Firefly

Paul Heiser Sherman 105mm tank and an Artitic Sherman Vc Firefly tank.

This is the Artitec HO scale resin model of teh Sherman Vc Firefly.

It includes a small bit of photoeteched brass for the headlight guards.

I left off the PE bits as too fragile for wargame handling.

The amazing part is that there are only a few parts in this model, the turret, gun barrel, hull, and two suspension sections and two turret hatches.  That's it.

It does come with a large amount of storage and I anticipate putting some on the vehicle before I prime it.

I got three of them and will parcel them out to three different companies as a heavy anti-tank support vehicle.

There is a lot of conjecture about the US Army using Firefly tanks, but there seems to be very little certainty.  The best I can tell there seem to have been perhaps 80 made using a variety of Sherman tank types including the M4A3 that the Americans liked best.  This one is a straight British version and I will use it as one in American service.
 

Panzer IV Tank in Resin

 

https://fidelismodels.com/collections/87th-scale-artitec-main

Artitec resin model Panzer IV that I got from Fidelis Models.

Note the detail on the turret front.  One piece, wonderful.

Tracks, hull, and turret are three separate pieces.

It's just test fit, no sanding or gluing yet.

Other resin bits on the sprue.

These parts need to be carefully removed but look great when done.

They came in a little bag like this one.

Panzer IV

Artitec makes this nice 1/87 scale Panzzer IV Ausf. F1/F2 model.

It's a resin kit.

https://fidelismodels.com/collections/87th-scale-artitec-main 

I got the model from my friend Randy at Fidelis Models.

The instructions are simple but plenty good enough.

The main gun and small decal sheet.

Flipped over.  No flash, excellent resin model.