Hello!

Im finnishing Dragons M4A3 and Im wondering which colour the tail-lights should have. They are in two sections, should the be:
Top=Red, Bottom=Orange
Top=Red, Bottom=Clear
Top=Red, Bottom=Red

Ive seen all alternatives on models but have no real source.

Cheers

Hi TOKE for modelling purposes you can get away with painting the top of the left hand light red and the rest can be painted black on lower left and both parts of the right hand side one ..

Rick

Richard is correct Toke. Modellers can get confused because restorers need to use different types of tail lights on, especially if they are driving on roads.

Wartime tail lights were as Richard described: upper left oval - red. Black for the other three lamps.

Correct arrangement for rear tail lights on Shermans:

Left side: Top Red, Bottom Black
Right Side: Top Black, Bottom Black

Thanks for the quick replies.

One follow up qustion though. Should it be transparent black or solid black?

Cheers

Toke,

Here's what the tail-lights look like in RL:

Right Side:


Left Side:



A description of how the lights worked can be found here:

http://members.aol.com/brimiljeep/WebPages/JeepNamePage.html#BlackOutLights

Thanks again!

Cheers

Gretings all,

Was this the same for British Sherman's?

Many thanks

Al

Hi Alan ..yes same for the british shermans too...

Rick

The tail lights were unaltered in British use. One more thing: the lights were oriented horizontally and not according to the angle of the engine deck.

Hi Richard and Roy,

Thanks for that, one more piece of Sherman knowledge!!

Cheers

Al