tomhugill wrote:X82d Pathfinder wrote:Much of my Firefly build came from Bovington and actual drawings. I cover my build in detail and most parts out there are Firefly-ish. The radio box and other details are incorrect. I have only seen one high bustle Firefly turret as well. It was used as a fixed emplacement, not mounted.
Here is the link to my build. I found some more of the build photos.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7885
Ahem.
Still waiting for those photos of a cast hull firefly too.
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Would you like a brownie button? I am the first and only to chronicle a build in detail as I did. The number of views also show it's popularity and has clearly been used as I intended. As an instructional build. It was also my first build. The lack of responses will likely deter me from doing another build and posting the step-by-step build I answered probably 200 questions behind the scenes and your snide remark isn't deserved or fitting the effort it required.
Remember, my build is almost 10 years old. Pictures, details and documents surface regularly and it changes what is known.
I own at least 15 books on the Sherman and searched Google and other mediums for information. I looked high and low for information on the Firefly.
I have one shot that was taken by my grandfather in the Graves, Holland area. He passed when I was five so I never had an opportunity to ask him where and what units he encountered after the jump.
The picture and second printing hasn't happened by Zaloga, so perhaps I'll just post what I have. I signed rights to use the photo which is why I never posted the original.
Now the pictures were on my old cell phone's memory card. Converting the files and resizing them would take a huge amount of time.
If you'll PM me your Email I'll forward them to you via Email. I went back college and became an Airline Pilot for the largest carrier in the world.
Until the Chinese tried to destroy the world's economy I was gone 3-5 days a week from home.
P.S. You're welcome.
I assume it could be a Canadian as well. However, there are no visible unit markings on the armor.
A Commander has to make vital decision on incomplete information in a matter of seconds, and afterwards the experts can sit down at leisure, with all the facts before them, and argue about what he might, could or should have done.- Sir William Slim
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). I have photos of the build, but they're stored on my computer, so I'll have to figure out how to post them on this site.