Howdy. I think I read here in Armorama that Italeris M32 wasn't a post tank. It served in WW2. There was a photo too. So it wasn't so bad after all. Maybe have to change the tracks.

Alright. I read and posted into that thread that you are referring to.
I bet more pictures are going to be posted to public now. Good.
A lot of model builders have built this vehicle but were not going to do the conversions required, but built OOB.
However I haven't even started my kit yet. The box is dusty.

It wasn't a postwar variant. The main problem with Italeri's kit is that virtually all the M32B1 recovery vehicles were built on the earlier M4A1 hulls with the small driver's hatches, as seen in the Tasca Shermans or the older Dragon Early M4A1. Only one photo of an M32B1 with large hatches has ever been published, as far as I know, and it only turned up on the Missing Lynx site a week or two ago.
The M32 series also used welded hull early M4 hulls (base-model M32), or the welded hull M4A2 for the US Marines (designated M32B2). A small batch were also built on the large hatch welded hull with the 47 degree hull front for the Marines, but these missed the war, going on to serve in Korea.
In the early 1950's large numbers of obsolete M4A3 with HVSS suspension were converted to recovery vehicles, and designated M74. These had stronger winches, sturdier jibs, and additional stowage boxes.

Jan,

Some good news is that there were pictures of the large hatch Sherman M-32 posted so it does model a M32 correctly. Well as correct as the Italeri Sherman is anyway.

Look how it pushed over that iron reinforcement bar.LOL

yes,
there are a few photos knocking around somewhere of these shermans with the large hatches, but these are few and far between, so the hull could be ok, as long as you check your references and model a perticular vehicle.
Where you have used chain for the whinch, this should be ( SWR ) Steel wire rope, in model scale, picture hanging wire, but overall, well done,you have done a good job on the base, and the figures.

well done,
malc.

Looks good.

Thanks, you are all very kind. I had problems what chain to use and how it goes.

I concur with the other poster about using the chain. The pullies were designed for metal cables, not chains. Also there has not been a "bunch" of pictures of the large hatch M4A1, only a SINGLE one and it featured the late M4A1 cast in hull side patches.

Regardless, thanx for posting your pics, Jan!

Great job on the M32. I was thinking about doing one sometime before they're all gone (they seem to be getting scarcer, I think maybe it was a limited edition). I just hope mine turns out as nice! I'll remember about the picture wire, too. I don't care about it being a postwar vehicle; I was planning on doing an Israeli one anyway.