M-4 Sherman by Osprey
Item Number: OSPMAN14
Modelling Manuals 14
About this book
With numbers 13 and 14 the Osprey Modelling Series sees the start of a regular subseries on modelling specific AFVs. The second covers the Allies' most important tank of WW2, the US M4 Sherman, of which 49, 234 gun tanks were built. With detailed step-by-step model photography, specially commissioned walkround photography, scale drawings and wartime shots, these books will provide all the details needed to model the main M4 Sherman version ' the M4A4 ' and its variants. There is a full roundup of the models available on the market, details of where you can see the real thing, a select bibliography, and survey of websites of interest.
Contents
Introduction ' brief history of the M4 medium, the Sherman, brief survey of M4 Sherman models, brief details of postwar use ' Modelling the M4A4 Sherman ' painting and construction, superdetailing, weathering ' Variants - including Firefly (Sherman VC), M4A3 Calliope, Sherman DD, M4 Dozers, postwar M4s ' Detailed walkround photographs ' Scale drawings ' Camouflage and markings ' Model round-up - details of M4 Sherman models and accessories currently available ' References - bibliography, museum listing, web sites