Sherman converting to Firefly

[971wright]

Hi I think you can get them from Rccommand ,but before that contact Dave (forgebear)drop him a P.M. and ask he has loads of spare parts and wont charge alot .

regards pete

[bowlman1]

ok thanks Pete .

Jimmy

[971wright]

Hi Guys Sorry not to have posted things about the build for a while ,been strugling to get the DBU/DBC to work after help from Dave and Phil (Darkith&Blitz)found the problem and now have a funcioning Battle system still have to fit will get this done later today (hopfully).Just glad to get it working have been trying for about 2 weeks turned out to be something simple (as usual)a faulty plug ,when on the meter it showed a circuit when the dbc was conected it would start the tank but wouldnt fire I.R. or take hits ,after alot of coffee and cursing changed all the plugs and it works now .So Im happy now  .

regards pete

[BREL]

good to hear that you have sorted you problem pete

[971wright]

Thanks Brel nothing worse than a fault that dosnt show on the multimeter tried all the tricks like wiggling the plugs no joy so had to change the plugs .The thing was I removed it from one tank and it worked put it in the Sherman and it started like it should but wouldnt fire I.R. or take hits .A tip for anyone out there if you want to check if your tank is firing I.R. use a digital camera look at the I.R. emittier with the camera through the screen it should flash blue though the camera ,it cant be seen by the human eye .

regards pete

[971wright]

Hi Guys Finaly got the electrics installed and started to weather it have tools still to fit and finish the weathering .

regards pete

[septon]

looks sweet pete where did you get the commander from and what Regiment is it

[971wright]

Hi Paul coldstream guards is the markings for the tank Andy at militarymight got them for me ,he has some other english ones as well , found the tank commander on ebay put a search in for 120mm models its not a tank commander as such but he his the nearest Ive found to a Britsh tank commander this is the link he puts them up quite often http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... SA:GB:1123

      regards pete

[BREL]

looks good Pete, have you a picture of what you did to the speaker box when you cut it down

[grompix]

Nice one Pete. That 'been in action' look is great. I've seen pictures of Shermans in Holland that look just like that.

Cheers
Chris