A question please.

Was the above when fitted with the original turret retro fitted with the commander's cupola (with vision blocks) and possibly, also with the separate loader's hatch instead of just the single split commander's hatch? Also appreciate any pointers to links showing good detail photo of the tank.

Decided now to build a properly engineered all metal 1:6 scale tank!

From a UK company called Armortek!

My opinion. Vastly superior in quality and also cheaper to what I have had to 'rebuild' in the past!

Look out for another article in a few months Jim!

Many thanks for your advice.

Peter (Trackpins)

In answer to your question, no. The turret on a dry stowage would have been a low-bustle turret, with early split commander's hatch and no loader's hatch. See the turret on the Tamiya M4 kit.

A question for you: Why the M4A3 75mm dry? These were pretty rare tanks.

From Peter Track pins to you Hollowpoint.




Back at ya!!

Oh yes thanks for replying Hollowpoint.

Those extra armor plates included in the Tamiya M4A3 kit are an error. Leave them off and you'll have a relatively accurate M4A3 75mm wet stowage tank -- and, yes, then you could use the commander's vision cupola.

Here's a link to some other tweaks to make the kit a little better than it is out of the box: http://www.usarmymodels.com/MANUFACTURERS/Tamiya/tamiya35122.html

I would hope that you would want your 1/6 scale model to be as correct as possible, rather than a simple blow-up of the Tamiya kit.

Making an accurate M4A3 75mm tank in that big scale certainly would "add more interest" in my book!

Good luck -- these big scale models have always interested me, but I have no room for them now. One of these days after the kids move out, maybe ...

I sent him your reply.
You know a bunch about them Shermans Hollowpoint.

thanks again

"Was the [M4A3 small hatch] when fitted with the original turret [low bustle] retro fitted with the commander's cupola (with vision blocks) [yes] and possibly, also with the separate loader's hatch [no] instead of just the single split commander's hatch?"

In other words, low bustle turrets frequently had their original cupolas replaced with vision cupolas, but the loader's hatch was not available as a modification kit.

KL

Thanks for the replys guys, appreciated.

Thanks Jeff (Sgtreef) for acting as postman, also appreciated. A few problems this end with I think AOL.

Hollowpoint. I tried to send you a mail to your Armorama e-mail address thanking you and offering some build photos but had it returned. Would you please kindly let me have a current address? The book sounds very interesting indeed.

Many thanks.

Peter (Trackpins)

Peter:

Check your PM.

Guys,
You know a lot stuff about the Sherman where and how can get this info .What books?What websites? What sources?What links? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.I have th British and American Tanks in WW2 and it just gets me lost and interested in more Tanks and projects.I need a focus on the sherman .

Thanx,

AJ
Im seeking nirvana now

Our good friend TUGA has assembled quite a long list of Sherman sites: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/6853&page=1

As far as books go, Squadron offers a couple nice titles, including Sherman Walkaround and Sherman in Action. Concord has several books that feature Shermans, notably The M4 Sherman at War, parts 1 and 2. The "bible" for Sherman builders is R.P. Hunnicutt's Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank -- this book is rather hard to find and expensive when it appears on eBay and other online auctions, so you may be better off to try to borrow a copy through inter-library loan. MMiR's Modelers Guide to the Sherman is another out-of-print, hard to find book, but rumors continue that it will someday be re-released. M4 Sherman by George Forty is sometimes available. I found Osprey's modeling manual for the Sherman to be of limited use (and downright wrong in a few places).

Whew, I could go on for a while, but I think that is enough to get you started.