Forces Of Valor 1/32 M26 Pershing

                Today’s review will take from one of my earliest collections.  I got this online in a loose condition but surprisingly all the condition and accessories exceed my expectation. A perfect one.  Only the box is missing.  So the target review for today is 1/32 M26 Pershing from Forces of Valor (FOV). 

M26 Pershing

                The tank itself comes with a display stand with the name plate permanently molded to the stand.  It is the standard FOV black stand.  I have 3 FOV tanks and all of them have the same stand.  The only difference is the name plate that details the tank name and the division they came from.

The name plate

                Aside from the stand, it also comes with several accessories.  Those are, 1 ruined brick wall, 2 wooden tank traps, 1 drum, several jerry cans, 1 long wooden box, 2 small wooden boxes, and several bags to be put on the tank.  Those accessories are mostly to depict the equipment brought by the tank crews.  Most of them are made of soft rubber so they can deform easily.  The paint jobs in those accessories are awesome.  Those accessories are the standard and the same one that you will get if you have other FOV Tank.  They just massed produced this and put it in the tank as additional accessories.

The boxes and jerry cans

The rubbery deformed box

The Bags on the turret side

The wooden trap and ruined brick wall

                The tank crew that is included was a gunner, I do not know whether he is the tank commander or not.  The pose for him is standing on the turret firing the machine gun.  This is not a really good pose I think, since he can easily shot by the enemy in such an open space.  But this figure is quite unique since most other tank crew normally depicted just standing inside the turret cupolas.

The tank crew

The tank crew

The tank crew

                Now to the tank, the material to make the tank is mostly die cast. Heavy metal.  May be 80% of the material are made of metal.  The only plastic I recognized are the wheels, small details such as antenna, gun travel lock, machine gun, engine door covers and several other accessories.  The tank tracks itself was made of rubbery stuff.

Side road wheels

Other side road wheels

Upper view with the engine cover

                The tank track itself has independent suspension system, so each road wheels has their own suspension.  The track itself rolls freely, all the drive sprocket and road wheels move freely.  This suspension is the best feature of all.  The tank turret also move 360 degrees, the gun barrel can be elevated though not much.  All the engine door cover on the rear of the tank also can be open.  The two cupolas on the gun turret also can be opened.  The gun travel lock in the back is really working.

The wheels with suspension

Working gun travel lock

the turret full with bags

Elevated gunbarrel

                The paintjob in the tank is marvelous, lots of rust mark and dirt and mud splashed around the tank especially on the wheels and the side skirts.  The White star mark that is used in the Operation overlord is also painted in the front of it.  The gun barrel has the black burned marked as the effect of firing gun.  The side skirts are also molded in a realistic way, a lot of bent and dent was employed in the molding. Perfect to depict a battle wary tank.

Blackened gunbarrel

Rear details

White Star mark

Front View

                Overall, this is such a great collectibles.  Worthy of the price also.  The infantry figures located in the front are purchased differently, I will put more review on them later on.