These look very good Stik. There are so many variants of the Sherman that you could make a career out of simply building those alone. One thing is certain, it got better and better.
That old Tamiya kit sure has whiskers on it and I'm glad they tooled up the M4A3E8 a while back. I have one about 85% built and it is painted Tamiya OD green at the moment with some yellow added for top down painting ti simulate a little wear and sun bleaching. I have to attack the road wheels of seams and that is what kind of halted it for me. I looked into the box and saw all those wheels and said........ oh boy.. But I'll get after it eventually.
I'll use these builds as inspiration.