>>6692044This, If budget is an issue the Tamiya and Dragon are cheaper but build well.
As for the Dragons, there are a few versions that have been made over the years, some require more hand fitting then others.
The tamiya shermans are a bit dated, but are simple builds and have ok details molded in. All use the lower hull that tamiya developed in the 1980's and have no sponsons. These can be scratch built out of some plastic, or you can get the resin upgrade corrective set from Formations
The above is not true however for their newest sherman hull offerings, such as the M4A3E8, M4A3E8 (Korean War), and the M40. These are all new tooling and don't have the above issue
Pic related A 1996 vintage Dragon M4A1. These kits were dragons 2nd generation sherman kits but this one went together with no issues and almost no hand fitting. The only caveat is to pitch the shitty link and length track with something else like workables or like on mine a set of single length vinyl from AFV club. Was a very easygoing and enjoyable build
