Enjoyed the brief tutorial on the history of the tank. I think it should be a regular feature!

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!!!

At 0:23 Andy spots a bear in the store... *gulp* I hope the bear just needed some supplies and weathering tips.

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.

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.

Hi Andy, really nice piece of story and information about the Sherman! Thanks for sharing.

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 Andy!

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.

As a 13 year old I would've gone insane trying to build those tracks!

This would be really cool as a rc tank

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 Andy and really nice Sherman. See you soon. Joe

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Brilliant Film Andy. Love the new feature too. Those tracks though. Scary. 😮.

I think its a grate Idea! its always fun to learn something new !!!!

NICE LOOKING KIT, AND I REALLY LIKED THE BRIEF HISTORY IN THE BEGINNING

I love Meng kits. Always a full box with great detail on the parts and some nice PE too. their UN Howitzer is in my stash to be built later this year. Just as an off shoot Andy, if you and your fans want to see to some seriously top drawer model building and done in stop motion! then check out TOMs Modelling in Motion. I caught his channel by chance and am now hooked!

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?

Great video Andy and loads of information on this type and what a great looking kit Steve 🇬🇧

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

Andy, I liked the history segment and would love to see the build of this kit.

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.

From one Andy to another. Thanks for another great video. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Very nice on the History of this M4A3

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.

Great video Andy, talking about the history of the vehicle is great idea! Hope you do that in future model builds. Take care.

Merry Christmas andy! Good to hear that you will still be sharing ur videos on here! Looks like a good kit!

It's great to see your back at doing what you do best, keep it up!

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!

Great on the explanation and info!

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. :)

Well done - A little background history is never a waste.

I look forward to Andys videos, inspiring to build and paint!!!

Yes excellent as usual. Thanks Andy

Talking about the real thing is great. Good set up in store by the look of things.

Always want some historical information when I build. Great video.

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

Great video, keep up the great work!!!

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!

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! :))

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

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.

Enjoyed the overview as usual also enjoyed the extra info adds a lot to the over all packaged,keep up the good work

Happy Christmas andy hope to see lots of modeling from you in the new year. 🎅

Very well done Andy, as usual. Great choice in review , really Outstanding !!!! Always look forward to your videos Thank you Andy!!!!!!

Enjoyed the history + kit review format. Please do more. (Careful to avoid Politics, esp w/ Wehrmacht or Israeli subjects)

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 🇬🇧

0:23 Andy who's about to get it? LOL

Thanks for the video Andy. Great as always. Merry christmas from Sweden.

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.

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

I know very little about Sherman's so the history lesson was a nice bonus....keep it in.

Nice review - picked up one of these kits - think I’ll just get some metal tracks for it - FYI - good over view of the Sherman - and yup it was designed to support infantry - though when the Sherman with the 75mm 1st came out - it could easily deal with the vast majority of German tanks as the Germans were fielding the Panzer III with only a 50mm and Panzer IV with the long 75mm had just started to appear in North Africa - both were able to be defeated by the Sherman’s 75mm antitank rounds ( the US 75mm was a better gun than the 76mm on the T-34s of that time frame). The US Army was slow in going to the 76 because - they were not aware of the big up armored German tanks (Panthers, Tiger II, etc) and the Tiger I was very rare. Also the 75mm high explosive round - used for anti personnel and attacking fixed fortifications was much better than the new 76mm on the Sherman. Also in combat 86% of the targets that the Sherman fires at were not German tanks - so it wasn’t until the US Army landed in Normandy that Shermans started running into the big heavy German tanks that pushed the need for a bigger gun. There were over 200 Shermans with the new 76mm gun in the UK before D-day - and the US Army didn’t land any during the initial phases of Operation Overloard - because they didn’t think they needed the bigger gun yet -

Great review and nice references to the real thing,definitely should make this a regular type of review,cheers for the UK

Those tracks are a nightmare - hell, I'd rather buy friul tracks for this kit than fiddle with thousand parts... That said, one nice thing I noticed on the engine deck which is where its most noticable: the armor plates are smooth where they have been welded, which is totally correct - there should not be a deep gap between armor plates (as seen on especially Tamiya kits), and neither any visible weld seams si´nce they they were grinded flush.

loved the tutorial, did i notice a stamp mark on top of the main body?

Another great Video Andy, the Historic Tank info is always good to know

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?🙃

Andy could you do an esp. On Rat Patrol. You know take the what the show had to work with( not all real U.S. and not most German vehicles) . And do the Holly-Weird. Like make a U.S. Tank look like a German desert tank. Hope your new biz is going SUPER well.

Good review, looking forward to your build-especially the tracks!.

yup - good change up to just a kit review.

Great review but what ever happened to the simple rubber tracks that’s why i stay away from tanks ... LOL

It’s funny how Ford helped produce tanks for both sides hahaha.

Looks like a nice kit and the extra historical info was interesting as well.

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 noticed the box-art is actually Thunderbolt 6, one of the Abrams' tank?

Andy do please a snow diorama something like Battle of the Bulge.

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.

If Meng could slide mold the muzzle brake, I wonder why they didn't slide mold the main gun tube.

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

Loved the format of the video, more please

Great video Andy

The history lesson is great, keep it up

merry Christmas Andy! loving the history lesson would love more of them mate!

Keep up the new format!

Yes,bit of tech history is wellcomed. Nice

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

I'd have to replace those million part tracks. Life is too short.

Love your stuff!! Keep up the great work!

Hop to see you make this one andy looks really good kit happy Christmas 🎅

Do like this new format, definitely!

Hurrah - back in business! Good review.

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!

enjoyed the review, gonna get that one, happy new year Andy, best wishes to you and family for 2020😁👍

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?

good job Andy

You've done a lot of 76mm Shermans. Have u considered doing 75mm or 105mm, or maybe an Sherman DD?

Great video, though your information on the 75mm is incorrect. Im including a link to another KZfaqr who explores the design philosophy of the early Sherman with documentation for from US Army archives.

Great review Andy, as always!! Keep 'em coming....

Nice info Andy..... can I ask do you ever watch the Bovington tank chats ....... regards Fred...... ps liked the info chat 👌😎

Great unboxing, thanks for the info, might just have to buy the kit.

0:23 👍

welll good stuff see as you you post aND happy xmass

i would prefer they would add an vinyl track too

Great video and info, thanks , Andy!