Paul Chatfield shows us how he build the Sherman Firefly VC from Tasca, and how he created the display with it.



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Rick

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Henk

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Nice article Paul.
Turned out looking great.

great mate, great

malc.

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the article, interesting insight into the water. Grand looking Firefly and a nice scene.

Overall a very neat build. I'm not sure about the water spilling off the front of the tracks, depending on which angle you view it from it lools a little thick, ie too much as that part of the tank is well out of the water if you know what I mean?

Still a very cleaver use of the clingfilm, and lots off food for thought.

Figures and general setting are great and I'd be happy if my 1st/2nd or 3rd lol, lol efforts with water turn out half as good.

Did you consider any submerged rocks, mud, wood etc under the water or paint any alternative shades below? Water certainly poses a big challenge, very useful read indeed and always great to see a Commonwealth kit.

Cheers

Al

Sorry for taking so long to answer, I'm new to getting articles posted here and didn't realise anyone had commented on it

Anyway in answer, Alan, i agree the water on the front of the tracks looks a bit thick, it comes from making several attempts to get it to look right. Too much fiddling and too many layers make it a little bulky, i'll know better next time. I had planned on some rocks iand details in the bottom of the river, and there are actually weeds and things there but once the rippled layer went on they became almost invisible.

Thanks for the positive feed back.

Paul