As a fan of WW2 tanks this wagon is a must have for me. The Sherman looks very good. You were right it's called the turret. This particular one is a Sherman MK. III with the sand fenders and has a short 75mm gun, mostly used by the British Army. The thing on the back is a storage box for all sorts of different cargo but I think it's too big. Usually they are a lot smaller. It's very nice that the tank is die-cast. The wagon looks very realistic especially with the metal chains. Very nice and affordable for me. Great review as always Sam 👍
Sam'sTrains can you have Gordon and Britannia doubleheading teaks and Donald and Douglas doubleheading a 30 car freight train as well as bill pulling the tank and Ben pushing behind and the other engines are watching in the yard
A bit of information about the tank. It’s a M4A2 Sherman with a 75mm M3 canon as main armaments and a 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun as secondary armament. It was produced between February 1942 and July 1945 and a total of 49,234 were produced. The last country to retire the Shermans was Paraguay in 2018.
O snap my favourite tank! Looks like an earlier production M4 variant. Tanks for reviewing it! Edit: the wood crate on the tank is tools and equipment issued to each tank for shipment overseas. Things like tools and parts.
Wonderful piece of rolling stock from Oxford, I Would love to see a review of the o gauge one, £85 seems a bit expensive though (?). Great vid as always! Rowan :)
Sam'sTrains hello Sam does the o gauge one come with a tank? The trailer and tank would look great in the bigger scale but might need a war Loco in o gauge to complete the look.... gosh it gets expensive quick!
Looks like I will be glueing a metal plate under the well to add a bit of weight. Nice though. Weird the wagon costs so much and yet Oxford locos are proportionally not a great deal more. Thanks mukka.
Although it's a bit on the light side, the fact that it is able to stay on the track when empty with extra weight behind it, it is well balanced. The railgun that tipped a bit on the curve did not derail, and that is also another good test. It succeeded to roll on the rails. Good weight balance. John Canada
Great vid i know a bit of the tank The Shermann tank was one of the best tank of ww2 it was used in all fronts pacific western eastern italian and north african the one you have is a shermann m1a1 one of the most common it was tested in 1940 by the US army to replace the m3 lee and m3 stuart and was retierd in 1961
Outclassed by every German tank it met in battle such as the Panther, Panzer IV. Tiger, King Tiger. One of the best tanks on the Western allies side. Only outclassed by the Comet and Cromwell. The Soviet T-34 was better than any of them. There's a story that it took four Sherman's to knock out a Tiger. Three to be shot up while the fourth crept behind the Tiger to hit it in its only weak spot.
@@Poliss95 It would have been outclassed by said German heavy tanks if their transmissions or suspension hadn't broken down and left them out of the battle for half a month due to complexity of repair. (Unlike the Sherman's wonderful serviceability and abundance of spare parts) And it would have been outclassed by the medium Panther tank if said tanks engine deck hadn't *spontaneously* *combusted* , or it's transmission breaking from trying to neutral traverse, the German manual had to tell the crew specifically not to do that. Yes poor "Superior German engineering". As for the Pz4 the Sherman was on par with it. It could easily tear through the front armour of the German tank and vice versa. Plus it was the most numerously produced German tank of the war so odds were that the Sherman would encounter that rather than heavy tanks. The Heavies mostly went to the eastern front. But the Sherman short 75mm guns having smaller rounds meant having a higher fire rate and that outmatched the Pz4 overall. The Soviet T-34 actually has _less_ frontal armour than the Sherman, (we're talking the early Sherman, and so the early T34 as well) albeit sloped at a shallower angle. But this built in with the cramped crew conditions. Poor soviet steel quality (negating the armour entirely). (German rounds were bound to go through the thin armour, but if they didn't the impact would cause spalling, fragments of the inside of the T34's armour would flake off and bounce around inside the tank.) And the fact that the engines were literally designed to break and be replaced after a certain mileage meant that the T-34's reputation of being the best tank of WW2 is just as b*llsh*t as the Sherman's being Ronson lighters. This mith comes from the fact that solely British crews that manned them seemed to think that they needed to stock the tank to full to capacity of ammunition. This sort of thing you'd expect from the Americans but no, it was the Brits that overdid it. Surely the Brits would need the 100+ shells for one patrol. But anywho obviously when hit, that whole tank would explode. In American hands however when taking a reasonable amount of ammunition, the Sherman had a burn rate on par with the German Pz4. Combine that with not cramped crew conditions meant that if hit and penetrated the majority of the crew got out before the tank "cooked off". Saving the men's lives. (T-34's when hit due to cramped conditions meant that everyone died. Not that papa Stalin cared of course) This is obviously not talking about the 76mm gun fitted to later model Sherman's that could go straight through the coveted Tiger 1's front armour plate. Also not talking about how the American Sherman's didn't _need_ to penetrate the German heavy tanks armour, as multiple high explosive shells hitting the tank would turn the crew's brains to mush. Or how they could fire Willy Pete (white phosphorus , smoke rounds) that would cook the crew inside their nice heavily armoured glorified pillbox. And how no, the ass of the German tank is not the only weak spot. The Sherman's short 75 can go straight through the side of the Tiger 1, the Panther and obviously the Pz4. And how by the time the Tiger 2 was in combat the poor quality German steel at that point in the war meant that at one point at Bastogne an M8 light armoured car fitted with a 37mm gun, used as a scout car not for engaging enemy armour, ambushed a Tiger 2 and went straight through it's back multiple times, before machine gunning the escaping crew. Even though on paper the Tiger 2 was impervious from every angle. Also not talking about the fact that unlike the purpose built German heavy tanks, the Sherman's weren't _designed_ for anti-tank engagements. (And yet they did so with gallantry) Instead having US tank destroyers with bigger guns deal with tanks. So that the short 75mm gun of the Sherman's could help clear out infantry with high explosive rounds. (Short barrels meant lower muzzle velocity and better High Explosive performance) in fact US crews preferred the short 75 over the long 76, even though that could go through the Tiger 1. Mayyybe because the German heavy tanks were so _few_ in number, and mostly facing the Soviets anyway, that the US crews actually faced more of a threat from german _Infantry_ and so a short reload and good high explosive round benefitted them. All this without even considering how adaptable the Sherman Tank was. Undergoing upgrades not only in the drawing room, but in the field as well. They made them longer, to fit inline engines, this version serving as the basis for the Firefly, they made them FLOAT, they made them into armoured recovery vehicles, they made them into cranes, they fitted bulldozer blades to them, they hoisted it up 6 feet in the air on wheels for mine clearing, (yes, really, look it up), they added flailing chains to detonate mines, they added extra armour on the front making them impervious to the German Tiger 1, when the tracks were too narrow and got bogged down in muddy terrain they fitted wider ones, they changed the suspension type from Vertical to HVSS for better riding. They put bigger guns on them, they put different turrets on them, they turned them into anti-aircraft vehicles. The precious German tanks that morons hold so dear couldn't do any of that, they were built to do 2 things; take out a tank and to take a hit. You could get a towed artillery piece to take out the same tank the Tiger 1 would have overkilled. And the crew could scurry away with it before the enemy retaliated and their artillery piece wouldn't need to take the hit. Maybe that's why Germany lost the war, because they were too busy using what steel they had left building a heavy tank that would break down due to poor design, instead of 15 towed anti-tan guns (an estimate) The Sherman served with distinction decades after it entered service and did it's designers proud. You have been educated, class dismissed.
Nice one Sam. I bought one of these when they were released and I was so happy with it that I bought another 2 without tanks and bought 2 Oxford Diecast Sherman tanks in different liveries to keep things interesting. Throw in a Bachmann army wagon and a Dapol gunpowder wagon and you have a decent military train. At least that is the way I did it. All the best Darren.
I bought 3 to honour Oddball from Kelly's Hero's, you remember "woof woof woof. Got A Black Golioth rail gun and Pilchard wagon to carry Amunition for the rail gun. Its about a 1.5 metres long and now I have to find some suitable passenger carriage's for troops.
I to bought my Warwell at the Warley NEC show when the waggon first came out. I got £10 off the £30 asking price after noticing a loose buffer. Soon mended that once I got home. Now I didn't want an American tank on my British Warwell and I also like building tank kits. Looking around my local model shop Junction 20 in Kings Langley, I found Airfix did the Cromwell MK.IV tank in 1:76 scale which matches the 00-gauge railway scale. It's WW2 vintage, fits the Warwell's well perfectly and has anchor points which really can use those metal chains supplied with the waggon. Looks really good and prototypical.
It's my birthday! I got a Bachmann Class 158, a Hornby Class 08, a Hornby Smokey Joe, a new rake of Pullman coaches with working lights and a weathered Hornby Fish Van!
From what I remember reading various books, the large crate on the back of the sherman should contain spare parts and would be removed before the tank entered service as it is sitting ontop of the radiator, air intakes and fuel fillers.
And the accessories in the small baggie looked like radio antennas for the turret and maybe body. The horseshoe shaped things went on the front, as I recall, and could be used for towing. The barrel rests on that front support for transit. It would be fastened in there to prevent damage during transit.
@@An_Economist_Plays Yeah, on closer inspection those do look like pieces for the tank, although they're painted the same color as the wagon itself. The horseshoe things do look a lot like the lifting rings that were usually mounted to the upper frontal armor. hard to say, either way it is a nice little package of items
ISTR reading that the Warwells came about because the Sherman was too tall to fit on existing flat wagons and still go under UK rail bridges. The "well" allowed the Sherman to be carried safely without risk of bridge strikes.
The brown box [crate] accompanied Tanks from American [where the 'Sherman' tanks were built] and contained basic support equipment similar to the things included with a motor vehicle like a Jack, Spare Tire, Lug Wrench, etc. The crate would accompany the tank to its assigned destination.
The picnic basket as you called it was a crate that contained all the equipment issued with the talk such as light arms the grease gun ( stamped steel machine pistol ) and the tools and parts to do basic maintaining of the tank after it was empty it was removed I do hope you can find a German war train in HO scale that would be awesome .
I always enjoy your freight car reviews Sam. Here in the United States is not uncommon to see military trains. Most likely the military equipment is being transported from on military base to another military base. You're right about the tank's gun it's indeed called the "turret". The white wheel on the side of the flatcar is the hand wheel. The railroad employee will turn that wheel to engage the flat car's brakes. Here in the United States the car would be called a "depressed flat car". Do you think you can review some other flat cars with other equipment like farm equipment, construction equipment or other military equipment? I always enjoy seeing stuff with wheels on flat cars for some reason.
I love the War well wagons, there is something about flat wagons I just really like. Probably because of how many possibilities of what they could haul
Hi Sam. hope your well. I have just bought one of these tank and warwell sets off eBay for 20 pound on a bid and now i have watched your video, i have very high hopes for it as it looks stunning. I have just started building Benton's base boards so Benton should be finished November next year. keep up the great work. Jack
Oh my gosh, that is a fantastic review of one of the most interesting OO gauge wagon which has my other favourite interest which is Tanks, Excellent review Sam 👍👍 Fun fact about the Sherman tank is one of the tanks feature in one of my favourite Anime shows in Japan and the show with tanks in question is called Girls & Panzer. There are kit build tank models from the series and best one out of everyone is the M3 Lee painted in pink. My favourite tank from the show is the M3 Lee, Type 89 & Panzer 4. I just can’t believe those rail guns had nearly crashes let alone derail 😱😱😱😱
Toward the end of the First World War, the War Department ordered flat wagons for tank transport with the code name RECTANK. I will be building a few of those, including tanks, once the parts I ordered are delivered. The RECTANK wagons had a load capacity of 35 tons. I’m guessing the World War Two tanks were heavier and bigger, requiring the Warwell wagons. The two stirrup-shaped pieces at both ends contain screw jacks. The jacks were lowered using hand wheels to contact the top of the rail (I believe) to make the wagon more stable during the loading process, especially when loading from the side.
an yes, the legendary tank, that had many varients, it was decent, and helped the allied win on all fronts, although not the perfect tank, it helped the allies, and was good enough to at least take out enemy tanks and support infantary
The Warwell car reminds me of the depressed center flat cars used here in the US, typically for high and wide loads like transformers. Seeing as the Sherman tank is an American design, I wonder if they were based off of the depressed center flat cars used over here as well? Also, the white wheel on the side appears to be a hand-break, which is something found on quite a bit of rolling stock over here.
They were designed like that because the British loading gauge is much smaller than in the USA meaning if they were put on flat wagons they would collide with bridges and get stuck in tunnels. www.railalbum.co.uk/railway-wagons/military/ww2-50-ton-warwell-1.htm
Sam you can get more tanks to make an army train with the railgun and the Garrett pulling it Edit: also can you review the bacman nuclear flak wagons And also do a how to service your locomotives because you (I) can't send my older locomotives to be serviced Edit 2: picnic basket lol
The box on the back was probably the spares and maintenance kit since it's possible that the tank was going to somewhere new, probably secret and "walls have ears " and all that stuff. Sandwiches were probably optional lol.
These wagons where used on the s&c (but to carry jeeps). Apparently, a crew where taking an express passenger service and passed the military train (full of jeeps and yanks) and the Americans were sat in the jeeps, with the engines on to keep warm!
The Sherman was an ok tank. But when us British fitted the more powerful 17 pounder anti tank gun to it, it was a better match for some of the German tans. Called the Firefly. However, Michael Wittman and his Tiger tanks still caused havoc among the allies. For a new meaning of a rail gun then check yourube videos about theUS Navy using them. USS Zumwalt is the first stealth cruiser to use the rail gun. Great video. Oxford Rail looks a decent company.
The Wittman story is overexaggerated according to Mark Urban in his BBC documentary Tankies: Tank Heroes of World War II. Unlike most presenters of documentaries he was well qualified having been in the Royal Tank Regiment.
@@Poliss95 Yes, probably more the fear factor than reality. There were better German tank aces on the Russian front but the western texts mostly ignore them as it didn't involve US or British troops. As an historian, I have learnt that most history evolves around western Europe. You never get a true reflection of what happened.
Hi Sam. I think the Warwell looks stunning; on that basis, I am tempted tp forgive it lack of weight due to being plastic. Although the tank is only £10 and diecast, it does rather look a little 'plasticy'. As both together (and separately) they perform well on the layout, it is a good combo.
I have the third version of this wagon with the war department steam roller, although I am going to by either this one with the tank or one without as I already have a scale model Sherman tank from another manufacturer.
the flash game Trains of War that used to be on miniclip comes to mind with this and the railguns, if anyone remembers that. Such a cute lil Sherman tho, interesting model! Are there other things around like this and the railguns around? You could do a pretty kewl running session theme if could get a bunch together...if they exist.
I would say about £30 for one of these with tank is fair enough price to pay. Considering a Lowmac with load was around the £15-£20 not long ago. Yes it is better detailed and with real chains than the moulded versions. Oxford are going the extra mile with their rolling stock and nice too see as it pushes other manufacturers to up their game too. I have one of the first Warflats without a load that Oxford produced and it is a marvellous light weight wagon. With its low level centre of gravity it holds to the track well without a load on it. I hope you will be reviewing more wagons and coaches in further vlogs. Maybe you should check out Accuroscale and the other more recent manufacturer's on the market that are producing great wagons.
You got most of the terminology correct for the Sherman but somethings you didn't mention is that it is an M4A1 and is a 1943 example. Love your vids by the way
Amazing review on the Oxford Rail Warwell Wagon and Sherman Tank! For the price of £28 or £30, I’d say it’s a pretty good price although you could’ve saved your money by going to Hatton’s and buying the Oxford Rail Warwell Wagon & Sherman Tank for a cheaper price. The Warwell Wagon looks pretty good and same thing with the Sherman Tank, it’s ashamed that mostly everything is made of plastic, it would’ve been nice to see some metal work on the Warwell Wagon along with sprung buffers to help justify the price tag, but as for the tank, it’s perfectly fine. I like the articulation of the turrets on the tank though, it looks pretty cool! Luckily this Warwell Wagon can manage your layout and even one of your tight curves along with the bookshelf tunnel! But overall, nice review on the Warwell Wagon & Sherman Tank by Oxford Rail! 😃👍
Thanks so much mate, really glad you liked it! I was most happy with this overall, even though I didn't get it at a bargain price! Thanks for watching - Sam :)
😊👍 Also maybe include a back engine with the dean goods if it’ll keep getting stuck pulling the tank with it It should be safe to assume you ll Kill it if it’s the off chance you’re not paying attention
Looks amazing, but in terms of price couldnt you buy the wagon without the tank then buy an airfix or revell tank, would boost the value even more but thats just a suggestion for anyone wanting to buy it
Great bit of kit Sam. I've a Bachmann Waddell with a British Crusader tank on it. I'd say the Oxford wagon is more detailed than the Bachmann but the Bachman tank is more detailed than the Oxford one. Great review as ever Sam, regards Terry. etaile
Hiya Sam Been A Follower and Big Fan Of Yours For A Good While Now Brilliant Review By The Way I've Just Purchased One Of These Myself Haha , It's A Sherman MK III They Were Used By The Americans And The British Military With Accompanied By A 75mm Gun On Its Turret Also The Crate On The Back Is A Wooden Storage Unit To Keep Tools and Parts In Just Incase The Tank Needs Repairing Or If Someone Else Needs A Hand On The Road , Anyway Hope Your Well Kindest Regards Ryan :)
I am a tank enthusiast and I can say that the t sherman looks great, I do tank modeling and I have made a sherman, that one looks good, but kinda expensive...
Also another thing is, the combo with the rail gun didn't happen, since the rail gun is German, and the warewell is American, and the rail gun was scraped for metal later...
@@SamsTrains great, for a starter I have a kit I would recommend: Revell T-34/85 in 1/72 scale, search on RUclips a man named plasmo plastic models where he made this tank, keep in mind that these models are made, glued and painted by you. You do have premade ones on Ali express if you just want to collect them...
Can the chains be used as intended to hold the tank in place, or are they fixed to the wagon? Not sure the Sherman has all the loops; were they part of the detail pack? Those wheels look like they were used to add tension to the chains once attached. The box was possibly for carrying spare tracks and tools. The hull and turret machine guns wouldn't be fitted while in transit (at least not in the pictures I've seen); so maybe they're in there too!
The only thing that would make this review a 12/10 is a bit of history on the tank, as some people might not know the significance of the Sherman. Also, those long skinny bits in the detail bag are air brake pipes, as some British locomotives like the S160 had air brakes rather than vacuum brakes. Some railways had Westinghouse pumps on their locomotives which as you may know are for air brakes, so the Warwells were able to operate with vacuum or air brakes meaning they could be run behind any locomotive with either kind of brakes. Thanks for reading. -Lynnette
As a pacifist, I am not interested by the tank, but the warwell is a good wagon. GBP 28 for an empty one is a bit overpriced as you said, an RRP of GBP 20 would have been better. Anyway, if I want to transport tractors, diesel electric generators, big crates, machine tools, ship propeller blades, or complete part of airplanes, this wagon is a must-have... A De Havilland Comet tail or BAC One-Eleven on it, or a motor nacelle with a Bristol Hercules for an Handley-Page Hermes, or the twin Rolls-Royce Conway assembly for a VC-10... I'm also into planes, as you have noticed it !
You should do a death test and get the heljan saddle tank and get a thing to run them full speed off of it and if it survives make it higher and higher and if you feel safe jump it off of the roof of the house you could also jump it out of the loft/atic Also would you recommend getting like 5 or 6 or even 7 or 8 of the tanks
have you heard of the sherman firefly? they were shermans with british 17 pounder cannons shoe-horned into the turret and could kill a tiger at 300 yards!
Have you seen the Bachmann Warflat with either a Cromwell or Centaur tank on it. Rails do it and i have been tempted to one or two. They are slightly more expensive. Would go well with your Warwell carrying the Sherman.
That's an amazing model for such a low price. When I saw the thumbnail I thought for sure the tank would be permanently fixed to the well car. That was a surprise, as was the movable turret. Did you say there's an O Gauge version? I can't imagine how good that one would be!
hey sam did you know that the shermans were made by steam locomotive manufacturers i.e lima locomtive works baldwin most american based and those white wheels were for hand brakes and that box was for the amphibious conversion kit for d-day
It’s a nice looking detailed wagon, may be a bit pricey compared to some but how much more would the other manufacturers charge for the same. It’s very rare to have metal parts other than wheels and buffers etc on wagons these days so I’m not surprised that its all plastic, still looks good and stayed on the rails.
Hi Sam. You are right oxford rail does make really good rolling stock. it would have been nice to see the Q1 running around since that is from WW2. I hate to bother you again about this question but is the bad Dean Goods with the faulty motor the GWR lined or Unlined? Cheers Liam
Hattons brought out a oo gauge warwell at the same time as Oxford I bought 10 of them in GWR livery they are all metal making them much heavier than the Oxford one hence why they sold out very quickly. They may have some still in stock of other liveries if you want to do a review of one.
Looks good with the tank on it. Get that Sherman to the front and then . . . on to Berlin! Ah, they all talk about the German tanks but the Sherman was produced in higher numbers, served in every area during WWII and did a good job.
Ooh a wagon with a tank. I want one. I was thinking of getting an empty one then buying a tank. But diecast blows my mind Definitely going to get one or 2
Hi there Sam.I see on tonights video on the Boche Buster you have turned around the,shall I call it shellslide?I turned mine around too thinking it was incorrect also.Which position is correct?Just seems a large gap between the gun and the 'slide' ?
As yoiu were unboxing you stated that the wagon was labelled KWA on the box. As the wagon is modelled that is incorrect as the bogies were as originally built. They only became KWA after been rebogied with modern bogies. Do Oxford Rail do a new modified Warwell? I also notice thar the braking detail on this example is based on a vacuum-braked/air-piped version
The cannon is mounted into the turret. I was a bit surprised the military would use an arch bar style truck* (as known in the U.S.) on such a heavy load as the arch bars were prone to catastrophic failure though cheap to build. If one of them gave out on a mainline a tank toppling over would have knocked the line out of service for sometime. Usually the military is not known for thrift. *- bogie
To bad the Real Sherman Tanks failed us at our most crucial invasion. Curse their narrow tracks, thin amor, explosive engine, and light guns. And yes, I would love if you reviewed the O Gauge Warwell wagon. And at 6:10, those are manual brakes to keep the wagons from rolling away.
What a coincidence, they’ve been showing the movie: fury, on television for the past week. That was filmed entirely in England, with equipment from the Bovington tank museum, including but not limited to: four Sherman tanks of two variations, and the only operating tiger tank in preservation.
Rather neat how the Sherman tank has all the little moving parts, it really i quite the bargain on the tank. Think maybe some one at the board metting messed up the pricing and the tank was meant to be 30 some pounds and the platform car was suppose to be 10?
I like the Warwell better than the tank although the scale of the chains on the Warwell look wrong. I would buy the Warwell and a plastic model kit. They sell between £5-10 and you can get die cast for about £10. There are at least 6 different kits available in 1/76 or 1/72. The advantage of the kits is that they are much better detail and there are cheap add-on kits of gear to make the model even better. For weight some metal weights can be added to a plastic tank model if it is really necessary.
@@SamsTrains I have similar scale chains that I used on tanks and all of them are smaller and look better. I like the Warwell though. The chains should also be attached of course!
As a fan of WW2 tanks this wagon is a must have for me. The Sherman looks very good. You were right it's called the turret. This particular one is a Sherman MK. III with the sand fenders and has a short 75mm gun, mostly used by the British Army. The thing on the back is a storage box for all sorts of different cargo but I think it's too big. Usually they are a lot smaller. It's very nice that the tank is die-cast. The wagon looks very realistic especially with the metal chains. Very nice and affordable for me. Great review as always Sam 👍
Awesome to hear that - and thanks for confirming! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
The wheel on the side is probably a hand brake to stop it from rolling away when not coupled to the loco
Thanks for that, yeah that makes sense!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains your welcome
Yup I was going to say that they unloaded them coupled together driving it along as a dozen cars to load unload nowhere else to put it .
That altercation between the English and German was amazing lol
haha I know right!! ;D
Sam'sTrains can you have Gordon and Britannia doubleheading teaks and Donald and Douglas doubleheading a 30 car freight train as well as bill pulling the tank and Ben pushing behind and the other engines are watching in the yard
😂👏👏👏👏👏
A bit of information about the tank. It’s a M4A2
Sherman with a 75mm M3 canon as main armaments and a 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun as secondary armament. It was produced between February 1942 and July 1945 and a total of 49,234 were produced. The last country to retire the Shermans was Paraguay in 2018.
airfix catalogue has loads of tanks: several shermans; tigers etc...……. and in different scales too
Yeah I doubted if it was a M4 or a M4A2. Ands thanks for the conformation.
Many thanks guys for sharing this, appreciate it! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
No problem. Happy to give some information
O snap my favourite tank! Looks like an earlier production M4 variant. Tanks for reviewing it!
Edit: the wood crate on the tank is tools and equipment issued to each tank for shipment overseas. Things like tools and parts.
No problem mate - hope you liked it! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
The tank is a British lend lease M4a4 Sherman Medium tank with 50 cal MG and ammo box
Ooh interesting - thanks for letting me know! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Wonderful piece of rolling stock from Oxford, I Would love to see a review of the o gauge one, £85 seems a bit expensive though (?). Great vid as always!
Rowan :)
Thanks mate, I agree - yeah an O gauge one would be awesome to compare! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam'sTrains hello Sam does the o gauge one come with a tank? The trailer and tank would look great in the bigger scale but might need a war Loco in o gauge to complete the look.... gosh it gets expensive quick!
There is another version of this with a traction engine instead of a tank
Yeah I've been looking at those - they look awesome! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Looks like I will be glueing a metal plate under the well to add a bit of weight. Nice though. Weird the wagon costs so much and yet Oxford locos are proportionally not a great deal more. Thanks mukka.
That sounds good Gary - though I'm told the Hatton's ones are heavy metal, so worth trying those I think! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Although it's a bit on the light side, the fact that it is able to stay on the track when empty with extra weight behind it, it is well balanced. The railgun that tipped a bit on the curve did not derail, and that is also another good test. It succeeded to roll on the rails. Good weight balance.
John Canada
Yes you're right John - I can't fault the performance at all! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Great vid i know a bit of the tank
The Shermann tank was one of the best tank of ww2 it was used in all fronts pacific western eastern italian and north african the one you have is a shermann m1a1 one of the most common it was tested in 1940 by the US army to replace the m3 lee and m3 stuart and was retierd in 1961
Thanks mate - this was very interesting!! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
The Sherman is one of the tanks feature in a Anime show called Girls & Panzer from Japan and they were in episodes 5 & 6 of the series.
Outclassed by every German tank it met in battle such as the Panther, Panzer IV. Tiger, King Tiger. One of the best tanks on the Western allies side. Only outclassed by the Comet and Cromwell. The Soviet T-34 was better than any of them.
There's a story that it took four Sherman's to knock out a Tiger. Three to be shot up while the fourth crept behind the Tiger to hit it in its only weak spot.
@@Poliss95 It would have been outclassed by said German heavy tanks if their transmissions or suspension hadn't broken down and left them out of the battle for half a month due to complexity of repair. (Unlike the Sherman's wonderful serviceability and abundance of spare parts) And it would have been outclassed by the medium Panther tank if said tanks engine deck hadn't *spontaneously* *combusted* , or it's transmission breaking from trying to neutral traverse, the German manual had to tell the crew specifically not to do that. Yes poor "Superior German engineering".
As for the Pz4 the Sherman was on par with it. It could easily tear through the front armour of the German tank and vice versa. Plus it was the most numerously produced German tank of the war so odds were that the Sherman would encounter that rather than heavy tanks. The Heavies mostly went to the eastern front. But the Sherman short 75mm guns having smaller rounds meant having a higher fire rate and that outmatched the Pz4 overall.
The Soviet T-34 actually has _less_ frontal armour than the Sherman, (we're talking the early Sherman, and so the early T34 as well) albeit sloped at a shallower angle. But this built in with the cramped crew conditions. Poor soviet steel quality (negating the armour entirely). (German rounds were bound to go through the thin armour, but if they didn't the impact would cause spalling, fragments of the inside of the T34's armour would flake off and bounce around inside the tank.) And the fact that the engines were literally designed to break and be replaced after a certain mileage meant that the T-34's reputation of being the best tank of WW2 is just as b*llsh*t as the Sherman's being Ronson lighters. This mith comes from the fact that solely British crews that manned them seemed to think that they needed to stock the tank to full to capacity of ammunition. This sort of thing you'd expect from the Americans but no, it was the Brits that overdid it. Surely the Brits would need the 100+ shells for one patrol. But anywho obviously when hit, that whole tank would explode. In American hands however when taking a reasonable amount of ammunition, the Sherman had a burn rate on par with the German Pz4. Combine that with not cramped crew conditions meant that if hit and penetrated the majority of the crew got out before the tank "cooked off". Saving the men's lives. (T-34's when hit due to cramped conditions meant that everyone died. Not that papa Stalin cared of course)
This is obviously not talking about the 76mm gun fitted to later model Sherman's that could go straight through the coveted Tiger 1's front armour plate. Also not talking about how the American Sherman's didn't _need_ to penetrate the German heavy tanks armour, as multiple high explosive shells hitting the tank would turn the crew's brains to mush. Or how they could fire Willy Pete (white phosphorus , smoke rounds) that would cook the crew inside their nice heavily armoured glorified pillbox. And how no, the ass of the German tank is not the only weak spot. The Sherman's short 75 can go straight through the side of the Tiger 1, the Panther and obviously the Pz4. And how by the time the Tiger 2 was in combat the poor quality German steel at that point in the war meant that at one point at Bastogne an M8 light armoured car fitted with a 37mm gun, used as a scout car not for engaging enemy armour, ambushed a Tiger 2 and went straight through it's back multiple times, before machine gunning the escaping crew. Even though on paper the Tiger 2 was impervious from every angle.
Also not talking about the fact that unlike the purpose built German heavy tanks, the Sherman's weren't _designed_ for anti-tank engagements. (And yet they did so with gallantry) Instead having US tank destroyers with bigger guns deal with tanks. So that the short 75mm gun of the Sherman's could help clear out infantry with high explosive rounds. (Short barrels meant lower muzzle velocity and better High Explosive performance) in fact US crews preferred the short 75 over the long 76, even though that could go through the Tiger 1. Mayyybe because the German heavy tanks were so _few_ in number, and mostly facing the Soviets anyway, that the US crews actually faced more of a threat from german _Infantry_ and so a short reload and good high explosive round benefitted them.
All this without even considering how adaptable the Sherman Tank was. Undergoing upgrades not only in the drawing room, but in the field as well. They made them longer, to fit inline engines, this version serving as the basis for the Firefly, they made them FLOAT, they made them into armoured recovery vehicles, they made them into cranes, they fitted bulldozer blades to them, they hoisted it up 6 feet in the air on wheels for mine clearing, (yes, really, look it up), they added flailing chains to detonate mines, they added extra armour on the front making them impervious to the German Tiger 1, when the tracks were too narrow and got bogged down in muddy terrain they fitted wider ones, they changed the suspension type from Vertical to HVSS for better riding. They put bigger guns on them, they put different turrets on them, they turned them into anti-aircraft vehicles.
The precious German tanks that morons hold so dear couldn't do any of that, they were built to do 2 things; take out a tank and to take a hit. You could get a towed artillery piece to take out the same tank the Tiger 1 would have overkilled. And the crew could scurry away with it before the enemy retaliated and their artillery piece wouldn't need to take the hit. Maybe that's why Germany lost the war, because they were too busy using what steel they had left building a heavy tank that would break down due to poor design, instead of 15 towed anti-tan guns (an estimate)
The Sherman served with distinction decades after it entered service and did it's designers proud.
You have been educated, class dismissed.
@El Sopas Actually the Sherman featured in the video is just a Regular M4. The M4A1 has a cast hull rather than an angular welded hull.
Nice one Sam. I bought one of these when they were released and I was so happy with it that I bought another 2 without tanks and bought 2 Oxford Diecast Sherman tanks in different liveries to keep things interesting. Throw in a Bachmann army wagon and a Dapol gunpowder wagon and you have a decent military train. At least that is the way I did it. All the best Darren.
Thanks mate - great to hear that, they are very cool!! :D
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and for looks, and the railgjn
my notification bell is going to crack like the liberty bell with these uploads
haha!! ;D
Oxford Rail definitely have some amazing locomotives and wagons. Great Review Sam!
You're right, thanks mate glad you enjoyed it! :D
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I bought 3 to honour Oddball from Kelly's Hero's, you remember "woof woof woof. Got A Black Golioth rail gun and Pilchard wagon to carry Amunition for the rail gun. Its about a 1.5 metres long and now I have to find some suitable passenger carriage's for troops.
I to bought my Warwell at the Warley NEC show when the waggon first came out. I got £10 off the £30 asking price after noticing a loose buffer. Soon mended that once I got home. Now I didn't want an American tank on my British Warwell and I also like building tank kits. Looking around my local model shop Junction 20 in Kings Langley, I found Airfix did the Cromwell MK.IV tank in 1:76 scale which matches the 00-gauge railway scale. It's WW2 vintage, fits the Warwell's well perfectly and has anchor points which really can use those metal chains supplied with the waggon. Looks really good and prototypical.
Ooh sounds pretty good actually - £10 for a buffer isn't bad at all!
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It's my birthday! I got a Bachmann Class 158, a Hornby Class 08, a Hornby Smokey Joe, a new rake of Pullman coaches with working lights and a weathered Hornby Fish Van!
Happy birthday mate - those sound amazing - hope you really enjoy those models! :D
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Oxford rail have some of the most detailed rolling stock and oxford diecast have really detailed scenary vehicles
Yeah you're right - this was very impressive! :D
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@@SamsTrains I sadly havent managed to get any oxford rolling stock yet but I'm saving ti get some
From what I remember reading various books, the large crate on the back of the sherman should contain spare parts and would be removed before the tank entered service as it is sitting ontop of the radiator, air intakes and fuel fillers.
And the accessories in the small baggie looked like radio antennas for the turret and maybe body. The horseshoe shaped things went on the front, as I recall, and could be used for towing. The barrel rests on that front support for transit. It would be fastened in there to prevent damage during transit.
@@An_Economist_Plays Yeah, on closer inspection those do look like pieces for the tank, although they're painted the same color as the wagon itself. The horseshoe things do look a lot like the lifting rings that were usually mounted to the upper frontal armor. hard to say, either way it is a nice little package of items
Thanks very much for sharing this folks - no picnics for me then!
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ISTR reading that the Warwells came about because the Sherman was too tall to fit on existing flat wagons and still go under UK rail bridges. The "well" allowed the Sherman to be carried safely without risk of bridge strikes.
If that tank was made 30 years ago, it would be able to fire match sticks! :-)
Sammy B Films I’ve got one of them!
haha you're right - I would love that!! ;D
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That would be cool
Oscar Knight what are they called? I wanna look at one
Tencents49 I can’t remember
The brown box [crate] accompanied Tanks from American [where the 'Sherman' tanks were built] and contained basic support equipment similar to the things included with a motor vehicle like a Jack, Spare Tire, Lug Wrench, etc. The crate would accompany the tank to its assigned destination.
Many thanks for sharing this Rich, duly noted!
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Aww you're sending your trains to war XD
That's it, railway confirmed warzone! Take cover men!
haha I know right, lol! ;D
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Good one Sam..they all look good together. The white wheel on the wagon was for putting the brake on when stopped.
Thanks Tim, glad you thought so! And duly noted, that makes sense!
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The picnic basket as you called it was a crate that contained all the equipment issued with the talk such as light arms the grease gun ( stamped steel machine pistol ) and the tools and parts to do basic maintaining of the tank after it was empty it was removed I do hope you can find a German war train in HO scale that would be awesome .
haha duly noted John - sorry about that - no sandwiches today then!
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Also at 12:40 you should have added the Gray P-class. It has the same font as the dean goods.
That's true - would have looked fantastic!! :D
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I always enjoy your freight car reviews Sam. Here in the United States is not uncommon to see military trains. Most likely the military equipment is being transported from on military base to another military base. You're right about the tank's gun it's indeed called the "turret". The white wheel on the side of the flatcar is the hand wheel. The railroad employee will turn that wheel to engage the flat car's brakes. Here in the United States the car would be called a "depressed flat car". Do you think you can review some other flat cars with other equipment like farm equipment, construction equipment or other military equipment? I always enjoy seeing stuff with wheels on flat cars for some reason.
Thank you!! Ahh fantastic - great to see some of that in model form them! Appreciate the info! :D
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I love the War well wagons, there is something about flat wagons I just really like. Probably because of how many possibilities of what they could haul
Yeah I agree - I like them too, for sure! :D
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Hi Sam. hope your well. I have just bought one of these tank and warwell sets off eBay for 20 pound on a bid and now i have watched your video, i have very high hopes for it as it looks stunning. I have just started building Benton's base boards so Benton should be finished November next year. keep up the great work. Jack
Blimey Jack, that's incredibly reasonable - hope you enjoy it! :D
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Oh my gosh, that is a fantastic review of one of the most interesting OO gauge wagon which has my other favourite interest which is Tanks, Excellent review Sam 👍👍
Fun fact about the Sherman tank is one of the tanks feature in one of my favourite Anime shows in Japan and the show with tanks in question is called Girls & Panzer. There are kit build tank models from the series and best one out of everyone is the M3 Lee painted in pink. My favourite tank from the show is the M3 Lee, Type 89 & Panzer 4.
I just can’t believe those rail guns had nearly crashes let alone derail 😱😱😱😱
Thanks very much Joe, glad you found it interesting! Thanks for the fun facts too! :D
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Definitely review the 0 gauge version. It would be really interesting to compare the detail differences of the two scales!
I agree! I will have to do that! :D
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Toward the end of the First World War, the War Department ordered flat wagons for tank transport with the code name RECTANK. I will be building a few of those, including tanks, once the parts I ordered are delivered.
The RECTANK wagons had a load capacity of 35 tons. I’m guessing the World War Two tanks were heavier and bigger, requiring the Warwell wagons.
The two stirrup-shaped pieces at both ends contain screw jacks. The jacks were lowered using hand wheels to contact the top of the rail (I believe) to make the wagon more stable during the loading process, especially when loading from the side.
Duly noted, many thanks for sharing this! :D
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an yes, the legendary tank, that had many varients, it was decent, and helped the allied win on all fronts, although not the perfect tank, it helped the allies, and was good enough to at least take out enemy tanks and support infantary
Thanks very much for the info Treavor - very interesting! :D
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The Warwell car reminds me of the depressed center flat cars used here in the US, typically for high and wide loads like transformers. Seeing as the Sherman tank is an American design, I wonder if they were based off of the depressed center flat cars used over here as well? Also, the white wheel on the side appears to be a hand-break, which is something found on quite a bit of rolling stock over here.
They were designed like that because the British loading gauge is much smaller than in the USA meaning if they were put on flat wagons they would collide with bridges and get stuck in tunnels.
www.railalbum.co.uk/railway-wagons/military/ww2-50-ton-warwell-1.htm
Ahh very interesting - thanks folks for this info! :D
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Sam you can get more tanks to make an army train with the railgun and the Garrett pulling it
Edit: also can you review the bacman nuclear flak wagons
And also do a how to service your locomotives because you (I) can't send my older locomotives to be serviced
Edit 2: picnic basket lol
Yeah that would be awesome - I do need to do that! :D
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The box on the back was probably the spares and maintenance kit since it's possible that the tank was going to somewhere new, probably secret and "walls have ears " and all that stuff. Sandwiches were probably optional lol.
Duly noted Kevin - so no picnics then?
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These wagons where used on the s&c (but to carry jeeps). Apparently, a crew where taking an express passenger service and passed the military train (full of jeeps and yanks) and the Americans were sat in the jeeps, with the engines on to keep warm!
Brilliant, thanks a lot for the info!
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Sam'sTrains no problem
The Sherman was an ok tank. But when us British fitted the more powerful 17 pounder anti tank gun to it, it was a better match for some of the German tans. Called the Firefly. However, Michael Wittman and his Tiger tanks still caused havoc among the allies. For a new meaning of a rail gun then check yourube videos about theUS Navy using them. USS Zumwalt is the first stealth cruiser to use the rail gun. Great video. Oxford Rail looks a decent company.
The Wittman story is overexaggerated according to Mark Urban in his BBC documentary Tankies: Tank Heroes of World War II.
Unlike most presenters of documentaries he was well qualified having been in the Royal Tank Regiment.
@@Poliss95 Yes, probably more the fear factor than reality. There were better German tank aces on the Russian front but the western texts mostly ignore them as it didn't involve US or British troops. As an historian, I have learnt that most history evolves around western Europe. You never get a true reflection of what happened.
Many thanks for the info guys! :D
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I believe the 'White' hand wheel was used to tighten the chains holding the tank.
Ahh interesting - thanks for letting me know! :D
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Very good. Like the set. Plenty of detail. Good filming as normal. Colourful. Informative. Cheers.
Thanks very much Grant! :D
Hi Sam. I think the Warwell looks stunning; on that basis, I am tempted tp forgive it lack of weight due to being plastic. Although the tank is only £10 and diecast, it does rather look a little 'plasticy'. As both together (and separately) they perform well on the layout, it is a good combo.
THanks a lot Paul - ahh fantastic, hope you enjoy what you get! :D
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*I was literally playing War Thunder when I got the notification for this*
Same bro
I ❤️ war thunder
@@janalamanna9224 The Russian Bias and German Nerf makes it frustrating tho
haha is it good?! :O
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@@SamsTrains Very, why not give it a try? It's free, and we'd love to see it!
I have the third version of this wagon with the war department steam roller, although I am going to by either this one with the tank or one without as I already have a scale model Sherman tank from another manufacturer.
Ooh I love the sound of that - both would be awesome! :D
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9:09 all the way from the footbridge to the Tardis (or police call box. Tardis came into my head first)
haha! ;D
Got myself an Adams Radial myself after your last video it's the 30583 one that's real life counterpart is in preservation
Ooh awesome - does it work well?!
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the flash game Trains of War that used to be on miniclip comes to mind with this and the railguns, if anyone remembers that. Such a cute lil Sherman tho, interesting model! Are there other things around like this and the railguns around? You could do a pretty kewl running session theme if could get a bunch together...if they exist.
Ahh yeah I've seen some ads for that! Yes there is quite a lot of war rolling stock, I'll have to try more! :D
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I would say about £30 for one of these with tank is fair enough price to pay. Considering a Lowmac with load was around the £15-£20 not long ago. Yes it is better detailed and with real chains than the moulded versions. Oxford are going the extra mile with their rolling stock and nice too see as it pushes other manufacturers to up their game too. I have one of the first Warflats without a load that Oxford produced and it is a marvellous light weight wagon. With its low level centre of gravity it holds to the track well without a load on it. I hope you will be reviewing more wagons and coaches in further vlogs. Maybe you should check out Accuroscale and the other more recent manufacturer's on the market that are producing great wagons.
Yeah I thought it was fairly reasonable too - quite an impressive model overall!
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You got most of the terminology correct for the Sherman but somethings you didn't mention is that it is an M4A1 and is a 1943 example.
Love your vids by the way
Ahh duly noted, thanks for this mate! :D
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100% need to get the O gauge Sam. Even I’ve started to get a few O gauge bits in addition to my OO collection
Thanks mate, I would love to get that one reviewed soon! :D
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Great video Sam nice to see some unique rolling stock
Thanks very much David!! :D
Amazing review on the Oxford Rail Warwell Wagon and Sherman Tank! For the price of £28 or £30, I’d say it’s a pretty good price although you could’ve saved your money by going to Hatton’s and buying the Oxford Rail Warwell Wagon & Sherman Tank for a cheaper price. The Warwell Wagon looks pretty good and same thing with the Sherman Tank, it’s ashamed that mostly everything is made of plastic, it would’ve been nice to see some metal work on the Warwell Wagon along with sprung buffers to help justify the price tag, but as for the tank, it’s perfectly fine. I like the articulation of the turrets on the tank though, it looks pretty cool! Luckily this Warwell Wagon can manage your layout and even one of your tight curves along with the bookshelf tunnel! But overall, nice review on the Warwell Wagon & Sherman Tank by Oxford Rail! 😃👍
Thanks so much mate, really glad you liked it! I was most happy with this overall, even though I didn't get it at a bargain price!
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Also maybe include a back engine with the dean goods if it’ll keep getting stuck pulling the tank with it
It should be safe to assume you ll Kill it if it’s the off chance you’re not paying attention
Yeah that's true actually, lol! ;D
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Model tanks (1:72/1:76 scale) are usually only around a tenner, even painted ones. The tank also looks far less detained than the wagon.
Ahh okay, thanks for this! And yes it's more basic than the wagon is!
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Looks amazing, but in terms of price couldnt you buy the wagon without the tank then buy an airfix or revell tank, would boost the value even more but thats just a suggestion for anyone wanting to buy it
Yes that would be a great option if you weren't as lazy as me! Very good idea! :D
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Great bit of kit Sam. I've a Bachmann Waddell with a British Crusader tank on it. I'd say the Oxford wagon is more detailed than the Bachmann but the Bachman tank is more detailed than the Oxford one. Great review as ever Sam, regards Terry.
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That sounds interesting Terry - maybe I'll have to try those to compare! :O
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Hiya Sam Been A Follower and Big Fan Of Yours For A Good While Now Brilliant Review By The Way I've Just Purchased One Of These Myself Haha , It's A Sherman MK III They Were Used By The Americans And The British Military With Accompanied By A 75mm Gun On Its Turret Also The Crate On The Back Is A Wooden Storage Unit To Keep Tools and Parts In Just Incase The Tank Needs Repairing Or If Someone Else Needs A Hand On The Road , Anyway Hope Your Well Kindest Regards Ryan :)
I am a tank enthusiast and I can say that the t sherman looks great, I do tank modeling and I have made a sherman, that one looks good, but kinda expensive...
Also another thing is, the combo with the rail gun didn't happen, since the rail gun is German, and the warewell is American, and the rail gun was scraped for metal later...
Awesome, glad to hear it looks good! Tank modelling sounds awesome - I'd love to do some of that! :D
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@@SamsTrains great, for a starter I have a kit I would recommend:
Revell T-34/85 in 1/72 scale, search on RUclips a man named plasmo plastic models where he made this tank, keep in mind that these models are made, glued and painted by you. You do have premade ones on Ali express if you just want to collect them...
Can the chains be used as intended to hold the tank in place, or are they fixed to the wagon? Not sure the Sherman has all the loops; were they part of the detail pack? Those wheels look like they were used to add tension to the chains once attached.
The box was possibly for carrying spare tracks and tools. The hull and turret machine guns wouldn't be fitted while in transit (at least not in the pictures I've seen); so maybe they're in there too!
I haven't tried that Alan - I didn't fancy trying to detach them, but maybe it would be easily done?!
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I would love to see the Dean Goods hauling this and both railguns. Pretty sure you could hook the NEM over the foreign pocket?
Yeah me too actually - that'd be cool! Yeah that may work! :D
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How weird I was just finishing building my sherman firefly when you uploaded this video ,lol Now I can just buy the wagon. Thanks for the review!
Ahh fantastic - no problem, hope you liked that! :D
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great video. ordered 3 of these this week. they will be delivered next week.
Thank you!! Awesome - hope you enjoy them! :D
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Amazing model and great review. Keep up the great work I love seeing war based models.
Thanks very much mate! :D
The only thing that would make this review a 12/10 is a bit of history on the tank, as some people might not know the significance of the Sherman. Also, those long skinny bits in the detail bag are air brake pipes, as some British locomotives like the S160 had air brakes rather than vacuum brakes. Some railways had Westinghouse pumps on their locomotives which as you may know are for air brakes, so the Warwells were able to operate with vacuum or air brakes meaning they could be run behind any locomotive with either kind of brakes.
Thanks for reading.
-Lynnette
Another neat idea for if you buy an O gauge Warwell is to buy and build an O gauge Sherman kit so it matches the OO one.
Thank you! I'll try to do more of that in future! :D
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11:55 Almost an English Victory!! But the Germans just stayed on the track!
AMERICA IS BETTER
@Nutty 570 The fact that people are starting arguments about an event nearly 100 years ago in 2020 makes me lose all hope in humanity
@Nutty 570 I'm British, so of course I'm on the British side
As a french, uh... nothing to say !
@XY Dan French chap named Cugnot actually.
As a pacifist, I am not interested by the tank, but the warwell is a good wagon. GBP 28 for an empty one is a bit overpriced as you said, an RRP of GBP 20 would have been better.
Anyway, if I want to transport tractors, diesel electric generators, big crates, machine tools, ship propeller blades, or complete part of airplanes, this wagon is a must-have... A De Havilland Comet tail or BAC One-Eleven on it, or a motor nacelle with a Bristol Hercules for an Handley-Page Hermes, or the twin Rolls-Royce Conway assembly for a VC-10... I'm also into planes, as you have noticed it !
That's fair enough mate - yeah I thought so too, but pricey this one!
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i think there is a warflat produced by bachman that comes with a British cromwell medium tank load
Yeah I've seen those - the price isn't exactly compelling though! ;D
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You should do a death test and get the heljan saddle tank and get a thing to run them full speed off of it and if it survives make it higher and higher and if you feel safe jump it off of the roof of the house you could also jump it out of the loft/atic
Also would you recommend getting like 5 or 6 or even 7 or 8 of the tanks
haha that would be fun actually - don't tempt me!!
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have you heard of the sherman firefly? they were shermans with british 17 pounder cannons shoe-horned into the turret and could kill a tiger at 300 yards!
I don't think I have - but wow that sounds crazy!! :O
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Have you seen the Bachmann Warflat with either a Cromwell or Centaur tank on it. Rails do it and i have been tempted to one or two. They are slightly more expensive. Would go well with your Warwell carrying the Sherman.
No I don't think I have seen that - looks awesome though!! :D
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That's an amazing model for such a low price. When I saw the thumbnail I thought for sure the tank would be permanently fixed to the well car. That was a surprise, as was the movable turret.
Did you say there's an O Gauge version? I can't imagine how good that one would be!
Thanks very much John, yeah I was very happy with this - and it was great that the tank was easily removable!
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Brilliant piece of rolling the stock from the oxford sam you amazing tank
Thanks mate, glad you liked it! :D
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@@SamsTrains no problem hope had a enjoy in RUclips fantastic Sam's train
hey sam did you know that the shermans were made by steam locomotive manufacturers i.e lima locomtive works baldwin most american based and those white wheels were for hand brakes and that box was for the amphibious conversion kit for d-day
No I didn't know that Caden - thanks for this! :D
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It’s a nice looking detailed wagon, may be a bit pricey compared to some but how much more would the other manufacturers charge for the same. It’s very rare to have metal parts other than wheels and buffers etc on wagons these days so I’m not surprised that its all plastic, still looks good and stayed on the rails.
Thanks a lot Rob, I thought so too! Hold that thought - I'm hoping to do the Hatton's ones soon! :D
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I just bought one of these flatbed cars. Its a grey one from the BR railroad I think.
Ahh fantastic - that one sounds great! :D
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As i said with the previous railgun, this will go well with my WW2 layout
Ooh absolutely - it sure would!! :D
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Wheels may be to tension chains once tank chained down
Ahh interesting thought there Garth!!
I have seen tanks on Warwell Wagons being taken to Pembrokeshire behind class 66 locomotives. Unfortunately they don't run any more.
Ahh that's a shame :(
Yes Sam I can confirm the thing on the back is a picnic basket
haha, I thought it was! ;D
2 ? is it easy to refit a Detatched smoke deflector to an a3/a1 and how many livery has the flying scotsman been in model/ real live
Yeah it's quite easy, depending on whether any of the supports have broken!
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0:13 Nice military music! It suits this review pretty well! :P
Thank you! Glad you thought so! :D
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Hi Sam you should try putting your Hornby Ruston without the power pick up wagon on the warwell wagon.
Great idea Callum - that'd look great! :D
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I'd like to see the o gauge version of this model, I owned a us flat car with shermans some time ago.
For sure! I'm hoping to review one soon! :D
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Hi Sam. You are right oxford rail does make really good rolling stock. it would have been nice to see the Q1 running around since that is from WW2. I hate to bother you again about this question but is the bad Dean Goods with the faulty motor the GWR lined or Unlined? Cheers Liam
Thanks a lot Liam - yeah that's true, the Q1 would have been a great choice! :D
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Hattons brought out a oo gauge warwell at the same time as Oxford I bought 10 of them in GWR livery they are all metal making them much heavier than the Oxford one hence why they sold out very quickly. They may have some still in stock of other liveries if you want to do a review of one.
Ahh that sounds absolutely awesome Rob - I'll have to try those!! :D
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Great piece of rolling stock Sam. Not sure if I would pay that kind of money for it though. But I do like the tank, with 'picnic basket'! Many thanks.
Thanks a lot Mike - yes it's not as reasonable as some of Oxford's other offerings, but not too bad!
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Looks good with the tank on it. Get that Sherman to the front and then . . . on to Berlin! Ah, they all talk about the German tanks but the Sherman was produced in higher numbers, served in every area during WWII and did a good job.
Thanks Ian, glad you liked that - haha! ;D
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Ooh a wagon with a tank. I want one. I was thinking of getting an empty one then buying a tank. But diecast blows my mind
Definitely going to get one or 2
haha I can recommend it - but the extra weight from this tank is pretty awesome! :D
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@@SamsTrains I now want the tank one. I'm into military things and planes as well as trains so this is ideal
Hi there Sam.I see on tonights video on the Boche Buster you have turned around the,shall I call it shellslide?I turned mine around too thinking it was incorrect also.Which position is correct?Just seems a large gap between the gun and the 'slide' ?
I hadn't realised I'd done that David - maybe it came off and I just put it back on wrong without thinking!
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As yoiu were unboxing you stated that the wagon was labelled KWA on the box. As the wagon is modelled that is incorrect as the bogies were as originally built. They only became KWA after been rebogied with modern bogies. Do Oxford Rail do a new modified Warwell? I also notice thar the braking detail on this example is based on a vacuum-braked/air-piped version
Many thanks for pointing this out Mick, duly noted!
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The cannon is mounted into the turret.
I was a bit surprised the military would use an arch bar style truck* (as known in the U.S.)
on such a heavy load as the arch bars were prone to catastrophic failure though cheap to
build. If one of them gave out on a mainline a tank toppling over would have knocked the
line out of service for sometime. Usually the military is not known for thrift.
*- bogie
Duly noted, thanks very much for the info! :D
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What was the loco at 11:25? I don’t remember seeing it. Enjoyed the video :)
It's a Fleischmann G3 or G4 - I never did review it!
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Always love war waggons and war vehicles.Marklin as great ones with aircraft
Thanks Pedro, that sounds awesome!! :D
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i have a couple with plant on they run so well behind my 31 great vid as ever same
Ooh fantastic - great to hear that - thanks David! :D
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To bad the Real Sherman Tanks failed us at our most crucial invasion. Curse their narrow tracks, thin amor, explosive engine, and light guns. And yes, I would love if you reviewed the O Gauge Warwell wagon. And at 6:10, those are manual brakes to keep the wagons from rolling away.
Yes I've been reading about that - very unfortunate!
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also german shells often went in one side of a sherman and straight out the other!
Blimey - that's crazy!! :O
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Yeah,till the Pershing tank came over from America which could take on German tanks.Unfortunatly,it came in to late.
Wow Sam, this is an amazing piece of rolling stock, love your vids!
Thanks so much Cole! :D
What a coincidence, they’ve been showing the movie: fury, on television for the past week. That was filmed entirely in England, with equipment from the Bovington tank museum, including but not limited to: four Sherman tanks of two variations, and the only operating tiger tank in preservation.
Ooh that's awesome - I didn't know that! :O
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Rather neat how the Sherman tank has all the little moving parts, it really i quite the bargain on the tank. Think maybe some one at the board metting messed up the pricing and the tank was meant to be 30 some pounds and the platform car was suppose to be 10?
Thanks a lot Den - yeah you could be right, the price didn't seem brilliant to me! :(
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Awsome review I wish I had my own. What is your favourite Great Western steam loco? My personal favourite is the 14XX tank engine
Thank you! Ooh tricky - maybe the County class??
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I like the Warwell better than the tank although the scale of the chains on the Warwell look wrong. I would buy the Warwell and a plastic model kit. They sell between £5-10 and you can get die cast for about £10. There are at least 6 different kits available in 1/76 or 1/72. The advantage of the kits is that they are much better detail and there are cheap add-on kits of gear to make the model even better. For weight some metal weights can be added to a plastic tank model if it is really necessary.
Thanks mate! Interesting on the chains - I'll have to investigate that!!
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@@SamsTrains I have similar scale chains that I used on tanks and all of them are smaller and look better. I like the Warwell though. The chains should also be attached of course!