Flames of War: Paratroopers at Arnhem

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Project Entry by elessar2590

Finished in 5 Days

November 10, 2019

Tutoring 4

Skill 6

Idea 6

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I missed the Hobby Slow Grow League but I did manage to get 100 Points built and Painted in 5 days so that counts right?

The "Firefly" needs camo and stowage to cover all the wrong bits

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evilstu

Oops… You slow-growed wrong… great work and congrats on getting an army turned around in such a short time frame!

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elessar2590

Thanks.

It still needs a bit of work to get it “Finished” but it looks fine. Not having to base anything and not needing to wait for a wash to dry really speeds up the process.

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oriskany

Great work, @elessar2590 – I agree, I never base my vehicles. If you’re trying to get those American Sherman upgrades to look like Fireflies … and apologies if you’re already working on this … some kind of muzzle brake would go a long way. The Firefly’s 17-pounder usually had a very rounded, single-chamber muzzle brake that I always found very distinctive (even American M4A3E8 “Easy Eight” upgraded with the M1A1 76mm upgrades had an almost German-style double chamber muzzle brake). I’ve used some of my girlfriend’s beads to approximate this effect. The gun winds up a little longer, but that’s… Read more »

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elessar2590

Thanks Jim always happy for advice please Correct away.

I was looking for a way to get the Muzzle Break right I’ll try out the beads idea. The Platicard at the back is going to have some Foiliage Camo around it to hide the lack of an extended turret and there’ll be some more on the top to hide the hatches.