I just received this kit and holy moly is it packed!! I opened it to get the instructions out and now I can't fit everything back in. It looks like everything but the kitchen sink is included. The box must weigh 3 lbs!!!! I am going to love building this kit. So many choices. So many options!!! SHERMANS FOREVER!!

hmm.. makes you wonder when dml is ever going to release an allied 3-in-1........ it won't be long, me thinks...

Alan you got it?

I'm jealous! I wonder when will the distributor here stock that kit...maybe next week i suppose.

It's not quite advertised as a 3 in 1 but there are at 2 turret options and two bogey options (horizontal return roller and straight return roller) so it's at least 2 in 1.

Danny,

didi a quick with MW, no news yet...

Now I'm sooo jealous Wish that comes to my LHS now, and fast! :-) :-) :-) :-)

It's out? I was just beginning to get a decent budget... well, it'll probably take "some time" (guess no more than 6 months) before it reaches Sweden...

Hello Andy,

I just saw it freshly stocked at my usual online Store. They are spipping for free around Europe for orders above Euro 40.
So why wait 6 months :-)

Here is the link
http://www.plasticmodelbouw.nl/

(I have no relation with them )

Cheers
Claude

Alan- Is this the Creighton Abrams M4A3? Thunderbolt?

Did you HAVE to show me that site... I want that, and that, and one of that, no make it two...


And then comes the trick to sneak it past the parents (I'm not capable to pay on the internet, YET)...

I got it pre-ordered from http://www.greatmodels.com.

The version I got is the M4A3(76) VVSS Battle of the Bulge which is one version of Thunderbolt. Apparently there will be a plain version of the M4A3(76) VVSS as well. A second Thunderbolt in the M4A3(76) HVSS style will be out too.

Here is a link to a previous thread that explains it all.
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/52217&page=1

lucky what kind of kit was it

Just got word today from my LHS that my 2 preordered ones are in. I got them for $32 USD a peice. Now to find the $ to pay for them .


Regards
Matt

I picked mine up yesterday at the LHS. The contents look great and Alan is right, it is hard to get it all back in the box once opened. Now how to get it past SWMBO after all the recent purchases at Hobby Lobby...

Keith

Next kit on the "too get list"!!! And hopefully a 3 in 1 will follow shortly.

I ordered mine from http://www.militaryhobbies.ca/ last night so hopefully it will be in next week.

Then I just need to find time to even crack the box.

Well, guys..... I just bought a second Sherman...... YES, I actually bought this new kit today at the LHS for the rather low price of $34.95....and didn't have to pay for shipping. It was the only one sitting on the shelf surrounded by German Panzers of all sizes, and just crying for me to take it home....... and now is sitting next to my other Sherman kit, keeping each other company, no long sad and lonely.
:-) :-) :-)

I ordered mine from Sprue Brothers today for $29.00 -15% due to their armorama special. I am anxious to see inside the box!

Gents. I will be getting my shipment in tomorrow 10JUN05

If anyone needs one, just let me know

Cheers !!

Alpen

Got mine yesterday in the mail from Great Models. I think the box must have been vacuum packed or something because now I can't get the lid back on! This thing is loaded!

[quoteIt's not quite advertised as a 3 in 1 but there are at 2 turret options [/quote]

You can see the actual turret they used as a prototype either on the Ardennes '44 site or see my photos and notes of the same turret on Tim Streeter's Modeling the US Army in WW II.

They did make one small error in the conversion from the ASF-G oval hatch turret used on their M4A2 to the CFM-H round hatch used here. They kept the same bottom piece, which, while correct for an ASF turret, is wrong for a CFM turret. You can see the differences in contours just above the race in the photos the two 76mm turrets in my article. There are other photos on Ardennes '44 if you dig around.

This should be a relatively easy fix with a file and/or putty.

HTH,
KL

i just got the sherman from ace hobbies and i hope it is as good as it looks.