I bought the RFM kit, and based on what people are saying on different forums, the tracks are, well, less-than-ideal when it comes to assembly.
I am looking for an alternative (hopefully cost effective), however I am not well-versed in Sherman tracks, and have no idea what types did the M4A3 use... Can someone please help me out in this front so I can start looking for some aftermarket?
Thank you

Before you splash the cash, try assembling a set or two of the kit tracks. I found them easy enough (if very tedious) by building one set of seven links at a time over a period of weeks - the bars come in groups of seven IIRC. Basically, start each modelling session by building one set before tucking in to other tasks, and by the time you finish the tank you'll have finished the tracks!

If you do opt to go for an AM track, have a look at AFV Club tracks. They make both the steel chevron and rubber chevron (sorry that the “T” type nomenclature escapes me at the moment) HVSS track types.

I agree with Tom,I got my hands full with assembling the Tasca/Tamiya tracks,rather then doing them in one long session,I have doing a few at a time along with tasks,and slowly but surely they are getting done.

T-66 would be the easiest route.
I've built the Masterclub set and they are very nice, althought about 1/4 of the pins were to large to be pushed in place and I ended up having to manually thin each down using a scalpel. Hence the last 1/4 took as long to put together as the first 3/4 did.

Another option for T-66 would be Fruil with the usual wire for assembly. Haven't seen/built those myself thought.

What I have built is the Raupen plastic T-80. The look really nice once done, but they pretty much have the same construction sequence as the RFM tracks so they doesn't save you any work (and doesn't come with a assembly jig).

Cheers,
/E

Are you looking for the rubber band track ?
You can't assemble them using the instructions, it just doesn't work.
If you want to see the correct and fairly easy way of doing them?
#1 Go to Forems page
#2Click on Allied WW2
#3Go to the second page.
#4Select Building the RFM Sherman
You will find just about everything you need to know on assembling the kit.
The Tracks go together relatively easy, the big pain is cleaning up all the parts.
I know it's one of my builds.
Regards
Donald

I think the kit tracks are your best option. AFV ones are equally as hard to build and need more cleaning and tinkering with, Friul metal tracks are easier to assemble but their guide teeth are hard to add and might come off when working/weathering/installing the track.

Thank you for the answers... I think I will try the kit tracks, and will see how I proceed. The incremental build looks like the best option: do a section at a time.

I have used the Kaizen T-84 tracks. Assembly is a lot of work since each track link consists of 12 parts but they are completely workable and look great.