Markings for 1/72nd Scale Sherman Models
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by Doug Chaltry; last updated 16 March 2008.
Wow -
What a Project
I actually thought this
would be a fairly simple task: to catalog all the marking
options for Shermans in this scale, and put them in a
single table. I started with the decal sets by ARMO, and
slowly added more and more as I found them, and soon
became aware what a daunting task this really was. But it
was too late to stop, so here I present to you the fruits
of my labor.
These are tables showing
most of the marking options that we have, or had,
available to us, either with kit decals or aftermarket
marking sets. I am missing only a couple of available
kits:
- the newest UM kits
- specific listing of
the marking choices in the now out-of-print
Quartermaster Decals sets
I've broken the list
down into separate pages for different nationalities to
make them more manageable.
The Fine Print:
The tables show
markings from all kits and aftermarket decal sets. Some
of these may be out of production or print. The Parent
Unit/Unit/Sub-Unit split has been somewhat arbitrary, in
that not all references give complete, hierarchical unit
information. For the most part I tried to be consistent
with my splits amongst all the national markings tables,
but there may be some unavoidable inconsistencies due to
my lack of reference material, and by limiting myself to
only three levels of unit description. In cases where it
was possible, I have corrected or expounded upon the unit
information that was included with the source of the
markings, if warranted. If any viewer finds errors in
these tables (either errors I made, or errors in the
markings themselves), please let me know: doug(at)172shermans(dot)com.
A sincere Thank You to the additional contributors
to these lists:
- Loren Pike
- Kaya Saydas
- Filipe Cunha
- Dave Showell
- Andrew Bunney
- Tomas Jakl
- Paul
"Tanks" James
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