Wow a new picture uploader procedure. Ok, well it worked good for the first time. Hooray for the admin!
So after I installed the 3d printed mantlet screwed onto the hengolong Sherman swivel, the whole assembly would move in and out about a 1/16th of an inch. It bothered me and I wasn't sure what to do about it and just carried on. I began test fit my elevation servo and it really was bugging me because the whole gun assembly could go crooked so I devised a screw in tab thrust retainer system to hold the mantlet forward in the new housing. Below are the results of my brackets and the mock up of my servo, I don't have it mounted in place just yet.