the M36B1 like you have, used a standard Sherman hull instead. The M36B2 had a wider suspension — which Academy have missed on their kit, apparently falling into the old trap that the armoured roof is what makes it a B2.
The difference is that the basic M36 had a different upper hull, with sloping sides, and the M36B1 like you have, used a standard Sherman hull instead. The M36B2 had a wider suspension — which Academy have missed on their kit, apparently falling into the old trap that the armoured roof is what makes it a B2.
peterairfix
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I am going to abandon this build as I just can't get on the tanks of any sort so I will be putting it up for grabs in the correct section.
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That's a shame, Peter. I guess it happens to us all at sometime or other, but re-reading the thread thus far, I don't really blame you..... 
Onwards and upwards.
Onwards and upwards.