M4a4 Firefly resin conversion

frankie · Post by **frankie** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:43 am

Made a start on this build

Markocaster · Post by **Markocaster** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:31 am

Cool

I just started mine today

Your is coming along nicely. How has the fit been for you?
No problems for me yet but I am just a little behind you.
This is my first resin kit and so far I am enjoying it. Look forward to seeing how yours
Turn out

Cheers Mark

frankie · Post by **frankie** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:37 am

The assembly has been really good..there's a couple of places that need work around the rear of the turret but nothing major..to be honest I've had worse injection molded kits so for a resin kit this is great....

brizo58 · Post by **brizo58** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:12 am

Hi,
I'm waiting for mine to turn up!!. So follow your build up. I have prepared the lower hull and reprofild the gear boxes to take the front housing. Brian...

frankie · Post by **frankie** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:07 am

...stretched the chassis to make it more a4 spec...

jackalope · Post by **jackalope** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:11 pm

How did you stretch the chassis?

Any pics of the kit before assembly began?

frankie · Post by **frankie** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:39 pm

The chassis was cut into 3 and lengthened to give a bigger spacing between the wheels. It's not 100% accurate but looks about right...she's starting to look like a firefly now...

brizo58 · Post by **brizo58** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:11 pm

Hi all.....

Post by **dgsselkirk** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:53 pm

Hey Jackalope,

Here are some pics of the kit pre-assembly for you. and you can see stages of assembly by looking at the assembly guide on my website. Any questions PM me!

http://dgsselkirk.wix.com/dgsmilitaryhobby#!blank/m9xgw