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Firefly Friday! Presenting D-Day Hussar "Conroy"

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:31 pm
by dgsselkirk
Happy Firefly Friday! tanks for looking! 😁 This tank represents a Sherman VC Firefly on D-day from the 1st Hussars a Regiment from London Ontario Canada. the name "CONROY" on this particular tank is named for one of the crew member's hometown a small village outside of London. Here is what went into the build...
DGS Military Hobby Firefly kit 3D printed Turret Kit
HL lower hull and extended to A4 configuration Board TK40Sbus FS-i6s Radio and 10 ch. receiver
TARR smoker
Custom speaker 3D printed internal mounts
DGS Military Hobby IR Emitter and Apple
Metal Sprockets and tracks Adjustable Idlers
3D printed early type open spoke bogies
Commonwealth Stowage Package
Custom Paint/Decals/Weathering Details from DGS Military Hobby Stowage kit along with some scratch built details.
Modeling Skills building and assembly about 82 hours.
This tank as usual is up for sale! 🙂 You can see lots of others and my little small store at my website: https://dgsselkirk.wixsite.com/dgsmilitaryhobby
Just look under Products Review and 1/6 RC Tank Builds. Here is a little operational video of the tank running at our field... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P85_nqr4VTQ...
subscribe to my channel to see lots more videos! 🙂
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Re: Firefly Friday! Presenting D-Day Hussar "Conroy"

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2023 1:03 pm
by Jarlath
Ahhh. Do like your Fireflies.

Re: Firefly Friday! Presenting D-Day Hussar "Conroy"

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:18 pm
by Ecam
A great VC! Way better detail than I was able to achieve.

Re: Firefly Friday! Presenting D-Day Hussar "Conroy"

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:35 pm
by Jimster
Outstanding details and textures! Great job.

Re: Firefly Friday! Presenting D-Day Hussar "Conroy"

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:41 am
by MrChef
Excellent work!

Re: Firefly Friday! Presenting D-Day Hussar "Conroy"

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:26 am
by HERMAN BIX
Firefly.............the only Sherman I would ever own.
A million years ago(it seems) my first ever tank model was a Matchbox 1/76 Firefly......................cost NZD$1.65 :O
Never had one since, never known why

Re: Firefly Friday! Presenting D-Day Hussar "Conroy"

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:05 pm
by Dandyfunk3
Awesome Awesome Awesome

Re: Firefly Friday! Presenting D-Day Hussar "Conroy"

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 4:15 am
by dgsselkirk
Dandyfunk3 wrote: Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:05 pm Awesome Awesome Awesome
Thanks so much!