Halinsky Sherman VC Firefly

[romanmodels]

Thanks Creosotewind ,Rifleman, Olo and enrico.

[Johnny]

Great work!! I really like the level of details on theese models

[romanmodels]

At last an update and the penultimate one

the elevation cylinder





and with the rest of its fittings and mounting frame.





and fixed in place in the basket.





not sure but this is the traverse motor/controller







the basket surrounds I painted on the back before cutting out circles but the book punch cuts with a twisting action and started to rip the card so painted the part. front and back with some dope which stoped the riping. I did some holes every so often from the start but still had half to do be for cutting it out.



shaped and ready to fit.



the final bit of gun control mechanism this was the worst part to fit as the only to fix it in place was thrue the hatch.



the finish basket from the outside.







that's it all finished except a scrats built bucket used a spare barrel part for the bucket and them painted on d-day dodgers on it which the troops in Italy were nicknamed after a comment by lady aster. despite the fact, the 8th army had already done three-d-days landing on Sicily and Salerno and anizo.
someone wrote a song set to the tune of lily Marlane. her is a link to the skrodey version by the Canadian Seaforth highlanders contains strong langes

D-Day Dodgers of Canada — Seaforth Highlanders

that's all just some finished pics to post.

[romanmodels]

final Sherman photo of the finished model




















































Hope you enjowed the build it was good fun to build. Dont be put off by the facked that is a halinsky kit the fit is good and the instuctions are good and the parts are broken down in to dowable bits .

[Lex]

Congratulations on finishing one of the most difficult offerings from Halinski! It must have been quite a journey, even simply watching you go along.

[Mike1158]

I doff my cap to you, Sir. Bloody marvelous and did the subject justice in the execution thereof.

[gotham]

Wonderful work, something to be very proud of.😸

[CIUTTSO]

Fine and accurate. It's a masterpiece. Thanks for share !!!

[rifleman]

sir i salute you out standing model and build its been a joy to watch this come together well done

[bpgeygolpher]

What patience you have, taking 8+ years to complete this magnificently detailed model. Thank you very much for inviting us along on this journey.

Congratulations!