sfrom reading some of your posts you guys have been picking up your kits cheap they cost me 34.95 nz per kit and 39.95 for the tamiya offerings so i have to make sure that iuse all the left over bits i wish i could pick them up for 6.00 that would be sweet.Bruce it might be time for you to right anew book on shermans ive got most of your ones on german amrmor.finding plans that are modeler freindly are not easy to find .Konrads methods for ffixing the hb m4a1 were very informative and interesting and i have really enjoyed evryones in put to the discussion thanks wayne