. Thanks for all the positive comments though as an R/C newbie needs all the encouragement he can get! 
To tie up a few loose ends, I will get to post, in the relevant forum, how I made the netting and sand bags soon, as the net will play a part in my next British Hybrid Sherman project; the parts are coming together as we speak. I have found a natural preference with British Sherman's
The last hybrid hull (1C) was a bit of an experiment with a whole Mato upper hull without cutting it; the next one will be a proper Mato and HL cut & shut (wish me luck). As with the other Sherman's I have, the up coming project will run on standard HL electrics with Andrew Haya kindly sorting out my most recent Mato Sherman IIa.
