Bari's Sherman Firefly 'FINISHED'

[Ian]

Good work there. Keep it up!

[general rocket]

Going nicely so far.

[Molly-new]

Very smart indeed.

[jelly071]

Great Start

[bari]

back again, I have been reading all about painting these little objects and have done some pre-shading and highlighting prior to slapping a few coats of well thinned paint on. I have also tried to reduce the image size , I've gone down to 800 pixels wide is this the norm or should it be smaller?







and thanks for the encouragement.

[Ian]

Pics are a good size and the pre-shading should work well.

[bari]

Several thin coats brushed on, (I have to go outside to airbrush and its not been the weather for it). Then parts joined, I was particually impressed by the way all the paint fell off the tracks when putting them on. I think I forgot to give them a good scrub in soapy water before painting. decals on and a little bit of a wash over the whole thing. Hopefully tomorrow I can get it finished.

[Dirkpitt289]

Nicely done

[general rocket]

[quote="bari"]. Then parts joined, I was particually impressed by the way all the paint fell off the tracks when putting them on. I think I forgot to give them a good scrub in soapy water before painting.

we've all done that, some more often and recently than we care to admit.
sherman looks good though.

[lancfan]

What paint did you use for the tracks? acrylic or enamel? I ask because it is best to prime flexible tracks with enamel before colouring them. Also joining these things is always a pain and is easier before you try to paint them.

David.

[ntrocket88]

Looking good! The track weathering is very nice.

[AndrewR]

Nice work with the added details!

cheers

Andrew

[bari]

All done now, and I can now see all the mistakes. I think the gun barrel is pointing far to high and one of the decals has slipped out of alignment. As to the tracks I thought I would be clever and prime them with Halfords plastic primer thinking if its designed for plastic on cars there would be a bit of flex in it. I though enamels would be a bit rigid. I used acrylics after the primer. anyway I enjoyed this build more than I thought I would having only ever done aircraft before. I have even gone and got another tank, an Emhar WW1 MKIV. Have put some piccies on the completed thread.

[lancfan]

That looks great Bari.

David.

[Ian]

Agree with all the above, great work!