TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) Good evening I will take part in this Gb with the Revell rebox of Matchbox PK17 Sherman Firefly , I had built the original Matcbox boxing in the mid 70's https://www.scalemates.com/kits/130337-matchbox-pk-71-sherman-firefly and I will try to do better this time The box art of the Revell rebox The parts are molded in green on 2 sprues The building instructions and small decals sheet Patrice Edited November 27, 2017 by TEMPESTMK5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) Good luck Patrice,....it is a cracking little kit. Most Fireflies didn`t have the sand skirts fitted so it might be worth checking some references if this bothers you,....they are quite easy to remove and using plastic card to blank off the hull area above the tracks is well worth the effort,....especially if you remove the sand skirts. Here is one that I did,...adding a bit of netting scrim for camouflage, but I wish that I had taken far more care with the moulded on tools; Good luck, Tony Edited November 27, 2017 by tonyot 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Slow but sure, they are all getting built for the GB. Happy days! This one has always been a favourite of mine. I suspect the bridge diorama bit has a lot to do with this. I'm looking forward to seeing your take on the kit. Tony. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Great choice Patrice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 11 hours ago, tonyot said: Good luck Patrice,....it is a cracking little kit. Most Fireflies didn`t have the sand skirts fitted so it might be worth checking some references if this bothers you,....they are quite easy to remove and using plastic card to blank off the hull area above the tracks is well worth the effort,....especially if you remove the sand skirts. Here is one that I did,...adding a bit of netting scrim for camouflage, but I wish that I had taken far more care with the moulded on tools; Good luck, Tony Good morning Tony Thanks for sharing your very nice Sherman with us .. I must admit that being more interested in aircraft models I am lacking information on the subject of AFV models I will make some researches in order to improve the kit as you did .. I would like to add that I prefer to build a Sherman for this Gb ... Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Salut Patrice, this is indeed a change of direction as far as you are concerned! I never thought I'd see the day when you plan to build armored vehicles! I have built exactly two 1/72 Esci tanks in my life and I really enjoyed the experience, so why not? Have a lot of fun! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 1 hour ago, jean said: Salut Patrice, this is indeed a change of direction as far as you are concerned! I never thought I'd see the day when you plan to build armored vehicles! I have built exactly two 1/72 Esci tanks in my life and I really enjoyed the experience, so why not? Have a lot of fun! JR Bonjour I wanted to take part in this Gb anyway and I must admit that I tned to prefer the Matchbox AFV to the aircraft , it will also remind me when I was a kid building these little armored vehicles (I had built all the Matchbox AFV models ..) . Best regards Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Good evening Yestarday I finally started to work on this build I painted some parts (sorry I don't know the names even in French ) and today I glued them I also succeeded in removing the sand skirts following the example of Tony ( thank you very much Tony ) Patrice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Good evening Yesterday I placed the landing gear Patrice 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Looking forward to this one completed. Always liked the Firefly (not just the FAA plane ) as it has that big gun barrel. If you look at tony's model, the front part of the barrel is painted slightly different to the rest. This was an attempt to fool the enemy into thinking it was a "regular" Sherman with the shorter barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 3 hours ago, Knight_Flyer said: Looking forward to this one completed. Always liked the Firefly (not just the FAA plane ) as it has that big gun barrel. If you look at tony's model, the front part of the barrel is painted slightly different to the rest. This was an attempt to fool the enemy into thinking it was a "regular" Sherman with the shorter barrel. Good evening Knight Flyer Thank you for the info .. This Week end I made some progress I prepared the dio I placed the tracks I also placed the gun in the turret (the turret is not glued yet on this photo ) Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) Good evening Yesterday I glued the upper and lower parts of the "cabin" the turret is not yet glued .. Patrice Edited December 14, 2017 by TEMPESTMK5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Good evening Yesterday I placed the decals and today I made a light weathering and placed 2 radio antennaes Patrice 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Very nice build, the bridge half is worthy of a mention - it's very well done and looks quite realistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Good evening Today I painted the radio antennaes I think that it is the end of this build Thank you for folllowing Patrice 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Very nice Patrice, you've done a great job on the detail painting & weathering on this, it has really made it come alive. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 On 10/12/2017 at 15:13, Knight_Flyer said: Looking forward to this one completed. Always liked the Firefly (not just the FAA plane ) as it has that big gun barrel. If you look at tony's model, the front part of the barrel is painted slightly different to the rest. This was an attempt to fool the enemy into thinking it was a "regular" Sherman with the shorter barrel. Good morning Knight Flyer I tried to paint the lower front part of the barrel in a diferent colour but it is hardly visible on the pics .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lloyd Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Great job Patrice! In keeping with the traditions of 70s historically-inaccurate-but-spectacular box art, the Coldstreams didn't have to fight their way over the Normandy beaches, arriving much later. But they did fight in your back yard of course, Cagny to Flers, but being slow and making 11th Armoured do most of the work. They also fought during Operation Goodwood over toward Troarn. I visited these battlefields in 2016, tough country to fight in with tanks. One of these would have been a good burden for my M-19, perhaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 12 hours ago, Peter Lloyd said: Great job Patrice! In keeping with the traditions of 70s historically-inaccurate-but-spectacular box art, the Coldstreams didn't have to fight their way over the Normandy beaches, arriving much later. But they did fight in your back yard of course, Cagny to Flers, but being slow and making 11th Armoured do most of the work. They also fought during Operation Goodwood over toward Troarn. I visited these battlefields in 2016, tough country to fight in with tanks. One of these would have been a good burden for my M-19, perhaps. Good afternoon Peter Thank you for your comment I usually try to make historical researches for my builds but I must admit that this time I relied on the notice but as you say that the Coldstream did fight during the Normandy campaign my tittle is not so wrong .. As you visited the Normandy battlefields I can confirm you that back in june 1944 it was a very tough country in those days there were more little roads , hedges Etc .. Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Lovely job Patrice,....it turned out beautifully, Cheers, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Good morning Tony Thank you .. Best regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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