Thanks again ausf and ksoc. It looks like I will leave the lower part stock for now and make any changes as needed, after it has been run for a while. I will probably look into the transmission geardown at some point, but the cost seems pretty high for what you get. Is there someplace besides ETO where one can be obtained for less but still be high quality?
ksoc- do you have any pictures of the servo conversion you did for the main gun elevation? I would love to see some pictures, in case that is something that I want to do in the future. I can imagine having the main gun bounce around when elevation is changed looks kind of silly.
ausf- thanks for the link to your Web site. I have looked through much of it and have it bookmarked, as there is a ton of good information there. I only wish you still made the bending tool. I would buy one of those in a second. The design is genius.