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| blog:military:models_sherman_m4a4_firefly [2025/05/18 16:29] – [Build] john | blog:military:models_sherman_m4a4_firefly [2025/07/26 15:30] (current) – [Dragon 1/72 Sherman M4A4 Vc 'Firefly'] john | ||
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| * Vehicle: Allied medium tank | * Vehicle: Allied medium tank | ||
| * Price: £25, old, sealed kit, from a seller on [[https:// | * Price: £25, old, sealed kit, from a seller on [[https:// | ||
| - | * Build date: Started May 2025 | + | * Build date: Started May 2025, completed July 2025 |
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| - | **[16th May 2025]** Building up the parts for the upper hull and turret. I think I have hit the limit in what I can actually handle with my not-so-young-anymore hands and eyes... some of the photoetch brass parts are beyond my ability to use effectively. I decide to only use the parts which are not too small for me to see or handle - this means there are a small number of details not added, as well as a few more details which remain in plastic (and not cut/ | + | **[16th May 2025]** Building up the parts for the upper hull and turret. I think I have hit the limit in what I can actually handle with my not-so-young-anymore hands and eyes... some of the photoetch brass parts are beyond my ability to use effectively. I decide to only use the parts which are not too small for me to see or handle - this means there are a small number of details not added, as well as a few more details which remain in plastic (and not cut/ |
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| + | This is an example part - it's a cage which fits over various vision blocks on the tank... and it's absolutely **tiny**. And there are about half a dozen of them, there are some //even smaller// handles to replace cast-in plastic ones from the frame, and they can be no more than about 1.5 x 2mm (part number #14 on the brass sprue)... I just couldn' | ||
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| - | ==== Completed Images ==== | + | |
| + | ==== Comparisons ==== | ||
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| + | The Dragon kit is //lovely// - just look at the texture of the cast turret, the weld details etc. Plus there' | ||
| + | However, the regular Heller Sherman is still a very nice kit - especially if you don't want or need the M4A4 Firefly variant. | ||
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| + | ==== Painting ==== | ||
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| + | === Base Colours === | ||
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| + | Prime in light green: | ||
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| + | Pre-shading and highlights: | ||
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| + | * Vallejo Model Air - Nato Black | ||
| + | * Mig Ammo - Cold Grey | ||
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| + | Olive drab and stowage parts painted: | ||
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| + | * Vallejo Model - N41 Dark Olive Drab | ||
| + | * Stowage parts painted in various browns, greens - mixture of flat colours and washes, speed colours, inks etc. | ||
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| + | === Decals === | ||
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| + | The kit has several schemes, but none of them have much in the way of markings. | ||
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| + | === Chipping / Rust === | ||
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| + | Colours in lightest (outer edge of rust) to darkest (inner rust patch): | ||
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| + | * Vallejo Model Colour - Pastel Green | ||
| + | * Vallejo Model Colour - Russian WWII Uniform Green | ||
| + | * Vallejo Model Colour - Chocolate Brown | ||
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| + | Actual rust streaks from these patches will be added later. | ||
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| + | Dirt added around road wheels and tracks using Ammo modelling pigments (Dark Earth + Europe Earth), then mud splashes with Vallejo Weathering FX (European Splash Mud + European Thick Mud): | ||
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| + | Next it will need a final matt coat to dull everything down and remove the ' | ||
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| + | ===== Completed Images ===== | ||
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