Plastic mato sherman/ Heng long steel gearboxes

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

Good morning tom, as yet the battery has only been placed in position, but it seems to fit well in between the
gearboxes, its the li ion battery from my heng long Sherman, until the other day I didn't realise you could remove
it from its casing, thinking about powering the tarr on a 9v rechargeable radio battery and plug the fan in to the
tk24.
regards john

[tomhugill]

Ludwig!
Keep up the good work! A surprisingly, accurate in appearance Sherman can be made from the plastic MATO version. This tank has been out a long time and their are lots of tips and tricks hidden away in Forum posts. Yours is looking great! Following along!
regards,
Painless

Now that is fantastic painless! Where are the tracks from? Are they rubber pads a la impacts?

[PainlessWolf]

Good morning, Tom!
Those are the regular MATO plastic tracks. I got a new set for the tank when I rebuilt it a few years back. It's the M4A176w. Build thread is here on the Forum. I had to do a lot of re wiring just to switch it to the then new 2.4 MATO set.
regards,
Painless

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

Engine bay ready for holes to be drilled for wiring and then a lick of paint

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

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[Ludwig von wigbearer]

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Servo/elevation unit supplied by rc tank electronics works beautifully, red line shows distance of travel

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

The servo recoil/elevation unit works very well and was easy to fit, the only problem I had with it was the fitter,
i spent 20 minutes trying to reverse the recoil direction following the instuctions on the clark website, to reverse
it 2 blinks on the led, tried over and over, then realised the servo was already reversed 1 blink and all was well.

regards john