| Modeling the Sherman Tank in 1/72nd Scale |
| M4 Sherman |
| M4 |
| The M4 entered service with the early small hatch, dry-stowage hull, and 75mm M4 turret. Early versions had direct vision ports in the hull front, later models switched to periscopes. |
| Name | Manufacturer | Medium | Type | Rating | Comments | Links |
| M4 early | ARMO | Resin | Conversion | *** | With 3-piece nose and M34 gun shield. No direct-vision ports. Comes with etched brass details and turned metal gun barrel. Converted from ESCI. | Preview |
| M4 early | Extratech | Plastic | Kit | **** | Original tooling plastic kit. Comes with photoetched details. | Preview |
| M4 early | HäT | Plastic | Kit | N/A | Original tooling wargamer model. Good scale accuracy but very simplistic with only eight parts. High conversion potential. | Review |
| M4 early & mid | ModellTrans | Resin | Conversion | **** | Conversion hull for Dragon. | Review |
| M4 Mid-Production | Trumpeter | Plastic | Kit | * | Very poor model. The turret is very nice, but the front hull is so far out of whack as to be nearly useless. | Preview |
| M4 75mm with Deep Wading Kit | Dragon | Plastic | Kit | **** | Early dry-stowage M4 hull. Rear deck is designed to only accept the deep wading stacks. Cannot leave them off. | Preview |
| M4 late | ARMO | Resin | Conversion | ? | Although it is labeled as a "late" version, it is actually an early, small-hatch hull with single piece nose and M34A1 gun shield. Comes with etched brass details and turned metal gun barrel. Converted from ESCI. | |
| M4 Sherman | UM (Unimodel) | Plastic | Kit | *** | Mediocre kit. Nice hull, but poor turret and wheels. | Preview |
| M4 (75)W |
| The M4 was never up-gunned with the 76mm T23 turret, however it did get upgraded to the big-hatch, wet-stowage hull. According to my references, all of these hulls mounted the 105mm M4 turret, yet we have this kit shown below released by MR Modellbau with the 75mm turret. I had thought I had seen a reference in one of my books about this unusual combination, but I can't seem to find it now. If anyone had any information about this, please let me know, because as it stands now, it appears that this vehicle never existed. |
| Name | Manufacturer | Medium | Type | Rating | Comments | Links |
| M4 (75)W | MR Modellbau | Resin | Conversion | ***** | Comes with white metal details and turned metal gun barrel. Did this tank ever exist? |
| M4 (105) |
| This is the big-hatch hull armed with the 105mm M4 turret. Although it's the late hull style, it retained dry stowage for the ammunition. |
| Name | Manufacturer | Medium | Type | Rating | Comments | Links |
| M4 (105) | ARMO | Resin | Conversion | *** | Comes with etched brass details. Resin hull and turret converted from ESCI. | Preview |
| M4 (105) | Commander Series | Resin | Conversion | *** | Includes hull, turret and gun. Consists of modified ESCI M4A3 hull and modified ESCI turret and a new gun. OOP | Preview |
| M4 Mid-Production Hull | Iron Division | Resin | Conversion | **** | Resin upper hull and lower hull details to convert Dragon M4A3 (105). | Preview |
| M4 (105) | MR Modellbau | Resin | Conversion | ***** | Comes with white metal details and turned metal gun barrel. | Preview |
| M4 (105) HVSS | UM (UniModel) | Plastic | Kit | *** | Original tooling. Modular kit allowing the builder to make several hull and turret versions, but seriously lacking in detail. Suspension is very nice. Hard plastic tracks. | Preview |
| M4 Composite |
| The M4 Composite was developed by welding the cast front hull piece from the M4A1 onto the welded main hull of the M4. This version was made with only the late version, large hatch, wet-stowage hull, not the early hull. The ARMO conversions listed below all come with the large-hatch hulls, despite their misleading labels (the differences are in their turrets). |
| Name | Manufacturer | Medium | Type | Rating | Comments | Links |
| M4 Composite early | ARMO | Resin | Conversion | ? | Turret has no loader's hatch. Comes with etched brass details and turned metal gun barrel. Converted from ESCI. | |
| M4 Composite mid | ARMO | Resin | Conversion | ? | Turret has oval loader's hatch. Comes with etched brass details and turned metal gun barrel. Converted from ESCI. | |
| M4 Composite late | ARMO | Resin | Conversion | ? | Turret has oval loader's hatch and commander's cupola. Comes with etched brass details and turned metal gun barrel. Converted from ESCI. | |
| M4 Composite | CPL Overby's Motorpool | Resin | Kit | ? | Converted from ESCI. OOP | |
| M4 Composite | ModellTrans | Resin | Conversion | ? | Converted from Dragon. | |
| M4 Composite late | Iron Division | Resin | Conversion | ? | Resin upper hull to convert Dragon kits. | |
| M4 Composite | MR Modellbau | Resin | Conversion | ***** | Comes with white metal details and turned metal gun barrel. | |
| M4 (Late) Composite | Fine Scale Factory | Resin | Kit | **** | Very good kitbash of ESCI M4A1 front, and M4A3 rear hulls. | Review |
| M4 Composite | VVV Models | Resin | Conversion | ? | Single-piece upper hull with open hatches, directly replaces upper hull part in ESCI M4A1 kit. OOP |
| Modeling the Sherman Tank in 1/72nd Scale |