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The easiest bash would be to get the Tamiya M1 Super Sherman kit and their M4A3E8 and swap suspensions. Most M4A1E8 had the later turret fittings. It is on my to do list as it was a common NJ National Guard 50th Armored Division tank.
I built an M4A1E8 5 or 6 years ago. I used the bottom half of the TASCA -E8 and mated it to a resin FORMATIONS Late M4A1 CAST 47-degree "Big Hatch" Upper Hull, and aftermarket PE Fenders. Then I fitted the left-over TASCA T23 Turret to the whole shebang, and detailed it with an older ABER "Generic" M4-M4A3E8 PE set, resin FORMATIONS Tools, and bits of stowage from a variety of A/M sources. For Tracks, I used the FRIUL Metal T80 Steel Chevron Track set. The Main Gun, .50 and .30cal Metal Barrels came from RB Models...
Being an incurable "Shermaholic", I ALSO built a VERY RARE M4A1E8-variant, using the same parts as above, with the EXCEPTION of the Turret- Instead, I used a Late "Low Bustle" M4/M4A1 Turret, with Loader's Hatch & Late Commander's Cupola with Vision Blocks, an ARMORSCALE 75mm Main Gun, and an M34A1 Gun Mantlet, all of which I got out of my own stock of extra Sherman parts...
They were both fun builds, in that they represented 2 vehicles that are definitely not "mainstream"...
