Canadian Sherman Firefly

[tim in saskatoon]

I finished up a Sherman Firefly from West Wind Productions...







Nice kit.

Done with the markings of B Squadron, 1st Hussars, 2nd Canadian Tank Brigade (Independent) - who were in direct support of the Regina Rifles I've been working on...

[Will Bailie]

Looking great, Tim!

[Photographer]

Very realistic and well painted!

[Doomhippie]

Did the Canadians use US markings? I'm confused...

[tim in saskatoon]

In Northwest Europe all allies used the white star roundel for air recognition - if that's what you're confused about.

[sepoy1857]

VERY nice!

[jamesmanto]

Very nice indeed Tim.

[Calimero]

Very nice work

[Sir Dryden]

Did the Canadians use US markings? I'm confused...

Yeah they did, though to differentiate, they'd sometimes apply them slightly off-axis. Having a unified air-recognition system was a great way to avoid having an international air-strike coalition destroying their own tanks in friendly-fire situations. It happened a lot with the system, imagine if every Allied country had different markings... 

@Tim in Saskatoon
Great work on your Firefly. It looks really good. You didn't go for the camouflaged Firefly barrel, did you? Looks good nonetheless. Where did you get that tank commander? Warlord?

Yours truly,

Sir Dryden

[tim in saskatoon]

Thanks Sir Dryden (and everyone else)!

I thought about the camouflaged barrel (which I think was very clever) but when I was looking at pictures of Fireflies I saw it more in pictures of models than on pictures of actual Fireflies.... I may add it at some point... just because I think it looks neat!

The tank commander came with the kit - one of the nice things about West Wind kits - they all come with a tank commander (at least all the ones I've pikes up so far) and optional open (split) and closed (one solid piece) hatches - well... at least the commander's hatch...

tim

[Calimero]

Forget to ask… what scale is it? Is it closer to 1/56, 1/50 or 1/48?

[tim in saskatoon]

Forget to ask… what scale is it? Is it closer to 1/56, 1/50 or 1/48?

West Wind claims they are 1/60...?

[Calimero]

Thanks pal

[SgtPerry]

Nice!

About the size heres' a comparison between a West Wind Sherman (1/60) and a Chieftain one (now in the JTFM Entreprises range) (1/56)

http://perrysheroes.free.fr/spip.php?article209

Olivier

[wrgmr1]

Great work Tim!