I've been gathering parts and researching for this build for some time now. Now I've got enough parts to start the build. The M4 90V is the Sherman with a Pershing Turret prototype. This build is 90% Taigen parts mixed with a little Mato, and will be Taigen IR capable.

I spent what time I had last night trial fitting parts, so here it is.



It's not all bolt-on though. The transmission cover doesn't quite fit over the V2 gearboxes, and will need a little dremmel work. Also, the Mato sprockets will need to be modified to accept the Taigen screw.

great job, looks really awesome

I know it may be a little pricey but the HL turret for the Pershing looks so far from scale due to the over sized airsoft barrel. You may want to look into a Tamiya M26 turret and gun. It would look much better. Very cool idea but even in this photo the gun looks almost cartoonish. No put down here I really like the idea just think there is a better alternative.

Most of that is an optical illusion from the camera only being a few inches from the muzzel. Either way, I also have a plan to add recoil to the barrel and it's getting cut off.

Looks like a cool project.
I cant get the thumbnail to blow up though. I have noticed that every first post in a thread has an ad in the post, and if there are pictures they wont enlarge.

I use the ghostery plugin to block ads.

heres my one i used a tam barrel

Nice!

Update time.

I spent the last couple nights grinding away at the transmission cover so the 4:1 gears would fit. Once that was done, it still had loads of tension on the left sprocket. Upon further inspection, I found that the main shaft on the lower motor was rubbing on the left gearbox.



My fix was to use my Dremel to drill a small divot on that spot to allow the shaft to spin freely. The other scratches are from the motor leads. They had to be bent out to keep them from touching the right gearbox too. I also put some electrical tape on those spots just in case.

After that, the lower hull went together in a breeze! With easy turning gearboxes!



Don't mind the gun. The turret innards were scavenged to convert my cousin's non S&S HL Tiger to Taigen electronics.

Now, I'm just waiting on the rest of my turret parts to show up.

Man that is looking good! I hope that IR unit helps!

It showed up today, and I'm looking at it now. Looks like I'll need to learn how to solder to get this old style recoil unit working, since they don't come with cables attached.

Erik, what color/brand of green does Taigen use on the M4? I'd like to match the turret to the hull while it's apart.

Thanks for all your help! This project wouldn't be happening without your help!

That will look good. A couple of questions. What are you going to use to get the barrel to recoil and what barrel are you using? Nice start on a nice project.

Is the Tamiya M26 barrel metal or plastic?

Erik was awesome enough to dig up and old Heng Long style recoil unit. Those mount the same as the airsoft units, so it will be much easier to mount into the HL Pershing turret.

The current barrel is getting cut off at the mantlet. I haven't decided on if I want to just reuse it or make my own.

Every one I've seen has been metal.

I'm glad to help my friend. Also, I asked Gene over at Artistic Hobbies to stop in and let you guys know what paints he recommends (Gene is our paint guy!).

Awesome!

Thanks Erik for letting Roboticus_Prime know that I can help him with his paint choices.

Roboticus_Prime: Sorry for the late response, If you would like to give me a call at 512-878-8500 or 800-610-4294 that would be great. This way I can better help you with paint choices. By the way, your Sherman looks great, Well done fellow tanker

The clsoest to tht green color is tamiya OD wtih gloss sprayed over it. Darkens it up, but its a tad to green just a by a smidge to be accurate, but I like it.

Testors OD 34087 oversprayed with gloss is very popular and my first choice, but its very different color from your stock tank.

I reccomend you paint the entire tank. So it all matches. Then do any kind of shading and. Weathering to highlight or darken.

Thanks! I'll give you a call when I have some time. Work's been real busy this week.

Thanks for the tips! Since this tank will be an outdoor battler, I'm not to worried about a super detailed paint job. It'll get weathered on the battlefield. But, I do have some other tanks that I could use those on.

Also, I hear you're a go to guy for wiring up the old Heng Long recoil units?

I have one, and it sucked, it was more of a barrel launcher. I use servo recoil in my tanks.
the HL recoil is so dissapointing. It works backwards, it slowly comes back and then pops forward, on mine the barrel would fly out after the second firing, so i disconnected it.
imho, best thing to do is use the mount, modify and chop and add a servo that runs on a good aftermarket electronics system.
sorry, not any help I know...

Here is a Tutorial I did on Heng Long recoil units.

http://battlearmorrc.weebly.com/heng...fications.html

Cheers

Dan

Update time.

First things first. I had to clean up the lower half of the turret to make room for the recoil unit and slip ring.

Before:



After:



Next up, since I managed to break the airsoft LED in my Pershing, I decided that I'd swap the barrels, and use the busted one to modify for recoil and IR.



I'm currently hacking the 90V's barrel and formulating how I'll mod it. I'll let you know what I come up with!

I really should paint the Pershing...

Thanks for the tips!

So, does anyone know which are the pos and neg leads on one of these?