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.Sherman M4A1(76)W 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Divisioin France 1944 Operation Cobra
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.Dragon
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.1:35
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| Builder: | .Volcano
| | Item Status: | .Built To Order / Pre-Order
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Award winner built with realistic very heavy weathering. "Duke" 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division France 1944 Operation Cobra. Two-tone camo scheme with accurate unit markings. Top building quality with outstanding details throughout the whole model and very high standard accuracy on every individual part. Add resin parts Clear parts and brass PE parts. Turret with realistically portrayed cast texture. Rotating turret and gun elevation. Newly tooled tracks and wheel detail. Adding lot`s accessories with on-vehicle tools and more.
Features
* Top building quality
* Great crispier details overall model
* Add on resin ammo box,helmets,bags, machne gun and many more fancy accessories
* Add on PE brass parts on grill, tiedown and more
* Clear parts for vision blocks.
Turret & Gun
- T-23 pattern turret with realistic cast texture
- 76mm gun barrel with slide molded one-piece muzzle brake
- Sharp details for both commander`s and loader`s hatches
- Detailed mantlet
- Pistol port produced with slide-mold technology
- MG with hollow muzzle
Upper Hull:
- Completely new tooled upper hull with incredibly accurate details
- Newly upgraded Weld lines authentically represented
- Finely rendered headlight and horn guards
- Driver`s and radio operator`s hatches can be modeled open/close
- Detailed hatch periscope units with clear parts and guards
- Gun travel lock can be modeled in travel or combat modes
- Brass photo-etched light guards
- Hull edge plates are accurately reproduced, with a correct horizontal upper edge
- Separate engine deck access panel and grills
- Fuel caps with interior details can be modeled open/closed
Lower Hull:
- New finely detailed rear panel
- New Tooling sprockets available
- Brand new multi-part suspension assemblies in fine details
- Updated transmission drive housings
- New tooling - idler tension adjusters
- Newly tooled multi-part exhaust deflector in great details
- On-vehicle tools delicately recreated and more add on accessories
Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Washing to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels, doors, hatches, rivets, bolt head and more. Dry brushing to emphasize and highlight texture with edge for good wear, tear and fading. Multi-color filters for blend color effects. Add nonglossy paint for better finishing. The great detail paint job on rust and paint chips off with scratches, worn and bare metal realistic simulating, flow rust and rain streaks effects, grease with staining appearing, engine smoking and muffler burned representing. Also smear and dirt with dust and real mud and more on real-life weathering. Final protective layer for long-term collection.
Discontinued higher priced kit, the price may be higher or lower when you order, a good chance to have a rare kit as a good kit`s price with high building quality model since you may not find this kit in future. But if you really want to have costs lower, just switch to other kits or check or store and contact us for detail.
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The Medium Tank M4A1(76)W/ Sherman IIA was the first 76mm armed version of the Sherman to enter production, and had a cast hull, wet shell storage and a Continental R975 engine.
Work on the medium tank M4 series (ultimate design) began in the summer of 1943. The aim was to combine all of the main upgrades and improvements developed since the M4 first entered production in a standard base design, that could be used with the various hull and engine combinations used for the M4.
The M4A1(76)W carried the 76mm gun and had the new `wet` shell storage system. In the original M4 the shells were carried in racks in the sponsons, where they were very vulnerable to damage. In the `wet` system the racks were moved into the floor. Sixty five 76mm shells were carried on either side of the drive shaft, protected by 34.5 gallons of water. Another six rounds were carried in a ready use rack in the turret floor, protected by 2.1 gallons of water. In order to allow access to the floor racks, most of the turret basket was removed. Other changes included the use of a sharp nosed differential and final drive housing, 2.5in thick front armour, improved drivers seats and a vision cupola for the tank commander.
Early production tanks were armed with the M1A1 gun, which lacked a muzzle brake, and had a circular loader`s hatch in the turret. The smaller oval loader`s hatch was introduced on the 1,225th tank, in August 1945. Later tanks also had the M1A1C or M1A2 versions of the 76mm gun, both of which could carry a muzzle brake. Finally late production models were given the new HVSS suspension, with its wider 23in centre guided track.
The M4A1(76)W was the first of the `ultimate` design tanks to enter production, with the first being completed by the Pressed Steel Car Company in January 1944. A total of 3,426 were built between then and the end of the war.
The M4A1(76)W was used by the US armed forced, and by the British, who received 1,330, with the designation Sherman IIA. This was the only 76mm armed version of the Sherman to see combat with the British army. Montgomery didn`t want it for his army group in north-western Europe, so it was issued to the forces fighting in Italy instead.
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