discussion Fighting 48th M4A4 conversion

[Guest]

That picture is good, it shows the engine deck: it’s an M4 (“A0”) with small driver’s hatches, and it seems to be a fairly early vehicle. However, it’s a different tank from the dozer in your other photo: it has no additional armour plates on the hull side, which the first tank does have.

But as far as I can tell, you don't need an M4A4 specifically. The Italian Army seems to have used most Sherman variants, so if you just want one to put on a railway flat wagon, you can buy an M4, M4A1, M4A2 or M4A3 and just build it straight from the box. Going by Scalemates, both Hobby Boss and Tamiya have ones that should be suitable, for example:

Small-hatch M4 with 75-mm gun:

Another small-hatch M4 with 75-mm gun:

Small-hatch M4 with 17-pounder gun:

Small-hatch M4A1 with 75-mm gun:

Large-hatch M4A1 wuth 76-mm gun:

Large-hatch M4A3 with 75-mm gun:

You could also take the turret from the large-hatch M4A1 and put it on the hull of the large-hatch M4A3 if you want that turret but with an angular hull. Don’t put it on any of the small-hatch hulls, though.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Ciao Andrea, di dove sei?

Vivo in Friuli.

 

[Ennio]

Bene! Io nato a Milano e residente in provincia a Novate ma da genitori di Polcenigo... ti lascio la mia mail: frilbahn@virgilio.it
Un saluto, Ennio

 

[Andy the Sheep]

OK. Mail sent.

Andrea

 

[Guest]

I would strongly recommend against posting your e-mail address anywhere it will be visible to the general public. If you want to tell someone on a forum how to contact you, start a private conversation and tell them your e-mail address there (@Ian M: maybe edit the post to delete Ennio’s address?)

 

[Ennio]

I would strongly recommend against posting your e-mail address anywhere it will be visible to the general public. If you want to tell someone on a forum how to contact you, start a private conversation and tell them your e-mail address there :smiling3: (@Ian M: maybe edit the post to delete Ennio’s address?)

Sorry! I agree with you. Ash on my head!

 

[Ennio]

Hi Jakko, I have find also this white metal 1/48 kit from ASAM models. Exist also a British Sherman VC firefly.
Have you info on this brand?
Regards, Ennio

 

[Guest]

I know nothing about it, but going by just that photo, it’s not a very good model. It’s an M4A4, yes, but it looks very crude. Like I said before do you absolutely need an M4A4 or will any Sherman do? Because a Tamiya or Hobby Boss kit of another variant will look a lot better than this one does, and you can buy probably three or four of them for the price of one of these … £70! That’s /me quickly looks it up €81.77! The Hobby Boss kits cost /me looks up some more €16–€25 each, the Tamiya ones about twice that …