Hello friends,
I would like to start a collection of M4 Sherman tanks in
1/35 escale but which are the best accurate Sherman?
Which are the best parts Academy, Dragon, Italeri and Tamiya have to offer? The best accurate and detailed
V VSS suspencions, the best accurate road wheels, best accurate lower hull, best accurate and detailed hupper hull, best detailed hupper hull parts, the best accurate and detailed turret?
Best regards,
José César

Ah, and then someone asks the question. Its like asking, "Who's the hottest woman?" :-)8 There is no real answer.

However, Tamiya is a good place to start. A little work - mainly on the hull sponsons - and you will have a beautiful Shermie.

Whoaaaa there amigo.......not too demanding are you?

I certainly won't portend to have all the answers for you, because there are certainly more qualified gentlemen here on site who could do that for you. But your query is soooooo broad, that I entertain the thought of sitting back and hearing the answers pour in myself............................



Tread.

Well each maker has good and bad points For example-the Italeri M4A3 Sherman It's good points
Raised weld beads
Better road wheels/idler wheels-detail on both sides
It has the periscope guards as well
Bad points
The tools are weak on detail
The .50 cal turret mg is bad detail
Tracks are a bit tight

The Tamiya M4A3 good points
Better tools and .50 cal mg
Better tracks
Bad points
No detail on the backsides of road wheels/idler wheels
Weld beads are reccessed instead of raised
No periscope guards
Open sponsons on the hulls


DML Shermans are very nice However those tracks on those are individual They will take a long time to put together

Hope that helps

Couldn't have said it better.

Jose -- I'd suggest you scan some of the many Sherman threads on this site. You'll probably be able to narrow your question a bit.

No single Sherman kit is perfect. To create a reasonably accurate tank, some of us combine parts and pieces from various kits (and sometimes some aftermarket or scratch-built parts) to make a single tank.

I think you should start with the basic kits first (Tamiya, Italeri, Dragon). If you want you can graduate to super PE and detail sets. Once you get the feel for the various Sherman kits you can go for the kitbashing.

Like everyone has said, and I echo Shermie, like any model, there is no real bad mainstream model: AFV on top of all the others mentioned. They are real addictive. And when you get into it, you can start to kitbash the details from one with another.

If you're talking about AFV Club models, I have to disagree. For instance, comparing the Academy and AFV Club M10 models, Academy requires fewer corrections to get an accurate M10. I don't think either of them got the turret right, but the Academy looks better to me (even though it is too narrow).

As far as details -- bogies, road wheels, tools, etc. -- go, I'd have to pick Academy. But Academy doesn't make many actual Shermans. DML has the lead in number of variants, but some of them are much better than others. Tamiya gets the nod for ease of build straight out of the box. Italeri is also good for value and reasonable accuracy.

I have only done one sherman, a Tamiya M4A3 (105). I was naming mainstream model companies and not necessarily the best ones. Otherwise, you about summed up the main strengths of shermie models

This one is Tamiya old Sherman...basic kit, good for begginers.I built it straight from the box(Take a look at thye ugly .50!)

Hi,

First of all a warm welcome to AA.

Espero que apareça pela secção em português

As said before each kit have good points and bad points.

If you prefer vinil/rubber tracks go for ITALERI or TAMIYA if you don't bother about individual links tracks go for DML - most of them have several parts not used that can be used on others to make a more accurate model.

For instance TAMIYA M4A3E2 Jumbo has bad turret and transmission cover, the ITALERI so called Jumbo makes a nice M4A3 large hatch out of the box.

Here Sherman references you can find a lot of links for articles, photos and references about WWII Shermans.


HTH