errains
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So begins a sorted little tale of three model builders who have taken upon themselves to each build an M4A3 Dry Stowage Sherman. Each of these poor misguided souls will journey through this quest by different means and methods. One will use only parts from the spare parts bin and begin with a Tamiya M4 upper & lower hull. Another will use Tasca parts but not from a kit, oh no all these parts where order directly from Tasca sepertaly and then combined into finial product. The Last soul will travel the resin road and build his Sherman from the Formation resin hull. Many perils await these three intrepid souls and we invite you to follow along and lay witness to their ultimate triumph…or at least we hope so.
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Here is my Sherman that will be part of this sorted little Tale of three Shermans. Majority of the M4A3 Dry Stowage Shermans were manufactured by Ford and used primarily as trainer Shermans state side. However the with the depletion of the Sherman inventory during the Battle of the Bulge a limited number of these training M4A3s where shipped over to the ETO after a period of remanufacture. It is my intention to build this example to represent one of these replacement Shermans as it might have appeared near the end of the war while conducting operations within Germany. The photo below is look I’ll be striving for.
My approach to this build is to use only items from my spare parts box therefore no one single kit will act as the primary donor. Thus far the upper and lower hull is from the Tamiya M4 and the engine deck and rear plate are from an old Dragon M4A3E8(76)W kit. I began work by fitting the engine deck and rear plate that I cut from the Dragon M4A3 upper hull. I kept this as one part so that the correct angle of the rear plate would be maintained. I then fitted and glued this to the Tamiya upper hull, filling the gaps as need with styrene and putty. I then moved on to filling the open sponsons with sheet styrene. Once that was completed I added the mounting area for the exhaust deflector.
Thank you for joining us on our little Journey
