Sherman Firefly 1C – part 2

After some work all parts for the lower hull was assembled.

Then it was time for the upper hull. I removed and cleaned the parts for the hatches. Fairly esay but I need to figure how to do with paint and clear parts.
Then there are some PE parts and they’re driving me crazy. There’s one small thin piece that is supposed to be folded in the middle and I can’t make that happen. Maybe I don’t have the proper tools.
There’s also one piece that needs to be folded like in the MA9 part in the picture.

On the front view the parts are called MA10 and MA5 instead of MA36 and MA9.
The only fairly easy part right now is the lamp guards.

Raider’s Coach – part 5

Most of the chromed parts are glued in place and the hood got decals. Not perfect, but after a while it wasn’t possible to move them at all. I also failed with the decals for the front. I was hard to make them wrap around in a nice way, so I gave up.
Not much left to do. I need to touch up some chrome parts and do a clear coat on the hood.

Next update will be for the final reveal.

Raider’s Coach – part 4

Amps and coach sides was glued in place.

The speakers/amps got some chrome details.

I did a test with orange rust to see if I could use it instead, but I thought it was a bit to dark.

Details on the underside was glued in place.

I had to do a simular thing with the backsides of the front seat and keyboard as I did with the interior seats, closing up the empty space with plastic sheets.

There’s a few spots that need some touching up.

The front frame with engines is alsmost done.

I still need to add a few parts to the engine and sort the hood and front.

I did a test fit of the coach and front.

Not much left to do. I gave the hood and front a cote of white, and hopefully I can paint orange on top without anymore mishaps.
I also have a few chrome parts to sort. Perhaps the best way would be to remove the chrome and paint them, but I’m unsure what to use to remove the chrome.
I’ll probably just use chrome colour to touch up the parts where I’ve removed chrome when cleaning up.

Raider’s Coach – part 3

The coach sides was masked and then they and some other parts was painted with mahogany.

Mask removed from amps and keyboard.

The unmasked coach sides.

Some details painted.

Time for some clear coat.

Once that was dry, I put on some decals.

I first tried panting Humbrol gloss orange on a piece of plastic, which went well. So I painted the underside of the hood and back of the front. At first it looked ok but after a while it started to look awful. Perhaps the orange colour or thinner reacted with the acrylic primer.

I just need to redo that. Otherwise I think the orange colour will look alright.

It took some work to assemble both engines together and I had to re-glue some parts.
I also cut plastic and glued to the rear of the seats.

I gave the coach sides and some other parts a new coat of clear colour.

A few details to paint on some parts before I can start assembling, and I also need to sort the hood and the front.