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RyeField: New Images of Sherman w Interior
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Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 07:59 PM UTC


Rye Field shares new and photos of their upcoming Sherman with interior.

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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 06:36 AM UTC
This will be my first M4a3 76W HVSS, for sure. I've never built an allied tank with an interior before, but this looks incredible.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 07:25 AM UTC
Wow, just wow. I hope RFM will release other versions of the M4 with interiors like this, but something tells me they will probably stop with the late types. We’ll see.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 09:52 AM UTC
See! This is why I have absolutely no interest in 43 year-old Italeri kits. Seriously, I wouldn't be interested if they were handing them out for free. Only so much time on this Earth and wasting it fixing old kits doesn't work in my timeline. Wow, what a kit this baby is, especially in comparison!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 10:34 AM UTC

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See! This is why I have absolutely no interest in 43 year-old Italeri kits. Seriously, I wouldn't be interested if they were handing them out for free. Only so much time on this Earth and wasting it fixing old kits doesn't work in my timeline. Wow, what a kit this baby is, especially in comparison!


Ahhh, but the Italeri kit builds into another version of the Sherman my dear Watson
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 01:06 PM UTC
This is revolutionary. As long as this hobby has been around, I don't know any manufacturer that provided a full interior to a WWII Allied tank kit in styrene until now. Thanks RFM!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 01:15 PM UTC
I guess it depends on your definition of Allied. We have had several kits of T-34s with interiors, prior to this. Not sure about Bandai and there 1/48th interior kits way back in the day, only had two German subjects.
This is a huge leap for Sherman fans to be sure and I hope I manage to get one.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 07:03 PM UTC

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See! This is why I have absolutely no interest in 43 year-old Italeri kits. Seriously, I wouldn't be interested if they were handing them out for free. Only so much time on this Earth and wasting it fixing old kits doesn't work in my timeline. Wow, what a kit this baby is, especially in comparison!


But fixing old/inaccurate kits is fun and challenging.....and sends you to the grave quicker.
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Posted: Thursday, July 02, 2020 - 08:22 PM UTC

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See! This is why I have absolutely no interest in 43 year-old Italeri kits. Seriously, I wouldn't be interested if they were handing them out for free.


Ermmm... Italeri don't even make this version... And there was a number of other M4A3E8 kits (from so-so to excellent) available over the years. The only new thing in this release is the interior, but no other 1/35 plastic M4 kit had interior before, so your reference to the old Italeri kit is a bit confusing
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Posted: Thursday, July 02, 2020 - 11:12 PM UTC

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See! This is why I have absolutely no interest in 43 year-old Italeri kits. Seriously, I wouldn't be interested if they were handing them out for free.


Ermmm... Italeri don't even make this version... And there was a number of other M4A3E8 kits (from so-so to excellent) available over the years. The only new thing in this release is the interior, but no other 1/35 plastic M4 kit had interior before, so your reference to the old Italeri kit is a bit confusing


Frank refers to his comment about the review of Italeris re-re-re-release of their M4A1, now it comes with figures (Miniart???) ...
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Posted: Friday, July 03, 2020 - 12:18 AM UTC

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See! This is why I have absolutely no interest in 43 year-old Italeri kits. Seriously, I wouldn't be interested if they were handing them out for free.


Ermmm... Italeri don't even make this version... And there was a number of other M4A3E8 kits (from so-so to excellent) available over the years. The only new thing in this release is the interior, but no other 1/35 plastic M4 kit had interior before, so your reference to the old Italeri kit is a bit confusing


Italeri does make an M4A3E8 "Fury" Compared to this? At best "meh" though it has all the "Fury" storage.

Some bits are based on the 1990s Dragon M4A3E8 that was basically a conversion of the Italeri.

Good enough for me but not for folks of your discerning tastes.
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Posted: Friday, July 03, 2020 - 06:09 AM UTC
thats really impressive.
i do hope this leads to more US vehicles with interiors.

a Pershing or Wolverine would be most welcome...heck even a Stuart.
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Posted: Friday, July 03, 2020 - 12:45 PM UTC

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I guess it depends on your definition of Allied. We have had several kits of T-34s with interiors, prior to this. Not sure about Bandai and there 1/48th interior kits way back in the day, only had two German subjects.
This is a huge leap for Sherman fans to be sure and I hope I manage to get one.


O, OK, I meant to say a full interior WWII M4 1/35 scale kit in styrene. Typed too fast in excitement.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2020 - 12:47 AM UTC
Just received this in the UK.

Wow! What a kit...!!! Initial look is that it’s very impressive and for £60, a bargain in this day and age
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2020 - 12:22 PM UTC
I just got one as well.

The assembly instructions booklet is as thick as one of my MAD magazines


https://i.imgur.com/gaMpr0g.jpg






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