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The next stage of the project is to add the jerry cans to the engine plates and the rear LHS fender. Having glued the five jerry cans to the wooden support the rear plate was coated with liquid glue and the cans put into place. The etch brackets were thinly coated with Gator’s Grip glue to ensure these stuck to the plastic and the assembly was allowed to dry. A piece of 10-thou plastic card was cut to 28mm x 3 mm. A wood grain pattern was engraved onto one side with a pointed scalpel bade and then clean up with fine grade wet and dry paper. Two holes were then drilled on the centreline approximately 1mm in from each side, to accept plastic rod, which represents the fixing rods to hold the jerry cans in place. This was glued in place with the Tamiya liquid cement and when dry the excess was cut off flush with the wood plank. To finish the assembly two Grant Line wing nuts were glued in place where the rods came through the wood.
On the LHS engine deck was placed three jerry cans. A piece of 10th plastic card was stuck to the hull side as a support for the jerry cans. Using the 10th card a 33mm x 3 mm strip was cut and detailed as the previous can holder complete with rods and wing nuts
On the LHS rear fender was fitted two jerry cans. Firstly a piece of scrap etch runner was bent to a right angle and glued to the can to one side and the bottom. This was also done on the second can in the same way. The first jerry can was then glued to the fender with the handles against the rear of the engine panel. A strip of plastic was then glued to the fender to act as a stop for both cans. A piece of rod was then glued to the centre line of the jerry can attached to the fender. The second can was then glued to the fender parallel to the first. When dry a piece of card was cut and drilled, slipped over the rod, glued at right angles to the cans and when dry the rod was cut and finished with two wing nuts. Finally a small piece of strip was glued to the strip on the fender at right angles and parallel to the can, see pictures
This now completes the jerry can stowage for a 35t as used in the Russian campaign as the distances were very great hence the need to carry more fuel.