tamiya/mato sherman firefly

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29th mp
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tamiya/mato sherman firefly

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Hi All,
Its been a while since i posted anything ive been mega busy with building a new shed in garden amoungst god nows how many other things.... but ive managed to do some work on
my firefly, its not 100% finished and after trials i have found a prob with one of the bogies that needs a bit of attention but this is what ive done so far

90% tamiya with impact barrel and mato susspention

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thanks to septon for the help with the sus hope you like it

cheers andy
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fv432
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Really jealous now that is one nice build andy hope to see it in the flesh at swindon :thumbup:
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X82d Pathfinder
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Re: tamiya/mato sherman firefly

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Very nice! I am in the process of converting the M4 to a Firefly too. I found pictures of a Firefly with an M4A1 cast hull! I have ordered the hull from Mr. Aguilar along with the split hatch copola. I will have to re-work the 75 matle he offers as well. It's difficult to find the MATO parts here in the U.S. The only North American distributor is Mato Mart. His shipping rates are very high. I wrote Forgebear as suggested. He doesn't have the Mato tracks. Anyway, great build and it's nice to see a few firefies. Tamiya needs to offer a completely correct version.
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