1/18 Sherman Firefly!

Love to tweak toys and models? Add features and small details? This forum is for you!
Post Reply
bananapirate
Sergeant
Sergeant
Posts: 219
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:38 pm
Location: WI

1/18 Sherman Firefly!

Post by bananapirate » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:55 pm

my first custom, let me know what you guys think. the barrel might be a little bit too long, if anyone knows the length of the 1:1 barrel I'll fix it
Image
Image
Image
Image

exether_mega
Officer - Colonel
Officer - Colonel
Posts: 1312
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:35 am
Location: Belgium
Contact:

Post by exether_mega » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:33 pm

Looking good :D
Still have mine to finish.

phil

bananapirate
Sergeant
Sergeant
Posts: 219
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:38 pm
Location: WI

Post by bananapirate » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:39 pm

exether_mega wrote:Looking good :D
Still have mine to finish.

phil
lol, I slapped mine together in one afternoon 8)

exether_mega
Officer - Colonel
Officer - Colonel
Posts: 1312
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:35 am
Location: Belgium
Contact:

Post by exether_mega » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:55 pm

I started mine last year...

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/ex ... refly1.jpg

and how it looks now. Textured and waiting.

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/ex ... flytop.jpg

phil

tmanthegreat
Officer - Brigadier General
Officer - Brigadier General
Posts: 11238
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:38 pm
Location: Central California

Post by tmanthegreat » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:17 am

Great job! What did you use for the gun barrel?
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."

bananapirate
Sergeant
Sergeant
Posts: 219
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:38 pm
Location: WI

Post by bananapirate » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:27 am

exether_mega wrote:I started mine last year...

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/ex ... refly1.jpg

and how it looks now. Textured and waiting.

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/ex ... flytop.jpg

phil
that will look great when finished!

bananapirate
Sergeant
Sergeant
Posts: 219
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:38 pm
Location: WI

Post by bananapirate » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:30 am

tmanthegreat wrote:Great job! What did you use for the gun barrel?
I used a section of a clothes hanger and put it inside a McDonalds straw :lol:

muzzle brake is from the michael wittman display cromwell turret,

immeww2
Officer - Brigadier General
Officer - Brigadier General
Posts: 3712
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:22 pm

Post by immeww2 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:22 am

Looks 8) .

kevrut
Officer - Brigadier General
Officer - Brigadier General
Posts: 1793
Joined: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:40 pm
Location: Illinois

Post by kevrut » Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:07 am

Looks cool. A helluva way to improvise. :wink:

Post Reply