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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Eduard's 1/35 M4A1 Sherman
PanzerKarl
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 03:00 PM UTC
On the look out for a Sherman kit and come across the Eduard kit for £35.
Is the kit any good?or is there better kits out there.

Ta
Karl
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 03:46 PM UTC
Depends what variant you want....
If you want a small hatch M4A1 with appliqué armour because you want a British Sherman round Normandy then yeah!!! go for it!!
This Eduard kit is a rebox of the Tasca/Asuka kit,normally going for UK retail £50,and cos Tasca/Asuka Shermans are generally considered to be the best injection moulded kits you can buy these reboxes are a good way of getting Tasca kits at more 'reasonable' prices.For example my LHS had the Tamiya rebox of Tasca's M4A3E8 at £35,again,other UK shops still selling the Tasca original box for £45+.....
Soooooooooo
If you got plans for it,buy it!!

PanzerKarl
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 04:23 PM UTC
Cheers Steve

I went ahead and ordered it after I found one for the price of £27.99 as the box had a bit of damage,also ordered a metal barrel and some deck stowage.all cost me £40 bargain if you ask me.
Looking forward to building something other than German armour

Karl
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 07:20 PM UTC
Good Work Fella!
Now all you need is a copy of Son of Sherman and you'll be on your way to becoming a fully fledged Shermaholic!we'll lead you away from the 'Dark Side' ( unless you're planning to wreck that poor M4A1 and show a pesky Panther motoring on by!)
I would buy more of these reboxed and Tasca originals but for some reason SWMBO thinks that the pile is already big enough......
Have fun Karl!

PanzerKarl
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Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 09:58 PM UTC
Hi Steve I might do a build blog when I start it and post some progress pictures up,if you like you can follow my blog and tell me if I go wrong

I did build a firefly some years back you can see it in my photo feature.

Cheers
Karl
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Posted: Monday, March 30, 2015 - 12:17 AM UTC
oooooooo I'm nowhere near being an expert,probably just chip in now and then with an enthusiastic 'good going there' every now and then.Roy Chow and Kurt Laughlin are a couple of the people whose wise words i would certainly pay attention to when it comes to American armor.But there are a whole bunch out there who have plenty of knowledge to share.....

And you'll certainly be doing better than me,ACTUALLY building something!

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