Thanks Airbrusher ...
You may be interested to know that I'm ready to resume my work on a smoking gun ; using the Pershing as a test bed ....The roomier turret of the pershing will allow me to use the "smoke chamber" of a broken HL smoke unit ; compare to having to build one for the smaller turret of the panzer IV ....
Fitting an Asiatam Recoil Unit in the pershing ; while using the stock air-soft gun barrel was anything but easy ....
Surprisingly ; the installation of the slip ring was done smoothly ; without any bad surprises ...
I had installed a phone swivel in my Panzer IV last year , and I followed the same pattern for the Pershing ....
Although I'm not doing I.R. battle , all I need to install is the I.R. led and the Apple in the turret to be I.R.ready ....
Here's a bunch of self- explaining pics ....