The Sherman is a vehicle that I have always meant to build, but never attempted before; one day you finally get around to one and before you know it, you've got four of the damn things! So. for the first attempt I present you with a British Army 17 pounder Firefly Vc. This model is built from the now updated Dragon kit - one of many kits in their range that they rework from time to time to improve their accuracy - which produces a very impressive model. Just be prepared for a lot of work along the way... Much of this work is down to the parts count; this is another box stuffed full of tiny pieces. Just seeing the number of parts needed to build the tracks - three pieces per link! - is enough to outnumber most standard kits - and that doesn't take into account the remaining model! As usual, there are a lot of parts culled from Dragon's other Sherman kits and as such, dozens of items are destined for the spares box; in fact, I used some of the spare parts to improve an old Italeri Sherman, which I built up for Trumpeter's LCM that we'll see later in the year.
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