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Tamiya sherman firefly

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Morning all,

I know a lot of you guys are waiting for the sherman firefly resin kits so I thought I would share a couple of pictures of my tamiya converted firefly , it's not 100% finished yet as I need to do some light weathering and finish the tracks. I would appreciate any feedback on my efforts and would be grateful to know if I need to make any changes to make it better, I'm not looking to chop it up at this stage but more along the lines of minor mods,

Cheers, Lee.

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Well and truely nice mate.

In my very humble opinion, if you were to allow any change, I would suggest removing the helmet/gas mask combo ...... For me it's just not, um, British enough !!

A very well done example of a hell of a tank :thumbup:
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Thanks for the feedback Herman it is very much appreciated Image I originally made the gas mask for my pershing so I think I'll put it back at home on there then,

Cheers, Lee.

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Really nice job Lee.
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Thanks for taking the time to look in Del and magman, your comments really give the old mojo a boost Image

I have a question though guy's, on my 2nd picture of the front view of the tank you can see that mine doesn't have the bolted transmission housing , I could add these if need be but I was wondering if all firefly's had these before I go adding them if there's no need , the pic below is what I'm trying to explain, to add or not that is the question Image

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Thanks magman :thumbup: so I can get away with it as is then, I know it may not be 100 % accurate but I'd still like it to look a passable example,

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All a4's had the 3-piece tranny but the other versions used either type..
remember...it's just a plastic tank... :/
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Thanks Frank, is there anything to your expert eye that you see needs adding or removing ( within reason ? :haha: ) the figures I had from you look right at home on there, I'm particularly happy with the driver :thumbup: ,

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She looks sweet as she is... :thumbup:
remember...it's just a plastic tank... :/
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Thank you Frank I appreciate that, I'm sure I'll be picking your brains again when I get the bits from Dave for my 75mm, again I would just like to make that one a good representation too,

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