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 Subject:  [Chapter] FiguresList thread.  
  
 Date:  Jul 27, 2007
 From:  James Wechsler 
Figures

Every once in a while, and probably not often enough, my wallet decides to voice its opinion. Usually it yells at me to stop buying so many expensive resin figure sets.

So for this build I decided to improvise and use the figures and parts I had on hand. Fortunately I had a left over commander figure from the Tasca Firefly so that was an easy enough choice. I also had a left over torso from somewhere and one nice Ultracast resin head which was good enough for the driver.

But what to do about the loader? After contemplating it for a while, I realized that I had a figure in my Tamiya Churchill kit that might work. So, with a little ‘Frankenstein’ work I was able to adjust the pose to have him sitting in the turret with his legs conveniently dangling in the hatch to prevent seeing into the empty turret. I did a little more adjustment and got his arm to rest on the t/c’s periscope and the other one to grab the loader’s hatch.

Painting was all done with Model Master enamels along with a light wash of Raw Umber oil paint.

Up next: Putting the Firefly together
 
Thread Listing 
  [BLOG] Firefly IC Diorama - James Wechsler - Jul 15, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The M4 Conversion - James Wechsler - Jul 15, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion - Martin Dogger - Jul 15, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion - James Wechsler - Jul 19, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion - Michael Bedard - Jul 15, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion [IMG] - James Wechsler - Jul 19, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion-James [IMG] - Michael Bedard - Jul 22, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The M4 Conversion-James - Jim Wechsler - Jul 27, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tasca Firefly - Michael Bedard - Jul 28, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The hull from the front - James Wechsler - Jul 16, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The hull from the front - Rob Stout - Jul 18, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Both - James Wechsler - Jul 19, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The hull from the rear - James Wechsler - Jul 18, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Turret - James Wechsler - Jul 20, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Painting - James Wechsler - Jul 22, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Markings and Detail Painting - James Wechsler - Jul 27, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Weathering - James Wechsler - Jul 27, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Weathering - Martin Dogger - Jul 28, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Figures - James Wechsler - Jul 27, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Figures - Andrew Herbert - Jul 28, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Putting the Firefly together - James Wechsler - Jul 28, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Putting the Firefly together - Ronald J. Lopes - Jul 31, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Starting the Diorama - James Wechsler - Aug 3, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Base – Initial Construction - James Wechsler - Aug 3, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Treadway Bridge - James Wechsler - Aug 4, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Panzer I Command Tank - James Wechsler - Aug 16, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Shaping the Base - James Wechsler - Aug 17, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Boxing in the Base - James Wechsler - Aug 19, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Groundwork - James Wechsler - Aug 20, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Groundwork - spencer - Aug 23, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Groundwork - Glenn Bartolotti - Aug 28, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Preparing for the Water - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Pouring the water – part way - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Pouring the water – completed - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Surface - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Attaching the Bridge - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . [Chapter] The Final Steps - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2007
. . . . . . Fantastic as always, and yes I am inspired - Hans Haase - Sep 2, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Christopher C. Tew - Sep 3, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Glenn Bartolotti - Sep 3, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - John Geigle - Sep 3, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - James Wechsler - Sep 4, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Christopher C. Tew - Sep 4, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - John Geigle - Sep 4, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Andrew Herbert - Sep 3, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - James Wechsler - Sep 4, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The Final Steps - Trenor Scott - Sep 10, 2007
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