US M4 Sherman Medium Tank

I bought and built this kit for a British North African diorama, it took very little effort to convert it. A typical Tamiya quality kit, lots of stowage. Parts fit. Instruction clear. a very nice build

I was really surprised that the detailing on this kit was so well done with the look of real armor! The interior is well depicted as it holds a good radio and shows the gun breach detailing for a good sense of what a real interior looks like. All manufacturers should follow this high standard of the exterior being realistic. As with all of my models I research the actual vehicle, etc. and found this model to be very accurate in dimensions according to the photos and statistics. All of the parts are crisply molded and the detailing very well done overall. There are extra parts with the kit and include extra crewmen for a total of four. This kit is almost exactly the same issue as Tamiya's 105MM Sherman so there are many exchangeable spare parts between the two. As I build each, this one modified to be a Calliope Sherman I will show the end results.

Excellent detail, the only thing that I would say is a down fall is the rubber tracks. If Tamyia would make these workable tracks it would be five stars.