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Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:24 pm
by fleshpedler
Hi gang here goes, about four dozen pics of what has been a long haul to finish the girl ..
Take one 1974 tank and convert to the Firefly M4A4 hulled model........
first the old hull.....
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:38 pm
by fleshpedler
next ......
any questions feel free to ask...
more tomorrow..............
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:04 pm
by [ICE]monkey
great build fleshy, i will be following this one ,
regards, ice
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:31 pm
by fleshpedler
Thanks Ice but i regret at this time the forum will not let me post up pics so until it,s sorted i can do nothing , dam shame as i have lots more too post........
i trust that it will not be long.................
Fleshy..................
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:29 am
by BREL
Pete you are not the only one to have problems
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:52 pm
by fleshpedler
so we move on .........at last......
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:09 pm
by fleshpedler
and theres more....
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:14 pm
by septon
looking great pete the detail is spot on cant wait to see it running at the luton meet
paul
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:29 pm
by fleshpedler
so now we try a first coat of paint ..also the new tranny cover built from plastic card and pill boxes this is only a prototype but wiil stay for the time being, as i had to use lead sheet to get the shape of the front also used it to get the shape of the flanges of the three cast hull ,, the nuts and bolts cut from plastic rod some heated also a square one for the nuts and thin one for the thread wow it ,s not easy ...........
Re: Fleshy,s Firefly last rebuild..........
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:30 pm
by fleshpedler
thanks paul........an d thanks for the chat last night ......
Pete................