British Sherman VC Firefly with Cast Cheek-Armor Turret. US-built medium tank armed with British 17pdr gun. Kit has excellent exterior detail, subtle weld seams and casting textures, VVSS suspension with articulated bogies and vinyl track lengths, separately molded hatches and on-vehicle tools plus new turret with bustle and thickened cheek armor. Also includes tank commander figure and photo-etch parts (lamp brush guards, screens and brackets).
Decals and painting guide for 4 tanks:
• 'CAROLE' 13th/18th Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, Normandy, July 1944
• A Squadron, 4th Country of London Yeomanry 'Sharpshooters', 22nd Armoured Regiment, 7th Armoured Division, Villers-Bocage, Normandy, June 1944
• C Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, 11th Armoured Division, Netherlands, October 1944
• 'Charlestown I', 144 RAC, 33rd Armoured Brigade, Normandy, July 1944