M7. Priest kit...

[brizo58]

Hi All,
I'm thinking of building the resin kit of the M7 priest. I see Dave Forgebear stocks it.Has anyone built one?? If so is it 1/ worth the money? 2/ accurate?. I know I will have to buy the lower Sherman hull and bits&bobs to finish it. So any info on it would be great. Brian...

[frankie]

Yep, just done one. It's a nice bit of kit...

[AlwynTurner]

Having scratch built one I think the kit is cheap as chips! It looks really good and should provide a really interesting build. The gun slew/elevate is really tricky and I never managed to figure out how to do recoil, so if you do a build thread I shall be following with great interest. One recommendation though is that whichever chassis you pick the first recommended action is to remove the battery box as otherwise it is a right b^**er to fit all the electronics and battery in!!
Alwyn

[brizo58]

Alwyn/Frankie,
Thanks very much for the info. I think I will get one!!. Is there any thing more I need, I know I need the lower hull and gearboxs sprockets.Is there any other parts I need??. Brian...

[frankie]

If you're buying the lower parts seperately make sure you get low profile stug boxes as the Sherman ones don't allow the upper to sit correctly...

[AlwynTurner]

If you go MATO for the lower hull be aware the gearboxes are a very tight fit and the mato chassis wiring is different from HL, so double check all connections - I didn't and blew an RX18!
Alwyn

[tomhugill]

Henglong Sherman chassis does seem like the way to go

[brizo58]

Yep I will go for the Heng Long hull. I see Dave Forgebear is away at the moment.so will order all the bits later. Brian...