Bovington Firefly

John Wiggins · Post by **John Wiggins** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:45 pm

While i was at Tankfest Itook the opportunity to take some (a lot ) of photos of their Sherman Firefly.

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:55 pm

John,
Great reference photos of the Bovi 'fly. I never knew the shell ejection port door on the turret was welded shut on fireflys like the hull mg position. Great walk around photos.

Can't wait to see more firefly's being built on the forum.
Best regards,
Bob

John Wiggins · Post by **John Wiggins** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:49 am

Thanks Robert
I still have many more photos of the Firefly.
I will load a few more onto the forum.
If anyone would like a copy of all the photos (some are repeated, i went into the museum on several occassions during Tankfest), If you PM me your address I will send you a copy on DVD of the images I have.
Regards
John

Just a few more!

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:26 pm

Excellent pictures John

You must have a pretty decent lens on your camera to get those detail shots from the walkway

Adrian.

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:18 pm

COOL!

regards
Tim

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:47 pm

Looking at the fasteners holding the sprockets rings on in that last photo, I can't help but feel they have been manufactured as a weak link, so that the sprocket will break apart without damaging the centre hub or the sprocket rings.

I can't see any other reason for drilling out the heads of the retaining bolts like that.

Adrian.

Roy Pickavance · Post by **Roy Pickavance** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:43 pm

Great pics you took there, I took some a few weeks ago but couldnt get a close up of the 50 cal mount which you have taken, Thanks its just what I was after.
Regards Roy

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