M4a4 Firefly resin conversion

[brizo58]

Hi Michael,
Be nice if someone out there with a 3D printer could knock some up . Brian...

[brizo58]

Hi,
Found this...Brian...

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[Rebel 1]

Now, to address this issue of length on the Firefly. The vehicle we are producing is the most common version used to covert the Sherman to a Firefly, the M4A4. This vehicle was produced by Chrysler Defense Arsenal utilizing their monster six cylinder engine they used on their big passenger cars. But of course 1 engine would not be enough to push a tank so they linked 5 of them together onto a single transmission to create the A57 multibank engine! As a side note the first batch of vehicles came with 5 water pumps that one of them was accessible only by removing the whole engine! CDA produced 7500 of these vehicles in a year long run. Now to the meat of this length issue. In order to accommodate the massive rads for this vehicle the M4A4 hulls were stretched 11 inches. Again, the hulls were stretched 11 inches.... This means in 1/16th scale that is just .6875 of an inch or just over 1/2 an inch. I feel that for our purposes of getting a proper Firefly kit to combat all those pesky Tiger tanks for IR battle, 1/2 an inch can be overlooked...

I had read that the Firefly had a longer hull but I never understood why until seeing your comment here. It makes perfect sense to me know. I knew about the awful A57 multibank engine setup, but I didn't know the hull had to be lengthened to install the beast.

I love this conversion kit and the price isn't excessively high which is a great thing. If I didn't have so many things to build I would think about getting one. I love the Sherman because of all the variants that can be built on one chassis.

[Rebel 1]

I forgot to add, great build Frankie!!!