Matto M4A1 with a few modifications

[greengiant]

I redid this to an rx 18 mfu. I really liked the sound on the original board but driving the thing around was a pain. I skinnied up the head and tailight guards carved off the filler in the rear deck and replaced them with resin units, gave it full turret rotation, and opened up the rear deck hatch to access the smoker I installed and a charging plug, the uncased speaker is now located there to, the front right hatch has the other switch in. The main modification was to the transmission cover which is now in its correct position and shape and ever so slightly behind the the track fronts. I did this a year or so ago and havent changed the bogie units the full operational ones but will at some point. Hope you like the pics.

[Red Devils]

Hey Greengiant,

Well done on the tank buddy and your dio base is outstanding, keep up the good work!!!

Derek

[Saxondog]

Red Devils,PM Sent mate. cheers

[greengiant]

The dio base is actually done by repositioning 3 different bases at different angles to get the shots I wanted, glad you like the way it turned out.
One thing I didnt mention in the description of mods was the removal of the thick plastic sleeve that covers the airsoft barrel. Then used a kind of flexible glue where the barrel enters the mantle to keep the barrel from flying out when the airsoft is fired. I think that got the barrel down to a more realistic looking size.
The dio base that shows the tank turning was made on a base with a half inch soft foam top spayed dark brown, the appearence which can be changed by simply brushing off the loose material put on its top putting new material like fine dry dirt on it built up to whatever hieght you want and then sprinkling grass covered ground cover over the dirt then driving the model onto it to get the effect of a real tank has when driven over a grassy surface and turning. If driven in a straight line it only leaves slight impressions of the tracks untill you hit a place that the dirt was built up very deep before the grass was sprinkled on.
My next try is going to be a stug 111 the metal tracks with the extended groussers going in a marsh area. Have to make a whole new larger dio base for that.

[sparks]

Very nice work
sparks

[greengiant]

Thanks again.

[Yellowshaker]

Nicely done! I like a good looking Sherman.

[greengiant]

Thanks. I to like the Sherman and Matos version definitialy needed to have its transmission cover miscontoured feature corrected.