Thanks! I am using the upper hull of my M4 for another tank project. I can't use anythings on it to transfer over to my M3. I guess I have to get for those lights from some other sources.
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Originally posted by DavidN View PostTwenty six tanks, and not done yet!
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Originally posted by SoCalBobS View Post
Hello Bob! Headquarter informed us that your squadron needs additional support. Our recovering team had brought back tank #8 and repaired it. We will send you this tank as soon as we receive the front light set and some accessories from the supply department :-) Many thanks Bob for all your posts on this M3 project.
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Originally posted by SoCalBobS View PostJust a little thing..
On another forum, someone was complaining about the bright white headlight LED's. Tamiya makes a clear yellow acrylic paint. I put some on the Lee. It's a tiny bit greenish, most likely because of the blue component of the cool white lights.
Comparison shot:
Both done:
Looks a little bit more incandescent.
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Hi David, what you see is really all there is. I simply cut the plastic guards off the Sherman glacis and butt glued them with thick CA on the fenders after I installed the lights. For that, I drilled two small holes in the fender for the LED leads to fit through separately, stuck them through, bent the leads flush with the fender bottom side and globbed some CA to secure them. Coulda used any type glue there.Twenty six tanks, and not done yet!
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The first light I put in, I put heat shrink tubing on one lead beforehand. That meant I had to drill one hole larger, to fit that lead through. On the next, I didn't bother. With the two holes keeping the leads apart, and gluing them on the underside, that was sufficient.
This was the first that I referenced. You can see the glue fillets. Not very noticeable. On the other side, with no tubing, it's even less apparent.
Here is that underside. Plenty of clearance. That's what Heng Long does. If you omit the tubing, it's even more flush.
Twenty six tanks, and not done yet!
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I finally added the missing r/c functions to my M3 Lee! There have been a lot of distracting projects in the last year, but I boiled them down to this one. I used a HL 6.1 board, implemented the servo operated elevation with some wire linkages from my r/c airplane bins. For traverse, I modified another servo to be a simple geared motor and plugged it into the "turret turning" circuit. It also uses a bunch of r/c plane linkages. The scanning turret is implemented with RC Geek's "Random Servo Motion Generator". It has two independent circuits, so I may activate the commander's cupola in the future. Or, I may make it IR capable by swapping out the cupola for a LegoDEI IR receiver. Haven't decided yet.
You don't want to look at the insides, it's "chewing gum & baling wire" technology, but it works!
Twenty six tanks, and not done yet!
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