1/48th Sherman I Hybrid Firefly

The Sherman I Hybrid Firefly is one of the inventions of the British and Canadians to counter German Tanks in the Second World War. It is armed with a 17-pounder gun, which can penetrate the frontal armour of the formidable Tiger and Panther tanks used by the Germans then. Many Allies nations were using this tank at the time, including the British armed Polish Army at the Western Front.

This kit is basically a Tamiya kit with an Iron Division upper hull. For this model, I decide to use Polish markings by Gasoline, which I bought online from Quarter Kit. It was spray painted with Gunze Sangyo Dark Green II+Sail Colour. After putting on the decals, the model was washed, both general and pin point, with Raw Umber oil paint. A coat of flat varnish was sprayed over it before filtering.

For the filtering, I used mixture of Cadmium Yellow Hue and Cobalt Blue diluted oil paints to wash over the entire model. When that was dry, I dry brushed a mixture of Yellow Orche and White oil paint on the raised parts and the sharp edges to bring out the highlights.

Then crew is from Tamiya and built straight out of the box, except for the driver. Part of the legs have to be "amputated" in order to fit it in. They were painted with Vallejo Acrylics for base. The details were then added with oil paints.

The stowage on the model is mostly from Legends Models. There are also bits and pieces from Tamiya, Hauler and Blackdog. The .30Cal machine gun is from Hauler.