I’m a war buff. My favorite war as far as weapons go is World War II. Both the Allied and Axis powers made enormous leaps when it came to weapons technology.
In 2006 Corgi Diecast produced a Corgi 50 Anniversary Limited Edition Celebrating Fifty Years M4A3E8 Sherman Medium Tank “Thunderbolt VII” Diecast with assist from Osprey Publishing.
Included with the Limited Edition Tank are a Presentation Plinth and a Sherman Tank Leaflet Anniversary Booklet.
The 1:50 Scale solid metal diecast Sherman Tank is cradled in a form-fitting plastic cocoon covered by a yellow cloth over an additional cocoon.
Underneath the double cocoons is a separate cocoon holding the creme white Plinth with a metal commemorative placard.
The entire assembly, including the tank, fits snug into a slip case box with an illustration of the tank on its front.
The tank has a working turret and tracks. It is painted a standard military green with tank, supply pouches on its turret rear, tank rear, upper rear behind the turret and rear sides.
Two Thunderbolt VII decals decorate each side.
Additional details include front fender flaps, twin towing hookups, front and turret hatches, cannon, gas can, shovel, front mounted machine gun and gas cap, pry bars and more.
The tread assembly has ten wheels on each side along with three shock supports.
A large red strap holds the equipment and supply bags n place on its rear deck.
It is a remarkable reproduction of the Sherman tank bristling with details, precise and historically correct paint application and color and in additional a separate turret machine gun and tank antenna come in a small plastic bag.
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