Not your usual entry as I won't be the one building it if all goes as planned!
While struggling with seasonal depression, after recuperating from diverticulitis, my mojo disappeared until Hubert (Dewertus) asked me for a Tamiya Firefly. I wondered why he went from 35th to 48th but he insisted he saw it in 35th scale. Hubert builds models with his son John so low parts count and superb engineering are mandatory.
It turns out that Tamiya reboxed the Asuka (formerly known as Tasca) Firefly, added figures, and increased the price. Obviously, the Tasca kit is superbly engineered but it has at least three times the parts with some tiny as well. Yet, I didn't want to disappoint him. Hubert had made it clear he doesn't care for resin (remember the Tamiya MiG-15bis?) so my leftover Firefly turrets would have to do. Sadly, I only had one Dragon Firefly turret left and it has issues.
However, it can be built into a nice kit if one takes the time and if you have an AMS suffering modeler as family.
This Polish Firefly is named Zemsta II (Revenge II):
The black lines show what needs attention:
Area around cupola reshaped (upper right with original look at bottom) and matches the Tamiya part.
Hull needs some work as well as the rolled sections are modeled as rough castings:
More to come,
While struggling with seasonal depression, after recuperating from diverticulitis, my mojo disappeared until Hubert (Dewertus) asked me for a Tamiya Firefly. I wondered why he went from 35th to 48th but he insisted he saw it in 35th scale. Hubert builds models with his son John so low parts count and superb engineering are mandatory.
It turns out that Tamiya reboxed the Asuka (formerly known as Tasca) Firefly, added figures, and increased the price. Obviously, the Tasca kit is superbly engineered but it has at least three times the parts with some tiny as well. Yet, I didn't want to disappoint him. Hubert had made it clear he doesn't care for resin (remember the Tamiya MiG-15bis?) so my leftover Firefly turrets would have to do. Sadly, I only had one Dragon Firefly turret left and it has issues.
However, it can be built into a nice kit if one takes the time and if you have an AMS suffering modeler as family.
This Polish Firefly is named Zemsta II (Revenge II):
The black lines show what needs attention:
Area around cupola reshaped (upper right with original look at bottom) and matches the Tamiya part.
Hull needs some work as well as the rolled sections are modeled as rough castings:
More to come,
WOW but when you do detail, you DO detail 
