model_mania

Looks like the quality is higher than before. Below is the link:

http://www.hobbyraw.com/itemList.jsp?key=16+m4a3

B.A.D.A.S.S.Force

Just so you know ... the tank was released a while ago & was also being discussed thoroughly in another thread started back on November 23rd, there are LOTS of good pictures of it there too => Pictures of Heng Long Sherman M4A3

Though it is good to know more & more distributors are picking it up for sale.

~ Craig ~

modelbob71

Hot dam! Now we are getting somewhere. Wonder if they well release a 75mm version. Wonder if the
Mato 76mm will fit or is that in line for release too. Where is Hobby Raw located?

YHR

Difference is this time these are in stock and for sale.

mustclime

Tank looks good....I do not see any that are IR tanks so no gun tube recoil....

Bought a sub from these guys......they said it was in stock but the shipping time was about a month.....

B.A.D.A.S.S.Force

Difference ... maybe or maybe not a difference in this case ... can you guarantee they are in stock & will ship immediately from HobbyRaw right after one is ordered?

Because far too many vendors these days show stock & availability of an item, but ultimately have delays in actually being able to ship the item because they really don't have the item in stock.

~ Craig ~

Oracus

China

Panther F

I'd love to see the metal tracks up close.

Man, I cannot wait to scuff them up after I rust the crap out of them! Even if they are all wrong.














~ Jeff

YHR

As I have nothing to do with Hobby Raw, why would I guarantee anything they say on their website? I am just stating they have prices, pictures and are selling them. If this isn't the case then I guess they will feel the rath of the consumer.

I have my source of supply through a friend, and am in no hurry to order from Hobby Raw. This is the first I even heard of them.

Don't see a Walthersons anywhere in the labeling either, so I am guessing these are direct from Heng Long.

Panther F

Shipping is $39.00 to the USA.














~ Jeff

B.A.D.A.S.S.Force

You really didn't need to answer the rhetorical question Dan , exactly why I stated,
"Difference ... maybe or maybe not a difference in this case" &
"Because far too many vendors these days show stock & availability of an item, but ultimately have delays in actually being able to ship the item because they really don't have the item in stock."

I already knew you couldn't guarantee they were actually in stock & for sale, even though you stated it as some kind of "Difference" & them being, "instock & for sale" in your post concerning this particular vendor. So no difference to any other vendor that I can see just yet, unless someone can verify they ordered one & it's been shipped already.

~ Craig ~

YHR

Well the website says they are in stock and for sale, which was the basis of my statement. If you choose not to believe what the website says then there in lies the point of discussion. I respect your right to form that opinion from your past expereince with online retailers..

Cheers

B.A.D.A.S.S.Force

now this just made me laugh, thanks ... ... seriously, none of that really matters.

Cheers back

YHR

I am really interested in seeing what these are like, but I am waiting until after some other brave soul runs out and tests them. I have too many other priorities on my desk, and I can wait until we start seeing some hobbyist reviews of this tank before I run out and buy one.

Panther F

Yeah, it sucks this is coming out JUST before Christmas!

Imagine everyones expression on their faces knowing I bought ME something right before! Our tree isn't that big to slide it under either, so... I guess I can make it a tax-time ordeal? 39 bucks shipping is a bit much right now too so maybe someone in the states will sell them?














~ Jeff

pattoncommander

It's amazing, with everyone screaming for other tanks, especially British, that these people still hang on the 105mm model which was never a first line combat tank. It was an infantry support tank issued 1 or 2 to an Army tank company. Guess it provides modellers to do more conversion work to have a combat oriented Sherman.

mustclime

I still think they chose the105 for the bb people....

Panther F

THERE IT IS!!! Finally an intelligent answer.

They don't care about modelers, because they know they will change it anyway so why not make it appealing to EVERYONE!!














~ Jeff

mustclime

looks like they have added the ir tanks to the list.......gun tube recoil...

http://www.hobbyraw.com/itemList.jsp?key=16+m4a3

Panther F

Would someone at least put the tracks on the correct way?














~ Jeff

pattoncommander

Jeff, they put them on that way to give it more speed in reverse....and they know modellers are going to change them anyway.

swathdiver

I'm a little rusty, but the angle of the glacis looks like that for a small hatch Shermie.

Panther F

I think you're a little rusty.

But the tracks horns are not in the correct position. []














~ Jeff

karel47

he jeff could that be a fieldmodification that stuff

But the tracks horns are not in the correct position.