I've a mato sherman that suffered a similar fate, what I did was used the control board and remote from a henglong King tiger I'm rebuilding. Personally I would spend the money on a newer control system like one from Taigen. as the old mato boards were prone to failure. From what I remember, the turret motor on the mato is wired backwards to the HL and Taigen ones. otherwise it should all be plug and play. I'm also unsure as to if the airsoft unit will directly work. as mine is not hooked up. Anyways aside from that welcome to the forum!