CyberHobby Sherman Firefly

Mike K
In the early stages of construction and already a few issues.

Roy McKenzie
Mike, nice fix on the fit problem. I have the Dragon Mk.Ic Firefly. Wonder if it has the same problems.

Mike K
Thanks Roy. A few more pics added. Turret seam finished and tracks on.

Roy McKenzie
Mike, you did a great job on the turret. Can not tell there was a seam. How did you do the texture on the turret seam?

Mike K
Stippled with thin cement and lightly sanded when dry.

Roy McKenzie
I was thinking that but just wanted to make sure. It came out great.

Hunter Cummins
Im in 🙂

Mike K
What's up Hunter? Ever find that Jagdtiger you were looking for?

Hunter Cummins
Oh nm just building a panther in italy an p51 for amkorean war vet (see my page😢) and I did but I found one with the zimm coating on it 🙂 go figure oh and btw I love the cast texture you did🙂 I use slightly thinned tamiya putty and tjen stiple it then slightly sand it 🙂

Mike K
Good work my man. I still don't have the courage to build any of my aircraft kits.

Acki
Wow, this will be a good one. I´m in.

Fabian D.
looking good, like the casting structure... should build one too😉

Hunter Cummins
Thats what I said 🙂 and I didnt either till I realized mondat was veterans day and was snooping around the stash and found tnis p 51😉🙂

Mike K
Thanks all. Construction is complete. Let the spraying commence. 🙂

Hunter Cummins
Sweet and did you use an aftermarket set on it😉

Mike K
I used exactly one part from a photo etch set for detailing Shermans. The rest of the p.e. came with the kit. I also scratch built a few things.

Hunter Cummins
Ohhhhh I see haha it looks beautiful cant wait to see some paint

Mohammad Adl
👍👍👍

Mike K
Progress report. New pics up. Camouflage, gloss coat, and decals on.

william wise
that camo looks pretty good nice looking firefly, besides the figures what other stuff came with this kit for upgrades, did it have DS tracks?

Mike K
Thanks William. The tracks were indy links not ds and the kit came with a small fret of p.e. You can see them in my pics.

Hunter Cummins
Hey mike ilove the mkdel its turning out superb and wa t tobuild this kit 🙂
What were the problems with the kit?!?!?!

Fabian D.
nice, love the "camouflaged" longer barrel 👍

Mike K
Thanks Fabian.

Thanks Hunter. The kit had a few fit issues but nothing I couldn't handle. A warped upper hull, some rather large holes for mounting the tools that I just filled in, and a large seam to fill on the turret.

Hunter Cummins
Thanks mikec🙂 cant wait to get this one 🙂🙂 and like I said beautiful job 🙂
(Jw but does the other orange box firefly have the individual links ????)

Clifford Keesler
Good job Mike. Looks really good. I Wish I could get up the guts to build some of my armor. I have never built a tank of any kind.

JohnnyO
Really great build, I'm very impressed. Great work

james johnson
..Nice job Mike, this got me looking for a Sherman to build. Can?t seem to find what I?m looking for from my usual purveyor?.
Question: I see allot of folks messing around with weld seams. Is this application addressed in any of the popular How To books or DVD?s?
Thanks for posting,
Sincerely,
WF

Mike K
Thanks Hunter. I've never seen the other Firefly kit but my guess would be that it does have indy links.
Thank you Clifford. IMHO armor builds are the easiest of all.
Thanks Jonny. Friend request accepted.
And thank you James. I wish I could answer your question but I don't know. I get all my info for free from the internet!

Hunter Cummins
Well I guess im gettin this one hhaha

Hunter Cummins
Mike get any pin washes or pigments on or anything ???? Im really looking forward to the end result

Eend
Wow, very impressive!

Jeroen Vantroyen
Wow!

Mike K
Thanks guys.
Yes Hunter. I've started the weatherig process. But I'm having trouble getting the look I want. I will post more pics soon. Maybe later tonight or tomorrow.

Es-haq Khosravi
Excellent Job!

Hunter Cummins
Haha ibcan never get the look I want either on green vehicals 😛 so I bought the vallejo green vehical weathering setn🙂 it looks great and cant wait to use it 🙂 I wish you the bestnof luck with the weathering and cant wait for more pics 🙂

Hunter Cummins
Love the weathering 🙂

Mike K
Made a start on some weathering. Pigments, dry-brushing, and a little oil paint. Then I stopped for a day or two to refresh my perspective. I'm kind of hitting a wall with this one.

Hunter Cummins
Its tjrning ojt great😄

Mike K
🙂 thanks 🙂

Hunter Cummins
🙂 no prob just cant wait to see the beast done 🙂🙂🙂

Steve Wilson
Hi Mike... Great build, it looks massive!!!🙂
Is that Evel Knievel or Eddie kidd jumping his Bike over the Tank???

Kim Branders
Very Nice man.

Fabian D.
nice work... nothing left to add 👍

Mike K
Thanks Steve. I think that is Ghostrider 🙂
Thanks Kim.
Thank you Fabian. I think you may be right.

Hunter Cummins
Turned out great 🙂

Mike K
Not done yet Hunter. Im going to pile some stowage on the back and add some dirt to the tracks.

Hunter Cummins
Omg now it will look even better 😄😄😄 what willyou use for the dirt and stowage???

Mike K
I'll use pigments on the tracks and I'm working on making rolls and tarps out of tissue. Tent poles from plastic rod. Plus a few odds and ends from my spares box...a crate, a gas can, etc. It's slow going because I've totally lost interest in this build. But I'm going to see it through. I swore I would never start another kit until the present build is done.

Fabian D.
ceep it up, it´s quite common to loose motivation in between 🙂
Maybe I should try this swearing thing... would definely cerate a lot more moddeling space😉

Hunter Cummins
Fabiam that there is a great idea for ya😉

Hunter Cummins
And mike dont we all get that way😉

Mike K
Finally done!

Hunter Cummins
That looks amazing 😄😄 how did you do the streaking affect ???? This looks top notch and this is just amazing

Mike K
Thanks Hunter. I used oil paints for the streaking. Tan, brown, and black.

Hunter Cummins
Thanks mate 😄😄😄😄 your a pro 🙂

Hunter Cummins
And what color did you use to dry brish the tracks ???

Mike K
If you mean the bare metal effect, I used a cheap craft store acrylic paint that I really like. It's called "Metallic Gunmetal Gray" by FolkArt. But first I painted them brown then added different dirt flavored pigments.

Hunter Cummins
Ahhhh what a simple yet effective way 🙂😄 I will look for some 😄 thanks for the tip=)😄