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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Sherman Tamiya Sprue D
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Posted: Friday, November 19, 2010 - 09:41 AM UTC
I have a question about Tamiya's M4A3 75mm Gun front line breakthrough kit.
I'm wrapping it up and looking closely at Sprue D and would love to know what parts 15 are, 22/23 are, 23 is, 25 is, and 26?
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Posted: Friday, November 19, 2010 - 02:43 PM UTC
22,23,24 and 26 are parts for the air filters at the back (M4A3's didn't have?). 25 looks like a hatch pad maybe? Not sure what the 15's are.

Jim
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Posted: Friday, November 19, 2010 - 02:58 PM UTC
That makes sense. That's why they weren't called out in the instructions. The pad makes sense too, wasn't sure -seat pad?

Thanks Jim
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Posted: Friday, November 19, 2010 - 05:26 PM UTC
When the M4A3 kit originally came out, this sprue wasn't part of it. Later, Tamiya made the M4 Early production kit. Sprue D came from that and was added to the newer released M4A3 kits.

Those air filters and head pad are for the M4 kit.
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