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Sherman Firefly 1c, Dragon 1/35.

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    August 2012
Sherman Firefly 1c, Dragon 1/35.
Posted by shaunfletcher on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 7:39 PM

Painted as in Polish service in Normandy campaign. 

Finished model:

Unpainted shots:

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 7:51 PM

Nice work! The camo work on the barrel came out great, I've looked at my Firefly kit and have been thinking it looks like it might be a bit of trouble to mask correctly.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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    August 2012
Posted by shaunfletcher on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 7:55 PM

Because those were done in the field and rather unevenly I made a mask from blu-tack for the actual wiggles, and just taped the end with the line

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    October 2013
Posted by Alpha 43 on Thursday, November 6, 2014 10:51 AM

shaunfletcher,

Really a nicely built model. I have not built a Dragon kit but this sure does look tempting.Is this strictly OOB?

  • Member since
    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Thursday, November 6, 2014 11:13 AM

A nice, classic "clean" build. Yes

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in central North Carolina.
Posted by disastermaster on Thursday, November 6, 2014 7:02 PM

Looks like it would have appeared upon arrival in Normandy.

http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/yes/ok-and-thumbs-up-smiley-emoticon.gif Looks good to go....... I like it.

 https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

 

 

 
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    November 2017
Posted by AltTank on Saturday, November 18, 2017 7:48 PM

Great work, planning on building a number of Shermanski's myself. thanks for the inspiration

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