new Sherman Firefly Vc

[nev]

Here's a couple of reviews of the new Dragon Sherman Firefly.  Much gushing from the reviewers    

Mine is already on pre-order with Hannants

Although Dragon just couldn't help themselves, 2 out of the 4 decal options are for captured German tanks  

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=mod...content&id=2080

http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/small/...reviewcs_1.html

[GeorgeC]

A tank isn't a tank without a swastika    A nice, vanilla Sherman V, with  markings representing the 7,500 in Allied service, would be good.

Some nice WHIF potential in a US Firefly - which I think was considered along with the 76mm upgrade - with the 17pdr turret on a M4A3 chassis.  Some possible war-surplus options in the late 40s and 50s too.

[Radish]

Not my scale, but should be good.
Ages ago I bought the Matchbox 1/76th kit....a belter.
Strangely, there's a significant difference in 1/76th kits to 1/72nd

The Sherman is one of my favourite tanks....as a standard effort, the M4A3E8 is nice (Trumpeter 1/72nd and Hasegawa 1/72nd) but it looks nicer with an M4A1 cast hull and EASY 8 running gear.

My all-time favourite HAS to be the Israeli M51 though....Academy 1/35th  

[nev]

Ages ago I bought the Matchbox 1/76th kit....a belter.

I've picked up a few of the Revell re-boxings of the Matchbox armour kits.  Most of them are less than a fiver and even if you don't build the kit, you get a base, a load of decals and spares aplenty to kitbash with.