Coolbank M5A1 Stuart & M8 Howitzer

[JohnWhyte]

Looks good might want to pull the gun out so it's the full length

[ColemanCollector]

Looks good might want to pull the gun out so it's the full length

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Mike.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Do I detect some in-you-end, OH?

[Herr Dr. Professor]

JohnWhyte I had been wondering why the gun recoil was but a tiny twitch. Good grief, how dumb can I be?

[RobW]

Quite a few of the early ones shipped like that. It's only obvious when you open up the turret, or read comments in one of the threads on here....

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Right, RobW, I opened the hull, but never the turret, except to peek in from the hatches on top. I did not see the inner end of the barrel until you alerted me. Then I peeked from behind the hatches and saw that half of the gun was depressed inside. I did notice that the elevation and recoil use servos, so I am hoping that Coolbank has a versatile MFU system and will learn more in development of AFVs. Slow down; make just a little more noise; suit hardware to its visual effect, too.

[MonsieurTox]

With all those Stuart out, was someone able to correct the look of the suspension arms? They should be more compressed (more in a straight line than like an inverted "V"). It looks pretty easy to correct the stance but that may lead to some other problems (chassis too close to the ground etc).

[Redballrunner73]

Nice Stuart! love the paint job . I gave in and treated myself to one of these M5'S from HAYA and love it! got some parts from Forgebears and used a bit of artistic licence/historical innacuracy and Voila! (my Stepdads father Alec Herron was a DR but I've only seen these markings on an M3 so apologies if inaccurate ) only issue i have is when turning to the right the engine rev up sound doesn't kick in till halfway through the turn? had to remove a link from each side too to stop tracks binding, but all good now... Brilliant wee Tank for the price what with 3 servo's, recoil + flash + the dual drive...yeah is a wee bitty fast but then it was used a re-con vehicle so all good for hasty retreats from those pesky Tigers and Panthers!

...and it looks so Teeny Weeny next to My Challenger 2 (Hi Grandpa! )

[Redballrunner73]

Only thing to find now is where the spotlight plugs into on the board(s) to utilise this function via the 'K' button as per manual?

[Exhibitedbrute]

What searchlight