Coming Soon From Academy - M4A2 Sherman

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Just been announced for release … it’s been promised for a while now but it looks like it will be coming out at last.

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looks like it will be a nice kit!!

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Another model goes onto the want list.
mark956

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Oh no, oh no, oh no!!! Just when I thought it was safe to say I’d earmarked all the new models I wanted. What is with DML, Trumpeter and Academy?? They are coming out with new/retooled kits so fast it’s like trying to stay up with collectors cards! It just can’t be done!! Better a glut than a famine, though!!

Thanks, Robert, for the heads up. Can’t have too many Sherman’s on the shelf!! lol
(Wonder if it will be one of their interior models? That could be interesting.)

Bill

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hmmmm hmmmm good

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Cool. Interior would be nice. Not enough of those around.

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Well, we had the releases of these cool kits since last month but I have not seen anyone of them yet. It would be great if I could finally get my hands on any of them.

Thanks for sharing the info, Sherm. Now all these announcements are driving me crazy in anticipation.

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So is this a ‘Lend-Lease’ tank to Russia with love from Uncle Sam?

Glenn

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the turret looks odd, did the Ruskies do anything to the sherman?? or could it be made as American or British?

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Yes, the Russians did use them.
M4A2’s were also used extensively by the Marines. (But I don’t think they had the T26 turret)

It’s good to see. Hopefully it will have an interior.

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The Russians were (to the best of my knowledge) the only ones to receive this variant during W.W.II. The British didn’t have any, the U.S. didn’t use this version of M4A2, but slap an E-8 suspension on it and you have a post W.W.II Canadian Sherman on your hands.

Bill - if you get this kit and an E-8 suspension and the figures from Verlinden … you could build us standing in front of a Sherman. [:D]

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I agree with Bill. Academy and Dragon have been putting kits out, but where is Tamiya? Perhaps our spy Brian has some answers from the Far East.
Yoohoo, Brian any updates from Mr. Tamiya?

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hey, for the sherman build if you want somthin new, build this and tell us how it went! anybody!

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Unfortunately … it probably won’t be released in time for the start … but one could certainly hope.

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Hmmm. Scratchbuilding a Sherm and a Wipw could be fun.[:D]

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I’ll keep ya’ posted, Sherm

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Boy, don’t I wish…
It seems Tamiya has taken to tossing a few new sprues or a PE fret in an old kit and releasing it as “new” these days.
I haven’t seen any cool news on the horizon.

But ya never know…maybe they’re waiting to wallop us with something totally unforeseen!

I just had a look at the “new” M1A2. Nice new sprues in the old M1A2 kit.

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Now THAT would be a fun project! Couldn’t use it for the fantasy project, since it’s based in reality!! lol

Bill

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Thanks Eric [:D]

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…the art- work on the box,reminds me of some of the scenery from the movie about the russian sniper (jud law?)…jeffl