Award Winner Built 1/35 Lafayette G.Pool's Sherman M4A1 76"In The Mood"+Resin+PE

Description: DREAM WORKS HERE Item Name: . Lafayette G.Pool`s Sherman M4A1(76W) The Real War Daddy Tanker Of Tankers "In The Mood" Kits .Dragon Scale: .1:35 Builder:.Furinkazan Item Status:.Built To Order / Pre-Order Detail features: Award winner built and painted with realistic heavy weathering.The Real War Daddy Lafayette G. Pool`s Sherman "In The Mood" of 3rd Platoon, “I” Company, 32nd Armored Regiment, U.S. 3rd Armored Division. The most famous American Tank Ace That Killed 12 Tank and 258 Armoured Vehicles In 81 Days. Rebuilt some parts for better detail. Top building quality with outstanding details throughout whole model and very high standard accuracy on every individual part. Add on resin accessories and PE parts. Tracks with road wheel detail. Rotating turret and gun elevation. Add on many accessories and more. - Great detail over all with top building quality * Add on resin ammo box,helmets,bags, machne gun and many more fancy accessories * Add on PE brass parts on grill, tiedown and more - Completely new tooled upper hull with incredibly accurate details - Hull details such as varying plate thickness and uneven cut in splash guard accurately portrayed - Driver`s and radio operator`s hatch assemblies include periscope and flap - 76(W) early production turret with realistic cast texture - Hatches can be assembled open or closed w/detail - Commander`s hatch with periscope assembly - 76mm gun barrel with slide molded one-piece muzzle brake - Delicately detailed rear storage on turret - Rear deck with sharp grille with panels detail and more - Newly tooled exhaust deflector W/detail - Individual tracks links - Towing eyes and shackles in detail - On vehicle tools and more accessories - Add on gas drum, ammo boxes, jerrycan and more accessories Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Washing to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels, doors, hatches, rivets, bolt head and more. Dry brushing to emphasis and highlighting texture with edge for good wear, tear and fading. Multi-color filters for blend color effects. Add non glossy paint for better finishing. Great detail paint job on rust and paint chips off with scratches, worn and bare metal realistic simulating, flow rust and rain streaks effects, grease with staining appearing, engine smoking and muffler burned representing. Also smear and dirt with dust and real mud and more on real life weathering. Final protective layer for long term collection. Discontinued higher priced kit, the price may be higher or lower when you order, a good chance to have a rare kit as a good kit`s price with high building quality model since you may not find this kit in future. But if you really want to have costs lower, just switch to other kits or check or store and contact us for detail. 3126 1 Dream Works Hobby 2 Dream Works Hobby 3 Dream Works Hobby 4 Dream Works Hobby 5 Dream Works Hobby 6 Dream Works Hobby 7 Dream Works Hobby 8 Dream Works Hobby 9 Dream Works Hobby 10 Dream Works Hobby 11 Dream Works Hobby 12 Dream Works Hobby 13 Dream Works Hobby 14 Dream Works Hobby 15 Dream Works Hobby 16 Dream Works Hobby 17 Dream Works Hobby 18 Dream Works Hobby 19 Dream Works Hobby 20 Dream Works Hobby 21 Dream Works Hobby 22 Dream Works Hobby Lafayette G. Pool was born on July 23rd, 1919, in Texas, USA. He joined the army as a tanker, and was assigned to the 3rd Armored Division which was fighting in France at the time. This deployment, however, only lasted from June to September of 1944 (83 days), and Pool and his crew lost 3 Sherman tanks during that time, each of them named “IN THE MOOD”, numbered I, II and III. However, they made up for it by having destroyed over 250 tanks, SPGs, and armoured vehicles, and amongst them at least 12 Tiger Is and Panthers. Pool and his crew faced a total of 21 full-scale engagements, often forming the spearhead of the attack due to their skill, as well as because of Pool’s insistence to be sent to the front lines. This, however, quickly resulted in their first lost tank. “IN THE MOOD I”, it was destroyed by a Panzerfaust rocket, number II was hit by friendly fire from a P-38, rendering it useless. Their third destroyed tank would prove to be their final combat mission. In one of Pool’s memoirs, he vividly writes about his memories of that incident, on the 15th of September. While trying to enforce the Siegfried Line, they were ambushed by a German Panther, superior in firepower and armour to their Sherman. The Panther’s first shot clearly penetrated the Sherman’s armour, hitting the ammo rack. Without time to properly aim, their own shot ricocheted off the Panther’s frontal armour. Pool recalled shouting: “Back it up, Baby!” (‘Baby’ being the nickname of his driver) before losing consciousness. It was later discovered that the Panther had fired a second shot, destroying the ammo rack and sending the crew hurtling out of the tank. Amazingly, they all survived. Two of them, however, Pool included, had to have a leg amputated, which ended their fighting career. Pool received many medals for his service to the army, including Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart. He also received the Belgian Fourragère and the French Légion d`honneur. Interestingly, he did not receive the Medal of Honor, which the Army Board classified as an “Infantry award”, because it would not be fair on the crew (even though they didn’t mind). His life after the military was rather dull. He changed several jobs in a few years, until returning to the 3rd Armored Division to serve as an instructor for recruits. After that, he completed a business college, before finally deciding to take up preaching as a profession. Whatever his career choices may have been later in his life, it is undeniable that Pool was one of the best tankers of WWII. Author: Sergej “NuclearFoot” Hrustic The 33rd Armor Regiment was an armored regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1941. In 2005, the 33rd Armor was redesignated 33rd Cavalry Regiment. The 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, a part of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, carries on the lineage of 33rd Armor Regiment. The 3rd Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army. Unofficially nicknamed the "Third Herd," the division was first activated in 1941, and was active in the European Theater of World War II. The division was stationed in West Germany for much of the Cold War, and participated in the Persian Gulf War. On 17 January 1992, in Germany, the division ceased operations. In October 1992 it was formally inactivated as part of a general drawing down of forces at the end of the Cold War. The 3rd Armored Division was organized as a "heavy" armored division, as was its counterpart, the 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels"). Later, higher-numbered U.S. armored divisions of World War II were smaller, with a higher ratio of armored infantry to tanks, based on lessons of the fighting in North Africa. As a "heavy" division, the 3rd Armored possessed two armored regiments totaling four medium tank battalions and two of light tanks (18 companies) instead of three tank battalions containing both (12 companies), 232 medium tanks instead of the 168 allotted a light armored division, and with attached units numbered over 16,000 men, instead of the normal 12,000 found in the light armored divisions. Each division type had an infantry component of three mechanized infantry battalions. The division`s core units were the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, the 32d Armored Regiment, the 33d Armored Regiment, the 23d Armored Engineer Battalion, the 83d Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and the 143d Armored Signal Company. During World War II these were organized operationally into task forces known as combat commands A, B and R In addition to the core units, a number of other units of various kinds were attached to the division during various operations.

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Location: Scarborough, Ontario

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