I was able to spend some time on the HT over the last couple of days. I accomplished quite a few things with still more to do.

1. Realizing that I needed more room (especially for the turret traverse mechanism), I begrudgingly decided to raise the ceiling of the HT enough to house all the components I needed. I didn't want to do this since it changes the look completely, but it was needed to make this work. I thought about following the 60 degree angle of the side plating, but this meant I had less top surface area for the turret and would have caused a major turret overhang problem on the sides. So I chose to just go vertical and live with it. To accomplish the lift, I used some evergreen .125 stock and basically built a frame around the top.

2. I also cut out the MG slot and sighting scope slots on the turret. I then made my first pass at a 18th scale 20mm cannon. It's not perfect, but I think it will work for now. The plan is to mount the emitter either under the MG, or, possibly under the 20mm cannon if I can get elevation to work. I don't have much room but am considering some sort of server type of elevation.

Here are some pics.

Dave