Finishing my Walker Bulldog this week, then starting on a Sherman "Easy Eight". Trying to use all of your painting videos which are very helpful. I need lots of practice doing weathering.
great video, as usual. your sound and camera work are superb. as a newbie to airbrushing I have to build tanks to work on and agree that the Tamiya are the way to go. I have 1/16 RC tanks that I want to eventually airbrush camoflauge and do some weathering and your videos are my inspiration. many thanks
Is it true the tank crews didn't actually want the bigger gun because the 75 was better for soft targets and nine out of ten of the things they shot at were soft targets?
Andy, a few corrections: 1 - The turret for the 76mm gun tanks was the T23, not T26 2 - Ford did not design the Sherman and only produced about 1,690 early M4s. Most of the production was handled by Chrysler's tank arsenal and a few railroad car foundries. 3 - The duck bill track extender was actually cleverly manufactured to be the track link end connectors and the intention was to increase the tank's "flotation" over soft ground. Both the Panther and Tiger were superior in this regard due to their wide tracks.
Yes, the duck bill was an innovative quick fix that allowed tanks already deployed to be fixed of the sinking into the ground problem. Eventually later Shermans were given the HVSS system with wider tracks as standard issue I'm pretty sure. I could be wrong. And I think around 12 factories handled tank production and Chrysler was one of the key manufacturers
I really enjoyed the historical information about the tank. I learned a few new things today and look forward to building this model in the near future. Thanks, Andy for another fun video.
Those tracks are brutal. I've been avoiding Meng and Takom kits due to the overcomplexity of the tracks. Looks like I'll avoid this one too. Great video by the way. Thanks!
The aftermarket Bronco and Modelkasten are just as bad. It's due to the actual design of the tracks used on Sherman tanks. In my opinion they are all fiddly and really time consuming to build. Every link has a Pad plus 2 pins and 2 guide horns that bolt to the next pad. And with these later tracks they have "duckbills" on the ends. So it boils down to how Bad do you want workable Tracks and how much sanity do you have.
@@willthorson4543 The Sherman had live track with virtually no sag. There is no point to all the work as there is no more detail on these kit tracks compared to recent Tamiya band style tracks.
Nice review! Meng’s M4A3E2 Jumbo kit has pre-cut pins for the tracks, which made that task a little easier. The tracks are still a slog to get through. The jig provided in the kit is very valuable - I also made a jig for cutting the end connectors off of the sprue, as well as reusing the track jig for attaching the duckbills. These are beautiful kits. The Jumbo also comes with compressed suspension springs, which cause the model to sit a little lower as the real thing did due to the increased weight of the Jumbo.
Yeah I just picked up the “Victory Kiss” edition of this kit and it also had pre cut pins. I didn’t find the tracks *hard* to do, just extremely monotonous and took a while to get through
Hi Andy, I'm fairly new to modeling and I received my first set of Vallejo pigments and I don't really know how to use them. I was wondering what I could/should use to set the pigments in place, how to make mud splattering effects, and how to apply them to tracks. Thank you Andy, I really enjoy your videos and modeling tutorials!
Yes andy i did like the tank history..but are you going to build this kit I really just want to see you build the tracks on Camera .lol no just kidding merry Christmas and a happy new year this summer I Plan on coming out to your store The Visit I live in Michigan so it would be a hobby shop visit. Lol
The short introduction is a very nice addition to the review, keep going from my part. The tracks are frightening me on those kits. Merry Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas! After RFM's Sherman, those tracks this kit are not so scary. :) Plus it has a nice bender piece to help with the PE parts! I might get one for myself. Thanks Andy for the video! Having such a brief description of the tank history-wise is a great idea! We'd like very much to have it as a regular part of the kit reviews. :)
Really nice kit! Just pointing out tho. That the army did just fine with 75 mm shermans as the most things you would counter would be Panzer 3 or 4's and lighter armored vehicles. Which the 75mm was very well capable of dealing with at far range. The "anti-tank" is a tank destroyers job is a bit wrong. The field manual states that tanks should engage potential threats and countering enemies which consisted of tanks. So the yes the Tank destroyers is the best at anti tank but that didn't specifically mean nobody else should. Anyway it's great video and keep up the good work! :))
@@filipzietek5146 yeah the vvss shermans had a higher ground preassure so they would often get stuck in muddy terrain. Thats why the hvss sherman was better
Great video, Andy! This format you have is great! (Many years ago, about 1975, I built a 1/35 scale "Remote contro"l, Tamiya M4A3E8. This Looks very similar to the M4A3E8, that was used in the Korean war. I was wondering if any of those "Easy Eights", were used in WW2). These type of modeling format videos your making, linking historical background to the model is great! Have a Merry Christmas!
I just finished building this very nice Meng model. Very detailed and precise. Just a few errors in the building instructions but nothing important. Very few moulding unwanted bits. BUT the tracks are a pain in the ... Useless and far too complicated for an old man like me. 5 different parts for each link ! Silly.
Nice video👍👍👍! I like history background you added. Well done. Hopefully you'll be building this one! Will you be building the Rye Field Models M4A3E8 as well?🙃
well Done Andy! :) Keep on like this intro to a modell. You could have point out that the box for the springs has cut-out accessories boxes. Nice Idea from Meng
I bought (and messed up..!) this kit, so bought another. On assembling the second kit, I noticed that the brackets and pins (at the front of the tank) were different in both cases - I now realise that the first kit I bought was the initial run (with metal barrel) and the second kit was subsequent production - which you have there in your video, Andy. I will be able to use the metal barrel from the first kit to go with the second re-build. Is there any further issues I should be aware of? (I'll be getting the Fruil metal tracks at a later stage anyway). I also have the RFM Sherman on order.
Hi Andy, I enjoyed the review, and the small history lesson. well done. Lastly I would like to wish you and your family all the very best for Christmas and the New Year, the same goes for all your viewers and customers. Keep safe and Well.
As usula, great video, Andy ;) Seems like a good model, should give it a try. Meanwhile, I'm standing by for my Sherman Jumbo copy from MENG - ordered that new kit some tiime ago and can't wait to have one
Built this kit when it first came out. I was lucky in the fact I got the ali barrel. The only down side to this model is the tracks. I have been modeling kits for more years than I care to remember. Coming across many construction ideas that the manufactures thought a good idea.....These tracks are one of them so called ideas....It beat me and being beaten by a bit of plastic is humiliating (lol) . I had to give in and buy the AFV rubber band tracks in the end. ANDY, TRY THEM TRACKS SEE IF YOU HAVE SAME PROBLEMS? I DARE YOU> LOL
Merry Christmas to you Andy and your family! I wanna thank you for all the good videos you made for us in 2019 and in the past! You alwas make very good technical and informative entertaining videos. You have given me many good tips..especially about tips on what to glue first instead of folloving the intruction sheet step by step. I watch your videos moore then once! i hope you never stop making videos..like I will never stop gluing and painting weathering models..it is an amazing hobby who should be enjoyed by moore people.
Hi Very new to modeling and enjoying your channel very much. Why is it that it seems 1/72 by one company can be so different than another companies 1/72?
I do enjoy the history, I typically look it up my self or am watching something historical and want to build something from that. So please do include some history, it doesn't have to be much, but it does inspire. Thanks.
Great video, though your information on the 75mm is incorrect. Im including a link to another TH-camr who explores the design philosophy of the early Sherman with documentation for from US Army archives.
Andy, I really enjoy your videos. I was hoping I could see you do another Warhammer 40k video. Maybe on one of the larger model kits, such as an Imperial Knight.
HI Andy, liked history with the kit, bring on more...... Say Andy wer'e you being distracted at the beginning of your video, you looked like you might want to bop someone...lmao Happy Xmas
The 75mm was indeed an anti tank weapon. In 1941 when the sherman was designed. At that time the German tanks had either a mid length 50mm or a short barreled 24 caliber 75mm. The soviets had a mid length 76.2mm.
History Lesson Was teresting, Nice Review, the Tracks? Forget it, The Fact that They LIED about The Metal Barrel to THE WORLD ?? THEY CAN KEEP IT !! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to You n All Yours Andy n God Bless All.
Kinda the layman’s explanation of the tank, but works good enough for the average person. Wouldn’t mind seeing more brief history in future though! It’s a good start off for anyone that want to dig deeper into the history.
I feel sorry for the person who was engulfed in flames of Andy's rage. Hey, that gives me an idea: Andy, you should build and paint that M4A3 76 W with "Rage" written on the barrel.
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Enjoyed the brief tutorial on the history of the tank. I think it should be a regular feature!
I agree
I agree!
Me three, I agree, too!
The tank history INSTANTLY gave your channel more content value.
Thanks for the shipment btw...That was quicker than Amazon!!!
I like the small piece of history behind the tank the kit is based on. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year in advance!
Yes Andy the talk on vehicle back ground is cool
Right on!!!
Thank you Im glad you liked it.
Finishing my Walker Bulldog this week, then starting on a Sherman "Easy Eight". Trying to use all of your painting videos which are very helpful. I need lots of practice doing weathering.
Thanks Andy, looks like a very cool kit with the working suspension. The bit of history with the subject is a great addition, cheers.
great video, as usual. your sound and camera work are superb. as a newbie to airbrushing I have to build tanks to work on and agree that the Tamiya are the way to go. I have 1/16 RC tanks that I want to eventually airbrush camoflauge and do some weathering and your videos are my inspiration. many thanks
Is it true the tank crews didn't actually want the bigger gun because the 75 was better for soft targets and nine out of ten of the things they shot at were soft targets?
Andy, a few corrections:
1 - The turret for the 76mm gun tanks was the T23, not T26
2 - Ford did not design the Sherman and only produced about 1,690 early M4s. Most of the production was handled by Chrysler's tank arsenal and a few railroad car foundries.
3 - The duck bill track extender was actually cleverly manufactured to be the track link end connectors and the intention was to increase the tank's "flotation" over soft ground. Both the Panther and Tiger were superior in this regard due to their wide tracks.
Yes, the duck bill was an innovative quick fix that allowed tanks already deployed to be fixed of the sinking into the ground problem. Eventually later Shermans were given the HVSS system with wider tracks as standard issue I'm pretty sure. I could be wrong.
And I think around 12 factories handled tank production and Chrysler was one of the key manufacturers
I really enjoyed the historical information about the tank. I learned a few new things today and look forward to building this model in the near future. Thanks, Andy for another fun video.
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 Andy!
Those tracks are brutal. I've been avoiding Meng and Takom kits due to the overcomplexity of the tracks. Looks like I'll avoid this one too.
Great video by the way. Thanks!
The aftermarket Bronco and Modelkasten are just as bad. It's due to the actual design of the tracks used on Sherman tanks.
In my opinion they are all fiddly and really time consuming to build. Every link has a Pad plus 2 pins and 2 guide horns that bolt to the next pad.
And with these later tracks they have "duckbills" on the ends. So it boils down to how Bad do you want workable Tracks and how much sanity do you have.
I agree...I'm going to stay with Tamiya kits.
You can always get aftermarket tracks. I'm with ya, these tracks look brutal.
@@willthorson4543 The Sherman had live track with virtually no sag. There is no point to all the work as there is no more detail on these kit tracks compared to recent Tamiya band style tracks.
Nice review!
Meng’s M4A3E2 Jumbo kit has pre-cut pins for the tracks, which made that task a little easier. The tracks are still a slog to get through. The jig provided in the kit is very valuable - I also made a jig for cutting the end connectors off of the sprue, as well as reusing the track jig for attaching the duckbills. These are beautiful kits. The Jumbo also comes with compressed suspension springs, which cause the model to sit a little lower as the real thing did due to the increased weight of the Jumbo.
Yeah I just picked up the “Victory Kiss” edition of this kit and it also had pre cut pins. I didn’t find the tracks *hard* to do, just extremely monotonous and took a while to get through
Hi Andy, really nice piece of story and information about the Sherman! Thanks for sharing.
This would be really cool as a rc tank
Hi Andy, I'm fairly new to modeling and I received my first set of Vallejo pigments and I don't really know how to use them. I was wondering what I could/should use to set the pigments in place, how to make mud splattering effects, and how to apply them to tracks. Thank you Andy, I really enjoy your videos and modeling tutorials!
Merry Christmas andy! Good to hear that you will still be sharing ur videos on here! Looks like a good kit!
Thanks. I like the idea of a history lesson for the model. Maybe add some more pics if available. Always fun to learn new stuff. Really nice job Andy.
Great video Andy, talking about the history of the vehicle is great idea! Hope you do that in future model builds. Take care.
Yes andy i did like the tank history..but are you going to build this kit I really just want to see you build the tracks on Camera .lol no just kidding merry Christmas and a happy new year this summer I Plan on coming out to your store The Visit I live in Michigan so it would be a hobby shop visit. Lol
The short introduction is a very nice addition to the review, keep going from my part. The tracks are frightening me on those kits. Merry Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas!
After RFM's Sherman, those tracks this kit are not so scary. :) Plus it has a nice bender piece to help with the PE parts! I might get one for myself.
Thanks Andy for the video! Having such a brief description of the tank history-wise is a great idea! We'd like very much to have it as a regular part of the kit reviews. :)
Really nice kit! Just pointing out tho. That the army did just fine with 75 mm shermans as the most things you would counter would be Panzer 3 or 4's and lighter armored vehicles. Which the 75mm was very well capable of dealing with at far range. The "anti-tank" is a tank destroyers job is a bit wrong. The field manual states that tanks should engage potential threats and countering enemies which consisted of tanks. So the yes the Tank destroyers is the best at anti tank but that didn't specifically mean nobody else should. Anyway it's great video and keep up the good work! :))
Yes because western front was not a real war
@@filipzietek5146 true. *overlooks the eastern front*
@@emilbt7588 But tbh with some seriousness. Terrain in france was very favourable to shermans.
@@filipzietek5146 yeah the vvss shermans had a higher ground preassure so they would often get stuck in muddy terrain. Thats why the hvss sherman was better
Great video, Andy!
This format you have is great!
(Many years ago, about 1975, I built a 1/35 scale "Remote contro"l, Tamiya M4A3E8.
This Looks very similar to the M4A3E8, that was used in the Korean war.
I was wondering if any of those "Easy Eights", were used in WW2).
These type of modeling format videos your making, linking historical background to the model is great!
Have a Merry Christmas!
As a 13 year old I would've gone insane trying to build those tracks!
Brilliant Film Andy. Love the new feature too. Those tracks though. Scary. 😮.
I just finished building this very nice Meng model. Very detailed and precise. Just a few errors in the building instructions but nothing important. Very few moulding unwanted bits.
BUT the tracks are a pain in the ... Useless and far too complicated for an old man like me. 5 different parts for each link ! Silly.
Great video Andy and loads of information on this type and what a great looking kit Steve 🇬🇧
Great on the explanation and info!
Nice video👍👍👍! I like history background you added. Well done. Hopefully you'll be building this one!
Will you be building the Rye Field Models M4A3E8 as well?🙃
well Done Andy! :) Keep on like this intro to a modell. You could have point out that the box for the springs has cut-out accessories boxes. Nice Idea from Meng
It's great to see your back at doing what you do best, keep it up!
I bought (and messed up..!) this kit, so bought another. On assembling the second kit, I noticed that the brackets and pins (at the front of the tank) were different in both cases - I now realise that the first kit I bought was the initial run (with metal barrel) and the second kit was subsequent production - which you have there in your video, Andy. I will be able to use the metal barrel from the first kit to go with the second re-build.
Is there any further issues I should be aware of? (I'll be getting the Fruil metal tracks at a later stage anyway). I also have the RFM Sherman on order.
From one Andy to another. Thanks for another great video. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
I actually came to this channel because
I can’t paint my models and l’m bad at this photo edge, and Andy’s voice is very friendly
Hi Andy, I enjoyed the review, and the small history lesson. well done. Lastly I would like to wish you and your family all the very best for Christmas and the New Year, the same goes for all your viewers and customers. Keep safe and Well.
Happy Christmas andy hope to see lots of modeling from you in the new year. 🎅
As usula, great video, Andy ;)
Seems like a good model, should give it a try.
Meanwhile, I'm standing by for my Sherman Jumbo copy from MENG - ordered that new kit some tiime ago and can't wait to have one
Andy, I liked the history segment and would love to see the build of this kit.
Always want some historical information when I build. Great video.
Built this kit when it first came out. I was lucky in the fact I got the ali barrel. The only down side to this model is the tracks. I have been modeling kits for more years than I care to remember. Coming across many construction ideas that the manufactures thought a good idea.....These tracks are one of them so called ideas....It beat me and being beaten by a bit of plastic is humiliating (lol) . I had to give in and buy the AFV rubber band tracks in the end.
ANDY, TRY THEM TRACKS SEE IF YOU HAVE SAME PROBLEMS? I DARE YOU> LOL
I look forward to Andys videos, inspiring to build and paint!!!
Merry Christmas to you Andy and your family! I wanna thank you for all the good videos you made for us in 2019 and in the past! You alwas make very good technical and informative entertaining videos. You have given me many good tips..especially about tips on what to glue first instead of folloving the intruction sheet step by step. I watch your videos moore then once! i hope you never stop making videos..like I will never stop gluing and painting weathering models..it is an amazing hobby who should be enjoyed by moore people.
NICE LOOKING KIT, AND I REALLY LIKED THE BRIEF HISTORY IN THE BEGINNING
I think its a grate Idea! its always fun to learn something new !!!!
Wishing you a very happy Xmas and a happy new year and lots of success in your new store for you and your family Steve 🇬🇧
loved the tutorial, did i notice a stamp mark on top of the main body?
Hi
Very new to modeling and enjoying your channel very much.
Why is it that it seems 1/72 by one company can be so different than another companies 1/72?
Great video Andy and really nice Sherman. See you soon. Joe
Well done - A little background history is never a waste.
I do enjoy the history, I typically look it up my self or am watching something historical and want to build something from that. So please do include some history, it doesn't have to be much, but it does inspire. Thanks.
Talking about the real thing is great. Good set up in store by the look of things.
Very well done Andy, as usual.
Great choice in review , really
Outstanding !!!!
Always look forward to your videos
Thank you Andy!!!!!!
Great review but what ever happened to the simple rubber tracks that’s why i stay away from tanks ... LOL
Great video, though your information on the 75mm is incorrect. Im including a link to another TH-camr who explores the design philosophy of the early Sherman with documentation for from US Army archives.
Good review, looking forward to your build-especially the tracks!.
Thanks for the video Andy. Great as always.
Merry christmas from Sweden.
Yes excellent as usual. Thanks Andy
Andy, I really enjoy your videos. I was hoping I could see you do another Warhammer 40k video. Maybe on one of the larger model kits, such as an Imperial Knight.
You've done a lot of 76mm Shermans. Have u considered doing 75mm or 105mm, or maybe an Sherman DD?
Great unboxing, thanks for the info, might just have to buy the kit.
I noticed the box-art is actually Thunderbolt 6, one of the Abrams' tank?
Great review and nice references to the real thing,definitely should make this a regular type of review,cheers for the UK
Yes,bit of tech history is wellcomed. Nice
Do like this new format, definitely!
The history lesson is great, keep it up
Thank you Dave
Loved the format of the video, more please
Nice info Andy..... can I ask do you ever watch the Bovington tank chats ....... regards Fred...... ps liked the info chat 👌😎
Hop to see you make this one andy looks really good kit happy Christmas 🎅
HI Andy, liked history with the kit, bring on more...... Say Andy wer'e you being distracted at the beginning of your video, you looked like you might want to bop someone...lmao Happy Xmas
The 75mm was indeed an anti tank weapon. In 1941 when the sherman was designed. At that time the German tanks had either a mid length 50mm or a short barreled 24 caliber 75mm. The soviets had a mid length 76.2mm.
yup - good change up to just a kit review.
Very nice on the History of this M4A3
History Lesson Was teresting, Nice Review, the Tracks? Forget it, The Fact that They LIED about The Metal Barrel to THE WORLD ?? THEY CAN KEEP IT !! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to You n All Yours Andy n God Bless All.
Looks like a nice kit and the extra historical info was interesting as well.
Enjoyed the history + kit review format. Please do more. (Careful to avoid Politics, esp w/ Wehrmacht or Israeli subjects)
Another great Video Andy, the Historic Tank info is always good to know
If Meng could slide mold the muzzle brake, I wonder why they didn't slide mold the main gun tube.
Like the info on the tank, Andy!
merry Christmas Andy! loving the history lesson would love more of them mate!
Enjoyed the overview as usual also enjoyed the extra info adds a lot to the over all packaged,keep up the good work
Great presentation, I think it would be nice to include some alternative marking ideas.
Really nice review and can't wait to get the model!!!
I know very little about Sherman's so the history lesson was a nice bonus....keep it in.
Merry Christmas Andy!!!
Are we going to get a build and paint job on this one?
Well done again !!!!
Great video and info, thanks , Andy!
Kinda the layman’s explanation of the tank, but works good enough for the average person.
Wouldn’t mind seeing more brief history in future though!
It’s a good start off for anyone that want to dig deeper into the history.
Hurrah - back in business! Good review.
Love your stuff!! Keep up the great work!
Andy, I wish you a happy New year. Greetings from Peter, the Netherlands.
Great video, keep up the great work!!!
enjoyed the review, gonna get that one, happy new year Andy, best wishes to you and family for 2020😁👍
Think it's a great idea to include some basic vehicle history in your reviews Andy. Certainty adds to the interest.
Great review Andy keep up the good work
Yep, more like this please.
Great review Andy, as always!!
Keep 'em coming....
Andy do please a snow diorama something like Battle of the Bulge.
0:23 Andy who's about to get it? LOL
My question exactly! I had to watch it twice... that face was priceless!
I feel sorry for the person who was engulfed in flames of Andy's rage. Hey, that gives me an idea: Andy, you should build and paint that M4A3 76 W with "Rage" written on the barrel.
Did the Homer Simpson look " why you little................."
Caught that....
Hello Andy, I like the history of the tank. Merry Christmas. Greetings from the Netherlands. 👍
Great vid please build the CHAR 2C super heavy tank😀😀
Beautiful! do the meng A7V next!