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ORIGINAL: karel47

 that's your opinion mcovalsk,
headlights with optic fibre o my god , is this an alien sherman  i have three of them so i can tell ... 

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ORIGINAL: mcovalsk

Oh karel47 sorry!!!
I don't read my plan, you are right I never read my plans since 50 years ago I'm building models sorry.
Please sorry is my first Sherman.... besides the 6 I built including the 1st and 2nd edition.

LOL LOL LOL

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ORIGINAL: Panther F


Real men don't have lights on their tanks!

~ Jeff

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ORIGINAL: karel47

that's awfull all the tanks now ????????????????????????????????????

 i go check my box of the panzer 4 i bought it a year ago wonna know, sorry  mcovalsk  forgive my boltness was missing some points of you

last years sherman i got was the same as my older one thank god , am pleased i didn't receive the modern ones

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ORIGINAL: Panther F

What's the first thing you want to see when you walk up to a REAL TANK? The lights? Nope...

I toss that crap away in the trash when I build a new kit or transforming an RTR into a REAL RUNNER.

Real men don't have lights on their tanks!

JAT

~ Jeff

OK, so we get it, you seem to have a real pent up hostility towards tank lights ... go figure.

Do you know any real men Jeff? 

Now I know you weren't trying to be disrespectful in any way, & just trying to be your usual funny self, but I would never want to imply, even in a jokingly manner, that any tank commander is anything but a real man, & Colonel James Herbert "Jimmie" Leach (then a Captain at the time in WW II, may he rest in peace) used lights in his own tank according to what he told of his own experiences during WW II !!!  (Tanker Jimmie Leach)

Thank goodness he had those lights & could move his tank at much faster speeds at night when he could do it! See Jeff, real men do use tank lights! 

Hey, anyone can do what ever they want with the lights, set them up to be working, leave them non-working, that's what makes this hobby fun. So even though pattoncommander is obviously right about the circumstances where tanks were most likely going to use their lights, if at all, behind enemy lines & in reasonable safe zones, the tanks certainly should still have working headlights if you want your tank to be the most realistic in my opinion, as it's part of the functionality of real tanks that had those lights. No one said you have to turn them on if you don't want to turn them on.
 

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ORIGINAL: B.A.D.A.S.S.Force

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ORIGINAL: Panther F

What's the first thing you want to see when you walk up to a REAL TANK? The lights? Nope...

I toss that crap away in the trash when I build a new kit or transforming an RTR into a REAL RUNNER.

Real men don't have lights on their tanks!

JAT

~ Jeff

OK, so we get it, you seem to have a real pent up hostility towards tank lights ... go figure.

Do you know any real men Jeff? 

Now I know you weren't trying to be disrespectful in any way, & just trying to be your usual funny self, but I would never want to imply, even in a jokingly manner, that any tank commander is anything but a real man, & Colonel James Herbert ''Jimmie'' Leach (then a Captain at the time in WW II, may he rest in peace) used lights in his own tank according to what he told of his own experiences during WW II !!!  (Tanker Jimmie Leach)

After nine hours on the road it is now dark and even the Company scribe does not know where he is.  The Journal reveals, 1925, Liaxy, then, 2330 the ''Head of column reaches Meix-Le-Tige, Belgium.''

By the end point in Belgium at 2330 the Battalion had gone more than 120 miles, day and night,  over ice and snow.  ''Now we went along with headlights on because we were way behind the line. And the only stoppage we made were stops to refuel.''

 

Thank goodness he had those lights & could move his tank at much faster speeds at night when he could do it! See Jeff, real men do use tank lights! 

Hey, anyone can do what ever they want with the lights, set them up to be working, leave them non-working, that's what makes this hobby fun. So even though pattoncommander is obviously right about the circumstances where tanks were most likely going to use their lights, if at all, behind enemy lines & in reasonable safe zones, the tanks certainly should still have working headlights if you want your tank to be the most realistic in my opinion, as it's part of the functionality of real tanks that had those lights. No one said you have to turn them on if you don't want to turn them on.
 

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ORIGINAL: Panther F

Blah, blah, blah... I still toss 'em in the trash. Everyone has an opinion... like AH's!

~ Jeff

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ORIGINAL: mcovalsk

I love this forum!!!!
I knew I knew when I posted the light matter, we would go into the 3rd WW LOL LOL

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ORIGINAL: Panther F

AND the usual supporting cast too.

Remember Tom, opinions vary. That's what makes this forum so unique. Having been around for only 2 years does not make one an expert!



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~ Jeff