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Tamiya: Korean War “Easy Eight”
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Posted: Friday, November 17, 2017 - 08:05 PM UTC


Announced at the 2017 Tamiya Fair is a new kit depicting the M4A3E8 Sherman as used during the Korean War.

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Bravo1102
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Posted: Friday, November 17, 2017 - 08:59 PM UTC
Knew this was coming now where's the JGSDF Sherman with a clipping of Godzilla's toenail?
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Posted: Friday, November 17, 2017 - 09:13 PM UTC
First time the Easy Eight is depicted with a red glacis, AFAIK.

This kit was shown with a placard of the color scheme and at least two color photos of the particular unit with a red glacis.

A note says research was provided by David Doyle. Whether it's colorized or not, I'm not sure but it does appear genuine. Unless it's in one of his books, I'd assume they were bought from a private collection.
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2017 - 02:55 AM UTC
Looks good,I like this one.Its cool to give armor a little more charactor
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2017 - 01:54 PM UTC
finnaly some addition to the korean war. figures are lacking, maybe that will be next?
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Posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017 - 09:56 AM UTC
The fact that it comes with the GAZ jeep is an interesting, unexpected bonus!
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Posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017 - 11:18 AM UTC
Kit build on Andy's Hobby Headquarters.

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Posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017 - 11:45 AM UTC
Wow, just freaking amazing!! Can't wait to get one.
DavidDoyle
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2017 - 10:19 PM UTC

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First time the Easy Eight is depicted with a red glacis, AFAIK.

This kit was shown with a placard of the color scheme and at least two color photos of the particular unit with a red glacis.

A note says research was provided by David Doyle. Whether it's colorized or not, I'm not sure but it does appear genuine. Unless it's in one of his books, I'd assume they were bought from a private collection.


Hi guys,
The photos are NOT colorized, the images are from the US National Archives. At the archives there is a small, poor color print, and the original color transparency.

I have posted a couple of these, as well as its original Signal Corps captions, at:

https://daviddoylebooks.com/rices-red-devils/

If one considers that on the turret side is stenciled "Rice's Red Devils" - and that Satan is normally depicted in art as red in color - the red artwork is logical (were it Tom's Tangerine Tigers - then yellow would make sense).

Hope this helps!

Best,
David Doyle
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