Review - JTFM/Die Waffenkammer Jumbo Sherman

Today we are going to have a look at the first donation from JTFM/Die Waffenkammer: A Jumbo Sherman, or officially, the M4A3E2 Assault Tank. This is a late war variant with additional armor and the powerful 76mm main gun.
Although only 254 of these tanks were built, they became quite iconic for the late war armored forces in Europe. For example, "Cobra King" of First in Bastogne-fame was a Jumbo.

All JTFM/Die Waffenkammer models come in stable cardboard boxes and the parts are wrapped in foam. I own several of their vehicles for my British 8th Army and I never had any issues with damaged parts. The Jumbo has four main components, two tracks, hull and turret:

In addition to all the small bits like hatches the kit contains a vast amount of extras: two crew members, baggage, sand bags, track links and bogey wheels:

All of these pieces are of outstanding quality - in my humble opinion JTFM/Die Waffenkammer is a strong contestant for the best resin models on the market!

Assembly is easy - the hardest part is to decide which of the optional bits you want to on your model. I use two-component glue for resin models, and as far as i can tell it will never come apart again.

Here are some pictures of the finished model:

That brings our army up to:

64 Airborne
33 Army
25 Rangers
1 57mm ATG
1 75mm pack howitzer
2 M3 Halftracks
1 M5 Stuart
1 M4A4 Sherman
1 M4A3E2 Jumbo Sherman
1 M10 Wolverine
2 M8/M20 Armored Cars
1 Bolt Action 2nd Edition book

If you are really paying attention to our project you'll have noticed a new sponsor on the list - we will have a look at their contribution next.

And keep in mind that there is still time to enter our bonus give-away of the Henschel truck - see below for all details!