Hi Bill,
That's awful when you try to buy a thoroughbred and you end up getting a plow horse.
DML's Imperial series Korean War M4A3E8, #9009, is one of their oldest Sherman kits based on the Italeri's M4A1 and M4A3 kits.
The upper hull has the usual weld joint issues, with trenches like most older Sherman kits have instead of welds that stand proud of the hull joints.
The mounting points on the Italeri based lower hull have to be cut and sanded off to mount the HVSS suspension, unless you're lucky to have got the #9009X with the resin replacement lower hull.
One of it's most obvious flaws is that the gun mantlet's MG port and sighting port are reversed and upside down.
The tracks are indy type T80's that were more commonly seen in the Korean War and not late WW II
I have one sitting in my stash along with DML's #9010 M4A3 [76]W HVSS WWII Sherman with applique armour.
It's too bad you didn't get the #9010 kit, it's gun mantlet was corrected and has the more common T66 tracks.
#9009 is not a great kit and it's a poor cousin to some of the more recent releases.
You could get some AM parts and use a little TLC or you could get one of the better, newer releases.
Cheers
jjumbo
p.s. Looks like Al beat me to the punch