HAL_HUSKER

just have updated the video about KV220...
have a look - previous post...

Panther F

That is a real good looking tank!










~ Jeff

Airbrushler

great looking tank Halhusker
and fantastic video i love the part going through the brick wall and pillar...lol

HAL_HUSKER

a new project T54B...





A question to You Guys that had ocasion and fought in Vietnam or at least know came across such cases...
Did you hear or come across the facts that Vietnamese taknmen took USmachine guns while battle and placed it on the turrel (I am talking about M50 Braunee)?

herrmill

Quite a nice build there, Hal! Darn shame we're not any closer.

We have a perky nice blonde from St. Petersburg here who is interested in flying with us after hearing we are getting a couple of the new Parkzone WWI Albatros D.Va biplanes. Perhaps we can get her interested in tanks while we're at it.

HAL_HUSKER

While T54B is still waiting its torsion system, another scratch... a model that has been waiting to be built for so long time...

Sher-Shing or Persh-Man - Sherman with Pershing Turret...
Initially it was Tamiya body but MATOVSS chassis + T49 tracks... Tamiya inside - DMDand MFfrom Pershing...

So today we are on our road wheels... and this warms me a lot

wsn123

Great looking tank !!!
is it MATO gearbox?

HAL_HUSKER

yes... i found how to put it in...

wsn123

Thanks, Very nice setup , and the lower hull is Your own job? what about sprocket and idler wheels , are they from metal too?

HAL_HUSKER

Yes and no, lower hull is by Tamiya, but additionally crafted. Sprockrets, road wheels, idlers and tracks are metal.
Annnd - right on tracks now...

karel47

the mato Duckbills ???

Panther F

Looking good Hal!

Don't forget to cut the HVSS extensions off and mount the track guards/sand fenders!




At least one of my Shermans have to have them. I think they make a Sherman look even better.














~ Jeff

HAL_HUSKER

thanks for this, I will try, this is just a beginning... I see here just one point - T-49... having these tracks guards will bea challenge to put, but I will think it over...

By the way, do we have ANYother pictures of this tank?

Panther F

Hmmm, track guards and duckbills. The two don't mix well.


And the picture is not mine, I "borrowed it" from Wiki.














~ Jeff

HAL_HUSKER

you are reading my thoughts

Panther F

But, it could always look like this Sherman?














~ Jeff

HAL_HUSKER

So that is it... Devoted to Phil...

Old turret - not repainted. Done on purpose... The body itself is clean and new...


PS
Ah, sorry guys but pics are not linked... so I uploaded them...

tomhugill

Hal for some reason I can't see any of the pictures you post, which is a big shame!

HAL_HUSKER

Now done...

Rustytrax

Hal nice tanks. I would have to wonder though if that IR would be a notso friendly fire nightmare.

YHR

Nice Job Hal. Nice tribute to Phil

HAL_HUSKER

sorry, my English is not so good, could you explain...

B.A.D.A.S.S.Force

Hal, first off, awesome tanks, & a really great tribute & nice gesture to honor Phil that you've done too!

I believe what Rustytrax was eluding to, was that looking at the mounted IR tube, it looks as though the IR lens is right out of the tube or at the very end of the tube, & not back the typical 6-9mm within the tube; leading one to believe that the IR beam will have a very wide dispersal angle & possible hit tanks to the sides of where you are aiming (where a friendly tank may be sitting), rather than the IR beam just hitting your intended target.

~ Craig ~

Rustytrax

^^^ Thanks Craig.

Yup that is what I was thinking. If the emitter is exposed the beam width would be very wide.
(I am in no way attacking the build which is great.)
Thanks.

Troy

HAL_HUSKER

Ahh!... Ok, it is not a IR Led looking out of the tube - it is a lens that mounted above the tube, IR led is inside.

Actually we are testing some addings to make our RCTank Battles a little bit more reslistic.
I attach some photos of our devices that cut the angle of IR coverage...

This device on "Phil" (pi N 3) cuts the angle but also reduces the distance of possible damage - instead of 15-20 meters it goes to 6-7 meters.

Actually we are experimenting because you cannot compare the damage of Tiger-I 88 mm or IS-2 122 mm main gun against KV-1 76 mm, or Panzer III...