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Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 01:56 PM UTC
Italeri offers a lend lease M4A2 76mm in Soviet service. Lets take a look and see what we get in the box.

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vettejack
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Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 05:02 PM UTC
I recall these kits on the shelf for a mere $5 to $7 somewhere in the 80's. Does the re-release today justify manufacturing cost of nearly 1000% mark-up since then? Don't get me started on the detail of this kit compared to today. While a nice kit overall (M47 too), I'll stick to EBay ($10-$15 there) if I ever want another.
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Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 05:44 PM UTC
I think it's a bad sign when the boxtop artist captures the inaccurate rocking front roadwheel that trapped many unwary Italeri Sherman builders....
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Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 09:11 PM UTC
Darren, thanks for getting this up and running.

John, I agree on the price. Looking online over the past few days, the new Asuka M4 and Tamiya M4A3E8 can be had for lower prices than this kit, depending on where it is purchased.

Roy, I kept looking at that and thinking the tracks bowed around the drive sprocket just like the stiff kit tracks.

It can be a good kit for someone to practice on, but it doesn't hold up to new releases.
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Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 11:30 PM UTC
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Posted: Friday, November 13, 2015 - 04:43 AM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2015 - 06:32 PM UTC

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Darren, thanks for getting this up and running.

John, I agree on the price. Looking online over the past few days, the new Asuka M4 and Tamiya M4A3E8 can be had for lower prices than this kit, depending on where it is purchased.

Roy, I kept looking at that and thinking the tracks bowed around the drive sprocket just like the stiff kit tracks.

It can be a good kit for someone to practice on, but it doesn't hold up to new releases.


Hi, Russ! I'm inclined to question the wisdom of someone buying a $50.00+ kit just to practice on... Yeah, I remember when the 1/35 ITALERI M4A1 and M32B1 ARV first came on the market- They made a pretty big splash. Today, we have so many BETTER 1/35 kits of the US M4-series Medium Tanks and their variants that the ITALERI kits have become superfluous, at best.

Still, THANKS VERY MUCH for your blog!
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