Wrong M4A3. DML has made a number of large hatch M4A3s, in fact their first Sherman was one. (This is the Tamiya kit.) No one except for MP Models has even tried to make a small hatch M4A3 in plastic. KL

Wrong M4A3. DML has made a number of large hatch M4A3s, in fact their first Sherman was one. (This is the Tamiya kit.) No one except for MP Models has even tried to make a small hatch M4A3 in plastic. KL[/quote] Well thank you for your reply,but I was asking a question,not making a statement,so I don't think I was WRONG about anything.

anthony do you mean the 1/35 75mm m4a3 ? becuase tamiya has only a 1/35 m4 early, m4a3 75mm , m4a3 105mm and thats about it. i think dragon has only 76 mm m4a3s

Wrong M4A3. DML has made a number of large hatch M4A3s, in fact their first Sherman was one. (This is the Tamiya kit.) No one except for MP Models has even tried to make a small hatch M4A3 in plastic. KL[/quote] Kurt, DML's first Sherman was actually the M4a4 Firefly and M4A4 (1995) which predated the DML modifications of the old Italeri M4A3 76's in WW2 and Korean flavours. They have yet to offer a plain Jane M4A3 (W) 75 but have all the parts (if they remember to put them in the box) for such a kit. Cheers Al

Yes Calvin the 75mm is what I had in mind,I figure to make one of them into Odball's sherman,but was hoping for a DML or Tasca with newer molding and details.To buy the Tamiya and to invest in a Formations conversion was a lot of $$

yea anthony i feel your pain, i have the tamiya 1/35 scale m4a3 75mm and 105 mm, and i have to replace the suspenion, make weld beads, texture the tranny cover, and the bulge in the turret, not to mention the overly thick parts that need p.e etc. etc. etc. not only money , but alot of time. it takes away the enjoyment in the hobby as well.

Well, here's a possible answer. Dragon appears to have adopted a marketing strategy of spreading out the popular M4 variants and filling in between these releases with less popular Sherman subtypes to get the most use out of their mold investment. Discussing the current range of Shermans rather the the less accurate items from the 1990's, we got the 76 mm Shermans right away, but Dragon took a very long time to get out a plain, vanilla M4 (the current "Normandy" kit), which is probably the most versatile Sherman kit they have ever offered, since with minor tweaks and using optional parts in the box, one can depict a tank from almost any campaign from Italy through the end of the war. But we had to wait for the diesel engined versions to be issued first. We finally got the direct vision M4A1 kits, but now we are getting a round of direct vision diesel M4A2's instead of a direct vision M4. And while they must be aware that an M4A3E2 Jumbo would be an absolutely huge seller, they are taking their sweet time before offering one (though I suspect it is on the horizon). As for your M4A3 (75) wet stowage Sherman (currently offered in aging Tamiya and Italeri versions), Dragon has done all the tooling already--they just haven't put it all in one box yet. If you buy the late M4A2 (75) PTO kit, and the Premium M4A3 (76) kit, you can just swap the turrets, and have a stock US M4A3 for mid 1944, and a stock Soviet M4A2 (76) for the same period. You'll need to find your own markings, of course.

I dunno.. for many of us doing those things adds to the enjoyment.

I dunno.. for many of us doing those things adds to the enjoyment.[/quote] Pat,I definitly respect what you guys do,but I am an out of box guy,thats all I can barely handle right now,