Codename: Sherman 2016 - 3pc Differential Housing Conversion 210122

[Rubicon Models]

Something on our M4 Sherman roadmap had changed...




Our new project for the month of June comes the last variant for our M4 Sherman Digital Library... The Commonwealth Firefly VC and the Sherman V (M4A4)!

We understand a lot of our customers had been pushing us for this one and we had been resisting up until now; then why we do it?

As you all know our M4A1 Sherman project had been putting on the delayed list for so many times because of various reasons, now that it is underway, we found ourselves without enough parts to fill up a sprue (again)... the M4A4 had become yet another filler project for the M4A1.  Lucky you!

To go inline with our existing M4 range, there are options like front hatch guards, spare tracks, guns and turrets.









Enjoy!

[elias.tibbs]

That’s really good news.

Would be nice to have a 75mm M4A3 kit too, since the M4A1 and M4A2 have both the 75mm and 76mm versions.

I know you can kit bash with spare turrets, but it does also mean there’s no small hatch M4A3 hull available.

[ultravanillasmurf]

Yes!
I will still finish off my existing Warlord Sherman V platoon, just in time to replace them with the new and much shinier Rubicon ones.

[ripley]

Front hatch guard  ?  You mean the applique armor panels in front of driver position  , right ? I'm sure glad I didn't get any of those other guy's A4s . These look great

[ultravanillasmurf]

Front hatch guard  ?  You mean the applique armor panels in front of driver position  , right ? I'm sure glad I didn't get any of those other guy's A4s . These look great

I assume they mean the plates leaning on the hoods as well.

[ripley]

Probably something lost in translation , then again a lot of original names of things on tanks came from the Brit Navy types who crewed them in WW 1 . Mind you , one of my buddies calls them  appliance panels , so it's still confusing people today

[Rubicon Models]

Front hatch guard?  You mean the applique armor panels in front of driver position, right?  I'm sure glad I didn't get any of those other guy's A4s . These look great

We find both phrases on our multi-source references.  Felt "front hatch guard" seems more appropriate...

[Ballardian]

 Very happy to see a Sherman V & will doubtless pick up a few.

[Tracks]

A full line of 1:56 scale plastic kits of the iconic M4 Medium (AKA Sherman) from Rubicon Models. Just amazing!

Most gamers would have just been happy to get the M4, M4A1 and M4A3, but now they have a full range to choose from.

Once the M4A1 and M4A4 kits are released, and with some mixing and matching, I think a modeler will be able to make every possible common M4 Medium variant that rolled off the production line.

[Rubicon Models]

Today is D-Day plus 1... The Allies gets reinforcement by means of testshot plastic and 3D printed prototypes of M4A1 and M4A4 Shermans. The final two M4 variants are coming along nicely!

We do have the M4A1 large hatch as a product, still under mould making.






Enjoy!

[H0ffmn]

Both of the testshot plastic M4A1 hulls are very nice.I ,for one, am glad to see that these are now closer to being released. The only issues that I have with the direct vision hull are that around the hull mg mount, it looks like it is sitting on a flat plate, and the steel casting above the mg mount should be a bit flatter and wider. The driver and mg gunner hoods above the direct vision ports were not completely round. But, these are all small things that can be easily converted, if they were to be released as-is.
I am glad to see a choice of hull hatches, both with or without the periscope guards.

[Ballardian]

 Great to see the M4A4/Sherman V progressing.

[Rubicon Models]

Prototypes of the Sherman V (M4A4) and Firefly VC are finally completed; now awaiting approval before moving to the mould making queue.





Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

Yay!

My guess is that you will have released them before I finish my existing Warlord ones ^___^.

Excellent progress.

[H0ffmn]

The mg mount on your testshot of the M4A1 hulls look a little off. If it's not too late, here are some images of the shape of the mount