Advance through France

[sean]

After seeing some of the small scale armour builds on BM recently, most notably Stix's D-Day diorama and Bangor Lad's armour builds,

I bought myself some Plastic Soldier Company Sherman/Firefly kits, (3 to a box, couldn't beat it).

They go together really well, have a good bit of detail, and certainly look very nice once finished, (I think so anyway).

I built this version of the PSC Firefly, added a bit of stowage from the spares box, got decals of Dan Taylor's Modelworks,

which let me depict a 27th Armoured Brigade Firefly, sometime shortly after D-Day.

I've also had the Revell box of WW2 British Army figures in the stash for a while,(they were sent to me by mistake) and thought

I'd put them to good use in a display with the tank.

"Get your bloomin' a**e back in line"

And the snapshot in time:

As is my usual M.O., Humbrol paints throughout for the tank and men. I also applied some washes to the tank, some black and

some darker greens although they don't show up too well in the photos.

I made the dirt/mud made from Revell earth paint, (the small pot from the B.O.B gift set) mixed with talc powder and left to

dry for a minute or so,applied to the tank, and then used a stiff brush to take a lot of it off, hopefully it looks alright. I haven't used any varnish at this

time as I'm worried about darkening the finish, I think it's close enough as it is.

All in all, I very much enjoyed putting this scene together, something different to just making aircraft all the time.

Thanks for your interest,

Sean

[Bangor Lad]

Great stuff, Sean.

Always good to see more 1/72 and 1/76 armour on BM!

Dave

[sean]

Cheers Dave, it's seeing some of your's that got me started,

Sean

[PlaStix]

You were right Sean - that PSC Firefly looks great - and very good value too. It all looks excellent - you've done a cracking job on the tank and the scene! Makes me want to do another one - not long to the Achtung Panzer GB! Have you thought about taking part? It would be great to see you there - possibly with the other two tanks? Love the B&W pic too!

Edited January 13, 2015 by PlaStix

[sean]

Cheers Stix, they're great wee kits, great for someone new to armour.

I was thinking joining up, as I've also got the Airfix Cromwell, just

waiting to see your's finished,

Sean

[stevej60]

Great dio,Tank looks superb and nice painting on those figures.

[sean]

Thanks Steve, only I'm now wearing glasses,I'd never have got

them painted, especially with the detail on them,

Sean

Edited February 18, 2015 by sean