Hi Ralph

And a happy New Year to you too - will be here soon now

35Kgs is 77pounds (1Kg = 2.2pounds) in our imperial measurement.

I looked at the El-Mod stuff for my Stuart but went for a Tamiya MF unit out of a Pershing instead as I got an old abused PErshing very cheap on the evilbay. I have started on the conversion but got side tracked (as usual) with one of my other projects. However, I did get a lot of help from the M5 battalion on Yahoo and was going down the route of using a 12v and 7.2v setup. I was going to put the 12volts through a standard two channel ESC to run the motors for the main drive and then run the rest off the 7.2v. By using a y piece out of the receiver to the motor controls on both the ESC and Tam DMD I could sync up the motors with the sound on the Tam kit. The turret and all other stuff could come from the Tam system.There was more than enough room to put all the stuff in.

I thought I could do domething similar with the Abrams but this time with the El-Mod to get the correct sounds. I had looked at the El-Mod previously for my 1\16 Flakpanzer Gepard but still needed other parts as there was a lot of damage to my old one so started collecting bits to get it sorted first and it is still sitting in bits in my loft, albeit with all the parts I need to complete it - I really need to get building some of these projects[]

On the bright side of stalled projects, I have restarted on both my Tam King Tiger and Tiger 1 during the hols as I have had some modelling time . Hopefully the KT will be done in the next week or so as I am on the weathering now and the Tiger can get some serious time. Once these are off the bench work will recommence on the M5 and hopefully the Abrams suspension repairs.

cheers
Gorehound