Sherman in 1/35th

all the DML offerings ? You may have to kit bash between Italeri DML and Tasca. Not 100% sure though, Mike

Straight out of the box, the answer is NO.

If you wish to build it, the easiest way would be to get the DML M4A1 76W "Battle of the Bulge" kit and a set of HVSS suspension units and rear idler from another DML kit (or get AFV Club HVSS Suspension and Formations idlers).

There is not an out of the box kit of this (the tank was not used by the US in World War II and its main users seem to be post War French, Israeli, etc.)

In addition to Roy's recommendation, I made one of these using the Academy Israeli M51 Isherman. The Isherman kit doesnt have any Israeli mods really molded into the hull itself. For my kit, I used the Academy chassis with no modification, including the HVSS suspension and tracks. The upper hull was stock, too. I replaced the kit seperate engine deck with a spare Italeri M4A1 engine deck, which was pretty much a perfect fit. You could probably use the Italeri upper hull, although it lacks any kind of texture. The rear exhaust plate was from Italeri as well (its a spare part in some Italeri and Dragon Shermans that use the Italeri tooling). For the turret I bought a cheap Verlinden 76mm turret with mantlet cover, although CMD makes a better one.

Thanks for the info, I did see that M-51 and was thinking of bashing that as you mentioned. Thanks again, Rich

You can take a Dragon "Thunderbolt VII" M4A3E8 kit and a Dragon "Operation Cobra" M4A1 kit, and swap the suspensions. You will need the late turret shell with the small loader's hatch from the Thunderbolt VII kit as well (that kit includes a choice of two turret shells). Upside is, you still have two buildable kits at the end of the day. You'll need to scratchbuild the little threaded rod and tube fender supports for the M4A1 hull, as these were adjustable in length, whereas the welded hull version used identical sections of steel u-channel. As mentioned, this variant missed the war, but was supplied as military aid to rebuild the French and Italian armies after the war, as well as serving with US Natonal Guard and Army reserve units into the 1950's. They did see action with the California National Guard against the Martians in the filming of George Pal's science fiction film, "The War of the Worlds," starring Gene Barry.