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| Subject: | Academy M4A3 size question |  |
| Date: | Mar 17, 2006 |
| From: | Bill Goodrich | |
| Allow me to demonstrate my ignorance. I am not a Sherman expert by any means, but I have two M4A3 kits. One is an Italeri (with colliope) with the VVSS. The other is the OLD Academy/minicraft M4A3 with HVSS. The A/M tank is noticibly larger than the Italeri tank. I am just wondering if this is because it was a HVSS tank, or they just blew it on the scale (its listed as 1/35, but...). Over all its not only longer, but wider and taller (taking about just the hull). Seems odd. In real life didnt they just take standard a M4A3 hull and build it with the improved suspension? One reason I ask is I have a spare HVSS suspension kit I was thinking of installing on the old Italeri M4A1 tank for the fun of it, to try to make something the Isrealies would have used without having to buy a whole new kit (which would probably be the smart thing to do). Just trying to put to use some of the spares box stuff. |
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 | Academy M4A3 size question - Bill Goodrich - Mar 17, 2006 |
| . . . Academy Minicraft was a poor copy of a poor Tamiya kit - Roy Chow - Mar 17, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Academy Minicraft was a poor copy of a poor Tamiya kit - Paul A. Owen - Mar 17, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Academy Minicraft was a poor copy of a poor Tamiya kit - David Nickels - Mar 17, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Academy Minicraft was a poor copy of a poor Tamiya kit - Roy Chow - Mar 17, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Academy Minicraft was a poor copy of a poor Tamiya kit - Gerald Owens - Mar 17, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Academy Minicraft was a poor copy of a poor Tamiya kit - Damon Agretto - Mar 17, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Yeah they do/did sell molds - David Nickels - Mar 18, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Academy M4A3 size question - Richard Munoz - Mar 19, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Academy M4A3 size question - Bill Goodrich - Mar 20, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Academy M4A3 size question - bryan tan - Mar 19, 2006 |
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