How to be an Armoured Farmer, building Hobart's Funnies in Glorious 15mm (and maybe 28mm if they arrive in time!)
SkyTrex Sherman Crab
I bought two Sherman Crabs, so that I could do the echelon mine clearance technique that was practiced for D Day. The kits were quite straight forward but they did need a bit of adaptation to make them look correct (photos of this later). The only real issue I had with quality was with the clarity of the moulding, it had a lack of definition in a few areas but I am not too worried, as I will treat it as dirt/debris build up that accumulates when the flails are in operation.
The parts of the flail 
Be very careful when cutting off the metal sprue gates for the flail arms, so that you don’t accidentally cut off the locating lug.
The holes for the locating lugs were indented but not of any depth. I checked the diameter of the lugs and then drilled out (0.9mm dia) so that I had a snug fit. I then had to file the surrounding metal carefully to match the profiles and get the best mated surfaces possible.
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