Well hell, colour me ignorant of the triangle! Just goes to show how easily we accept nomenclature that’s provided for us in books on the subject!
Chris
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Wade do the cuteness one. VBG Better yet do both!.
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Yup - when given the choice the answer is always BOTH! 
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Thanks gentlemen!
Sounds like it’s a tie and my subjects for Sherman 2025 & 2026 are set!
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Whoops, missed March 1st. Well, better late than never. This one is now live and active. Have at it!
Michael 
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I am joining with my rices red devils m4a3e8 in 1/16 scale. I will post my progress I got done today later.
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My entry will be…
In Action.
The original “Cobra King” after restoration. The tank is on display at the National Museum of the United States Army at Ft. Belvoir, Va.
An M4A3E2 Jumbo, painted to replicate “Cobra King” as it rolled into Bastogne. On display at the Bastogne Barracks, Belgium.
Great video from our friends in Belgium, showcasing their “Cobra King”.
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Here is my progress
I have been doing tid-bits of the model and want to finish the roadwheels today and paint the underside.
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Looking solid so far.
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Does anybody know if there is a Sherman turret interior in 1/35?
Or an engine?
Something to hang in the M32 crane.
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CMK did a turret interior.
Rye Field did an engine.
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You can get the T-49 “Three Bar Cleat” tracks from Asuka.
1/35 - Tasca/Asuka - Sherman T49 " Steel Cleat" Flexible Tracks. | eBay
Or, if you don;t want to mess with “rubber band” tracks…
1/35 QuickTracks T-35074 Tracks T49 for M4 Sherman - C55592 end connector | eBay
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Aside from the CMK set already mentioned, Resicast also has a Sherman interior set.
However, you would probably be a lot cheaper off buying one of the plastic kits of 76 mm Shermans with interior and using the turret from that. You can then also build just the hull as a German ARV.
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Thanks for the information. I have both regular and extended t49 rubber band tracks from Tasca/Auska and also Panda Plastic set before they went on break.
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Miniart do this:
As the packaging says, the R975 was fitted to a lot of tanks, SPG’s, etc
Discontinued according to Miniart, but available when you look, i.e:
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I couldn’t find a photo yesterday on a quick search, but trying again:
This is a photo of a Sherman captured by the Germans, who removed its turret (and who knows what inside) then apparently used it to tow disabled vehicles with. The picture was taken after it was recaptured by the Americans.
It’s a 75 mm, wet-stowage M4A3¹ without its turret, but who says they never used any 76 mm tanks for the same purpose? (Or: How many people will be able to tell the difference in the first place? 
) Notice the disc wheels on most bogies.
¹ That it’s an M4A3 is clear from the open engine hatch with the big deflector on its underside. It’s obviously a large-hatch hull, but the gun travel lock is high up on the glacis, meaning it’s not a 105 mm tank. That same travel lock doesn’t stick up above the edge of the glacis, so it’s the short type fitted to 75 mm tanks, as 76 mm tanks had a taller one.
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I think I have too many Tasca/Asuka Sherman kits. Will have to see how many I can get done.
I started with this one trying to convert it to an early PSC machine in North Africa. Modified hull rear with vertical rear panel, modified antenna mount on hull front and modified hull machine gun housing.
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