I bought this kit about four months ago because I'm a fan of the movie. I'm not an expert on building models, but I have a good amount of experience. Over all, I'd say the kit is OK. There were some fit issues and you have to pay very close attention to the placement of items on the hull. The stowage is not correct for the movie, but there's plenty of other options for the stowage. This kit, along with some of Bravo-6's Fury figures make a great scene!

It's not a Tamiya, that's for sure, there are some fit issues with the suspension but nothing that can't be overcome. The directions are pretty straight forward and are easy to follow. I didn't go with with the stowage that came with the kit with the exception of a box or two. Verlinden made a stowage kit but that's out of production and Legend makes one that's rather hard to find, but with a little imagination you can come close with other after market products. I used the musette bags and tarps from the Cyber Hobby Shermans that were recently released. I suppose I got this more for the basic Easy Eight and the decals. One thing about the directions, they say to use the stars for Fury but in the movie, there were no stars on the tank. I didn't use the cable with the kit, it's too stiff. I cut off the plastic cable and substituted waxed thread. There are two sets of tracks. The T66 track is more appropriate for WW2 but Fury has the T84E track so I used that one. The track is more pliable than the typical Italeri kit. I painted my Fury overall Tamiya Olive Drab and Nato Black. Regular black is too stark. This is provides a real basic model, with a little imagination and creativity, one can have a lot of fun with it.

I would only recommend this kit to anyone looking to build a scale replica of the tank in the movie because the model is reasonably accurate right out of the box however it does leave much to be desired in terms of fit and quality. The build does require some modifications to compensate for the poor fit in some areas but its nothing too difficult for an average modeler. On the plus side the kit has a low part count to complete the model and you end up with plenty of extras for the spare box. If you are looking to build a M4A3E8 tank not affiliated with the movie then I would recommend Tamiya's easy 8 sherman kit instead of this one.