M4A3 Top hulls

[jtracks]

Will someone please set me straight. The upper hull on Tamiya's M4 and M-51 differs from that of the Taigen and Heng Long M4 upper hulls. Could someone tell me which is correct for the M4, or are they both correct or both wrong? Thank you

[tomhugill]

First off tamiyas super Sherman isn't an m51, it's pretty much ficticious. The Tamiya hull is correct for an m4 radial engine. The henglong, Taigen and metal Mato are correct for m4a3s

[jtracks]

Yeah, I knew that about the so called M-51. Thanks for the info Tom.

[jtracks]

Thanks for the replies Eastern Front and the photo's magman.

[tomhugill]

Jtracks,

Just for the record, Tamiya doesn't usually build "Ficticious" tanks. Their bread and butter really surrounds either real built examples or things that actually made it to a drawing board.
So, The Tamiya Super-Sherman or "Isherman" M-51 is accurate.

Cheers!

Not even close sir.

[jtracks]

Jtracks,

Just for the record, Tamiya doesn't usually build "Ficticious" tanks. Their bread and butter really surrounds either real built examples or things that actually made it to a drawing board.
So, The Tamiya Super-Sherman or "Isherman" M-51 is accurate.

Cheers!

Thanks Eastern Front. I purchased the Super Sherman kit. Now don't gasp, but I painted it Olive Drab, got a Nick's transmission cover from a friend and installed it. A few other goodies from ETO. I also cut the barrel by 1 1/2 inches and installed a different muzzle break. WWII type.

I'm a sucker for tanks with a recoiling barrel, just have to have that feature on my tanks. That's the main reason why I didn't buy Tamiya's M4 kit.

[jtracks]

JT,

Yeah, I am the same way,,love the recoil ability I never build the 105 Sherman's' for the same reason...

Good luck with your build and post up pictures!

Cheers!

I've stopped posting photo's. Each time I did I got blasted by the rivet counters so no more. I'd rather build them from the box, with a few exceptions, and run them. That is where my enjoyment comes from.

I do enjoy seeing all of the hard work some put into making and building an accurate tank, I don't have the skills to do that so I do what's within my ability and then just drive the hell out of them.

[Rad_Schuhart]

JT,

Yeah, I am the same way,,love the recoil ability I never build the 105 Sherman's' for the same reason...

Good luck with your build and post up pictures!

Cheers!

Jtracks,

I'm a sucker for tanks with a recoiling barrel, just have to have that feature on my tanks. That's the main reason why I didn't buy Tamiya's M4 kit.

We talked about it some time ago. You can have recoil for 1GBP servo using the stock boring Tamiya electronics:

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