I know might be hard to do,but somebody put together a list of all Dragon Sherman's out or coming out?

Is there going to be a DD one a wrecker one the CDL one?

Thanks

Well for a partial list of extant kits
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/subject/sherman.htm

As for a DD or M32 or a CDL, why would you think DML would leak such information if indeed they were planning such items? One can only hope. But if you're impatient, Resicast makes a DD Sherman, there's the tired old Italeri M32, there are several M31 conversions for the Academy kit (Verlinden, Cal35, Legends) and there's the Resicast CDL turret for the Academy M3 Lee.

A quick search on GMW yielded these two lists, one for Cyber-Hobby and one for Dragon. I guess it is not the complete list yet.





Hope this help a little.

Regards
Paul

There is the recently released M4 DV to add to the list. There was a hint posted of the pending potential release (is that ambiguous enough?) of the M4A3 late (75)w. How long is the list of M4 variants that still need to be kitted?

Hate to sound like Capt. Obvious and I know it sounds too easy, but why don't you just go to DML's website and look?

Jeff I have a incomplete list of allied armour on a excel spread sheet including DML shermans, perhaps your interested?

If Jeff isn't I would be so I can compile a listing of all the Sherman Kits.


Cheers
Al

Depending on variants, it could be quite a few. There is of course the early dry version of the M4A3, the very early M4A1s withe the M2 gun and the twin machine guns fixed in the hull ala the M3, the various rocket armed tanks, including the Calliope. Of course there are also the various flamethrower versions, crabs, and other engineering versions.

Now some of these have been made in plastic, others in resin (some of those frighteningly expensive.) And conversions exist for many as well. but it would be cool to have them in a way that you could just build them OOB.

John

Well, they've cut all the molds needed for the M4A3 (75) already, for previously released kits--they only need to print a new box and revise the instructions, so that's a no-brainer [Want one right now? Buy the M4A2 PTO late Sherman and the M4A3 (76) Premium Edition Sherman and swap the turrets. You'll have a late US Army M4A3 (75), and a late Soviet M4A2 (76), though you'll have to scrounge your own markings.]
I suppose it comes down to the Dragon marketing department's internal schedule. They are spreading out the variants of each of their tank series, and scattering less popular variants in between the "must haves." If they saturate the market with too many similar kits in too short a period, many dealers will decline to carry the full line, and many newbie customers will simply be overwhelmed ("Mister, which of these Sherman kits is the best?"). As for needed, unreleased variants, the M4A3E2 Jumbo Sherman would be the obvious big seller.
German builders face the same issue. Dragon has all the molds necessary to release a plain, mid production Tiger I kit suitable for the Kursk period, but instead, they've opted to rerelease their Initial Tiger, which is accurate for one of just nine vehicles issued to single battalion near Leningrad in 1942. A mid-production tank could be seen in 14 different battalions and divisional formations as well as several independent companies from early 1943 through the end of the war, and is obviously a more versatile kit, but for now, we can only soldier on with the older Tamiya "Early" Tiger plus a lot of aftermarket accessories (or kitbashed with one of the Dragon kits).

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Since I already have a Soviet M4A2, I bought a formations late high bustle turret to make my M4A3 75 wet.

I don't know how I forgot the M4A3E2. Tamiyas wasn't all that great, and the resin options are a little more than I want to pay right now.

John

This is a list I compiled a while ago and is by NO means complete:
M4 Sherman (Sherman I, 1c)
Italeri (6389) M4 Sherman USMC (Actually an M4A3 with some – not all – parts for an M4A2 Late Has Wading gear)
Tamiya (35190) M4 Sherman (Early Production) (Incorrect Hull glacis – actually an M4A4 one; not early more remanufactured mid)
Dragon (6228) (Announced three years ago – still waiting)
Dragon (9037) Sherman Firefly Ic Hybrid-Hull (Came in two kit variants – one as a 2-1 with alternate excellent late High Bustle 75mm turret. Re releaeased in 2007 without 2-1 option)
Dragon (tba) PTO 75mm M4Composite (Announced for later this year)

M4A1 Sherman (Sherman II, IIa)
Dragon (6083) M4A1 (76)W "Operation Cobra"
Italeri (225) M4A1 (76) W Sherman
Nichimo (unk) M4A1 Sherman ((Also released by Minicraft)
Tasca (35-010) M4A1 Sherman (Mid Production)
Tasca (35-012) M4A1 Sherman (Late Production) (Actually Mid with some late features also released as ltd ED with Brit Stowage, Figure and 4AB markings which are really wrong))
Testors (803) M4A1 Sherman (Actually Italeri M4A1 (76) W kit number 225)
Dragon(6447) M4A1 DV (Announced)
Matchbox (???) M4A1 (76) W (Rebox of italeri 225)
Revell (???)M4A1 (76) W (Rebox of italeri 225)

M4A2 Sherman (Sherman III, IIIa)
Academy (13010) M4A2 (76) Red Army (Incorrect rear hull angle on EARLY kits – later corrected)
Dragon (6188) M4A2 (76) Red Army
Academy (13203) M4A2 Sherman USMC (47 deg late dry hull with Wading gear & T48 tracks with EEC)
Dragon (6062) M4A2 "Tarawa" (Mid/Early Welded Hoods)
Dragon (6462) M4A2 U.S.M.C. Sherman Late PTO 2-In-1 (Late 47 deg dry hull with wooden appliqué and T54 tracks with and without EEC)
Dragon (6313) Sherman Mk. III (Cast Hood variant with 3 piece transmission and T54 tracks)
Dragon (6231) Sherman Mk. III Mid Production Sicily (Welded hoods with Brit acc from kit 6313 and WE 210 tracks)

M4A3 Sherman (Sherman IV, IVb, IV,by, IVa, IVay)
Dragon (6354) M4A3 105 HVSS (incorrect mantlet Size)
Dragon (???) POA Flamethrower variant (Old Italeri Lower Hull with excellent new turret, individual links)
Academy (13207) M4A3 105mm w/M1 Dozer Blade (Blade width incorrect – half way between M1 and M1A1)
Tamiya (35251) M4A3 Sherman 105mm Howitzer (Assault Support) (Comes with Winter US Infantry figures)
Dragon (6255) M4A3 (76)W VVSS "Battle of the Bulge" (Comes with DML US Tank Crew and 101st AB Bastogne Figure sets)
Italeri (6440) M4A3 76mm Sherman (Labelled as M4A2 Jumbo!)
Heller (81161) M4A3 Sherman (Re Release of Italeri 6440 with new markings)
Italeri (288) M4A3 Late Sherman w/Calliope (First Sherman Kit with double sided detail on Roadwheels)
Tamiya (35122) M4A3 Sherman w/75mm Gun (With T54 track and large EEC)
Tamiya (35250) M4A3 Sherman 75mm Gun Late (as for 35122 with t48 track and figures – US Inf Winter)
Tamiya (35139) M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo" (No armoured transmission cover – turret undersize)
Dragon (6183) M4A3E8 "Thunderbolt VII"
Dragon (6283) M4A3E8 Sherman "Major Albin F. Irzyk" (Bad Hybrid of 6255 and earlier HVSS gear)
Dragon (6811) M4A3E8 HVSS WW2(Based on Italeri M4A3 late with T66 track individual link and appliqué armour – expedient Jumbo)
Dragon (9009) M4A3E8 "Easy 8" Korean War (Based on Italeri M4A3 late with T80 track individual link)

M4A4 Sherman (Sherman V, Vc)
Dragon (6035) M4A4 Sherman (Original had incorrect length lower hull - Re released in 2007 with corrected Lower Hull – 6 marking options)
Dragon (6041) M4A4 w/60lb Rocket
Dragon (6031) Sherman Vc Firefly (Incorrect Lower hull length and poor mantlet height in turret face, incorrect late Bogies – superceded by 6121)
Dragon (6121) Sherman Vc Firefly (Still has Incorrect Lower hull length and poor mantlet height in turret face, correct Mid M4 bogies and 60lb rocket options – superceded by 6182)
Dragon (6182) Sherman Vc Firefly (Corrected Hull and turret , but IMHO still wrong in small ways such as radio pot)
Dragon (6323) Sherman Vc Firefly "Douglas Kay" (Ltd Ed kit of 6182 for DX 07 Euro)
Tasca (35-009) Sherman Vc Firefly
Tasca (35-011) Sherman Vc Firefly w/Cast Cheek-armour Turret


M50 Isreali Sherman
Dragon (3528)
MP Models (???) (OOP limited run injection kit with individual links)

M51 Israeli Sherman (aka Isherman/Super Sherman)
Dragon (3529)
Dragon (3539) Premium Edition
Academy (1373)

Achilles Mk II.c (M10 17 pdr)
AFV Club (35039)
Academy (1392)

Kangaroo Personnel Carrier (Defrocked Priest)
Italeri (204)

M3 Grant
Academy (13212)
Tamiya (35041)

M3 Lee
Academy (13206) M3 Lee
Tamiya (35039) M3 Lee Mk I

M7 "Priest"
Academy (13210) M7 "Priest"
Italeri (206) M7 "Priest"

M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer
AFV Club (35024) M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer
AFV Club (35S07) M10 Wolverine (Late Production)
Academy (1393) M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer
Academy (1397) M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer
Tamiya (89554) M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer ) (Actually in mixed scales of 35th & 32nd Tracks are woefull – old 70’s motorised kit )

M12 155mm Gun Motor Carriage
Academy (1394)

M32 Armored Recovery Vehicle
Italeri (6203)
Testors (806) (Rebox of Italeri)

M35 Prime Mover
AFV Club (35S08) (Hopeless attempt to rehash has wrong engine decking for M35)

M36 Jackson Tank Destroyer
AFV Club (35058) (Wrong Engine deck type for M36, bad gun tube is post war M3 minus the Extractor)
Academy (1395) (Postwar parts included)
Italeri (250) (Actually an M36B1 on M4A3 lower Hull)
Tamiya (MT 135) (Actually in mixed scales of 35th & 32nd Tracks are woefull – old 70’s motorised kit )

M40 155mm Gun Motor Carriage
AFV Club (35031) M40 155mm Gun Motor Carriage "Big Shot"

Kit# is 10101 for the MP Models M50

Dragon makes or made (I think its OOP) an M4A1 75mm Dry stowage.

CyberHobby also does/did a M4A2 Beutepanzer in the past year or so.
Cheers

jjumbo

Tasca (35-016) Sherman V

Tamiya did an M4A3E8, it was motorized and closer to 1/32nd, but it was my first Sherman (maybe 1972) I think that someone (minicraft?) reboxed it, along with the Tamiya M36

John

As long as Dragon don't want to give up on their M4 chassis, they should produce an M7, M10, M36, and an Achilles. I realize Academy and AFV have already released these vehicles, but they all have some sort of issues, and Dragon is one of the few companies I can trust for accuracy.