Good news for those of us in the UK:
There are still some Fireflies about if you hunt around. I bagged two of the blighters when I chanced upon the last six sitting in " The Treasure Bunker", a shop I visit which is near Glasgow's historic heart, Glasgow Cross.
The Fireflies are the well-known Firefly Vc types which are in the livery of 3 Troop, A Squadron, Northamptonshire Yeomanry, France, 1944.
The hull is the welded type and the paint job is a basic green/kahki with the tank reg. no. '12' on the turret sides. The Allied five-point star in circle is on the rear engine covers and the regimental no '173' is on the front, right mud guard.
It is a pleasing and simple representation of this famous vehicle and I'm certain all Dragonheads will want a few to provide a real ballance to their WW2 compliment, the Firefly being able to cope with Panthers and Tigers on a reasonable level of parity of shot, if not armour. The question of survivability on the battlefield is another debate!
The tank itself, I've always thought of as a good stop-gap to the menace of the Panzers but the longer Brit anti-tank gun and the counterweighting to the rear of the turret seem to detract from the neatness of the Sherman hull. A little like David weilding a log rather than a sling!
Still, it's a welcome sight to all of you who are sick of seeing Jagtigers in 18 camo variants and in need of something to counter the menace of the Tigers!
On another note, I also fell upon the 251 D Hannomags in winter camo which had also arrived ( see other thread )
Cheers,
MoMo