very neat firefly, very much detail to can't wait to see more of it

Looks great! What type of paint did you use for the base coat that gaves that cast look?

very nice... good job!</p>

A simply spectacular built. Its grat to see alot of plastic hacking and cutting - back to the fundamentals of the hobby. Great unique piece with a very convincing paint and weathering. Thank you for sharing! - Harvey

I got rid of the plastic headlight guards and made my own. I put one wash of weathering and started on the paint chips. Started throwing some stowage on it just to see what it will start to look like.

I took a close up of the back deck to show some paint chips and also to demonstrate the effect the stowage has on the paint as it polishes off the paint down to the bare metal. This effect was also use done on the turret where the guys would be sliding down and clambering up.

Also highlighted is the glancing damage of am incoming 75 mm round.

All the texture on this model was created using a thin coating of Autobody glazing. All the cast areas got a thin coat

More to come

Fantastic build YHR! The Canadian Firefly looks amazing. How did you go about casting your own custom road wheels? This seems like a skill that few modelers possess or is there method that is commonly usedof whichI, being a neophyte, am not aware?

Thanks

You can cast metal just like resin. I took a 1/18 scale rim, sanded of the molded on rubber tire, and then made a pattern, and cast all the metal rims. I was able to find some silicone slot car tires that fit the rims perfectly so I used those instead of contining on with the Tamiya rubber.

I did a thread on the process awhile back

[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_9309679/anchors_9310321/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#9310321]Metal casting[/link]

I read the thread.

Yeah, I'm not even close to your level of expertise. I think I'll see what I can do with painting and some lesser modifications and then work my way up.
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