Churchill Firefly? FireHill? Possible to create? 1/56th

[Rich H]

you are not wrong.  Black prince would be an interesting build, but those wheels...

[Ballardian]

 

no one has made a 1/56th challenger A30

There is a JTFM one in the pipe, but I wouldn't like to try & put a date on its release (here's a pic of the tracks & running gear attached to his Cromwell).
 A Black Prince would be very cool though...
 If we're indulging in a little whatifery, how about the Charioteer (I know it didn't appear til 1950, but exigencies of war & all that..) It's a slight puzzle that they could fit a new turret mounting a 20pdr/84mm onto a pretty much standard Cromwell hull (the turret ring was widened slightly) but not have figured out how to do the same with the 17pdr a few years earlier (the 20pdr is a lot bigger in all dimensions & although the turret was a bit of a bodge - tall & fairly lightly armoured - it's not too different in concept to that of the Challenger). A charioteer would also be a far easier kitbash & scratchbuild, as you'd only have to come up with the turret/gun  - a fairly simple shape.

[JamesValentine]

I'll probably get around to Cromwells and craziness eventually.
Too much to do!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I suspect the reason it fits is due to the Bishop/KV-2 style turret and only having two crew (I think at least one of the Cromwell based 17 pounder tank destroyers had a four crew turret due to ammunition concerns).

The Churchill turret ring is about six inches narrower than a base Cromwell (the Charioteer probably went up to Comet sized).

As a "what if", apparently one was fitted with an L7 for testing purposes.