for all you Sherman guys

[sturmbird]

Dragon, Tamiya, and Italeri have done M4a2's in the past. I want to build one, but can't decide if I want a kit or buy all the after market stuff to build one (going to need three kits). One will be a turret less recon version (British), and the others will be a Marine PTO build and another British tank.
any thoughts?
gary

[deafpanzer]

I am not into Sherman. I would ask John Hale... he is the guy we can ask.

[bullardino]

Tasca is reissuing its Sherman III...

[sturmbird]

Nov 6, 2015 15:37:23 GMT -5 bullardino said:

Tasca is reissuing its Sherman III...

I picked up a pair of direct vision M4's the otherday from them, while passing on Jumbos. Know nothing about a Sherman III, and from what I hear it's slightly different than a standard PTO Sherman. How different I don't know.
By the way I paid $47 a piece for them! Jumbos were around $60.
gary

[bullardino]

Sherman III is the right one to depict a british one. They aren't cheap but they're damn good

[sturmbird]

Nov 8, 2015 3:54:06 GMT -5 bullardino said:

Sherman III is the right one to depict a british one. They aren't cgep but they're damn good

I plan on doing a Polish Sherman, a Marine PTO tank, and a turret less Sherman with an after market hull top.

gary

[totalize]

I am a bit of sherman fan and have acquired a number of references over the last 5 years. Haven't been building them in the last few years as I have been focusing on aircraft builds but here are some data points.

The Sherman M4A2/Sherman III was the diesel engine version of the Sherman Tank. There were also dry stowage (stowed ammo) and wet stowage (ammo housed in a liquid insulated tank to prevent the shells from catching fire and exploding) versions of the tank. The U.S. marines used both types in the pacific theatre with the exception of the direct vision types as these were phased out by the time the marines got them to use in the pacific. First use of the M4A2 by the Marines was at Tarawa. The Wet stowage types were considered late M4A2's. The British and commonwealth troops did not use the Late Wet stowage M4A2's but did use the early direct vision and all others. They even used some DV M4A2's during the Normandy invasion. The U.S. army used only gasoline versions of the Sherman. You should check the different versions of the tank as the glacis often determines the type of tank (wet or dry) and time period they were used.

Here's a good reference site to help you.

the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/


Hope this helps,
David.

[bullardino]

Have you already some reference pics? If so, I agree with David, watch the subtle differences and choose the right kit to depict them.