| This set includes some
stowage items for the Sherman hull, as well as deep
wading trunks. Why is this set specific to Italy? Well,
because of that giant jug of Chianti, that's why. OK,
maybe not. Actually, it's because the style of wading
trunks included in this set were specific to Operation
Husky, the invasion of Sicily. It is a unique design,
different than that seen in Normandy or Southern France
(not sure about the Pacific - my next project is going to
be a comparison page of Sherman wading stacks). The
stowage items include a rack of gas cans, some spare
wheels and track segments, and some crates of food and
the aforementioned vino. The sculpting of the kit parts was
excellent, the trunks look authentic, and the detail on
the stowage items is very nice. But the resin casting
wasn't quite as well done as the sculpting. Using
open-top molds without a vacuum chamber results in
several air bubbles in the resin. Most of them can be
easily fixed, but the tracks pieces are substantially
marred by bubbles, ruining almost all of the track guide
teeth. Might as well just replace them all with little
nubs of styrene.
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