For its age, not such a bad kit. At any rate the question is do you want to build an accurate M4A3E8 or as it appeared in the film: in fact two separate M4A2E8s, at least one of which was fitted with postwar tracks and in-house fashioned exhaust shroud?

Hello I am very interested to see how Italeri found its way with the HVSS suspension... without going back to the old AFV Club option, both the Tasca/Asuka HVSS from the beautiful M4A3E8 (35020 or 35023) and the Dragon set in the at-last-almost-all-updated-Easy-Eight (6183, the Thundebold VII version offering both the circular or oval order hatch) are not that simple, to say the least. Tasca ask for about 20 parts for each boggies ! Metal spring and tube in the Dragon set could be ... but boggies are articulated, if you need it. As often, Tamiya did it beautifully and so simply in their M51 kit. And the same HVSS is again in their newly issued M4A3E8 (ref 35146) along with a new M4A3 upper hull and an up-dated T23 turret (the new one in their M1 super Sherman aka M4A1 76 mm late was not free of fitting problems)... For sure competition will be very very tough for Italeri, especially if Tamiya new release delivers all its promises My guess now is who from Italeri or Tamiya who will provide us with a M4A1 76mm HVSS... both of them have all they need to do it quickly... Mtbk

I have the new Tamiya Easy 8 kit and it is awesome. I will probably grab this Italeri Easy 8 as well; just can't help myself! Very excited that it has two sets of tracks. Guess I have a thing for Easy 8s and Pershings...

I am not sure if you are aware, Fury was a M4A2E8, and not an A3. All the movie tanks were fitted with the rubber chevron tracks this was to reduce wear and tear both on the roads and the vehicles. I hope this helps.

I wonder if Italeri is still insisting on using the same very stiff material for tracks......

I will probably hold off on buying this one until I see the build reviews. Seems like they recycled some old sprues here. The sprues themselves have been rearranged but I recognize the parts. Turret, hull, sandshield brackets, and suspension seem like the old DML #9010 kit parts and the tub is from their m4a1 kit. The tracks, decals, and fury accessories might ne the only new tooled parts. If it is the old DML stuff, the turret and barrel are woefully undersized, the sand shield brackets oversized and the suspension is fragile and inaccurate. I hope I'm mistaken as I'd love to buy this kit simply as a fan of the film and because I would like to support themed kits like this. Now let's get a "kelly's heroes" kit too

I can get the Tamiya kit for $30. This will surely make for very stiff competition. Expect the build, soon.

I am not sure if you are aware, Fury was a M4A2E8, and not an A3. All the movie tanks were fitted with the rubber chevron tracks this was to reduce wear and tear both on the roads and the vehicles. I hope this helps.[/quote] ...isn't that what I just said?

I am not sure if you are aware, Fury was a M4A2E8, and not an A3. All the movie tanks were fitted with the rubber chevron tracks this was to reduce wear and tear both on the roads and the vehicles. I hope this helps.[/quote] ...isn't that what I just said?[/quote] Yes. It was.