Late Production Tiger 1 Project

cahlfors · Post by **cahlfors** » July 15th, 2011, 10:07 pm

Small maybe, but very important to us Tiger connoisseurs.

Incredibly good looking! Your model sets a new standard.

Cheers,
/Chris

TBowman · Post by **TBowman** » July 17th, 2011, 1:18 am

Thanks Björn and Chris

Positioned most of the forward deck tool brackets I'll do the starter handle, wire cutters and strap for the jack block later today along with adding all the welds. These are all Mike Stannard parts and well worth the price in my opinion. The front vent will be modified slightly before installation. Decided to keep the center weld subtle. Rear deck grills are temporarily in position so I can think about what needs to be done there as the next step.

Tim

TBowman · Post by **TBowman** » July 18th, 2011, 6:45 pm

Hi everyone

Sat down yesterday and for a change of pace, started pulling turret parts out. One thing led to another and I ended up with an assembled turret.

It went together easily and fit of the roof deck seems to be OK. Now Ican start looking at it and deciding what to do. Neat to see the Tiger armed with it's 88 finally. I know the Tiger 1 is old news for most everyone here but for me, it's all new.

With the Panzer IV sitting behind it and the Panther behind that, it is amazing how ominous the Tiger looks even up and the stand with no tracks and the turret in bare metal. I'm looking forward to experimenting with the different zimmerit pattern that will be on this turret.

Tim

TBowman · Post by **TBowman** » July 20th, 2011, 8:52 pm

Something different

With the turret in front of me, I started detailing the cupola and it's parts. one of which is the periscope prism housings. Wanted to give them the same bakelite finish I did on the Panther. This led me to the Driver and Radio hatches prism housings as well.

Driver and Radio Operator prism housings

The hatch interiors will be painted and weathered later on. I'll post the cupola as it's own series of photos when completed.

More soon
Tim

cahlfors · Post by **cahlfors** » July 21st, 2011, 11:16 am

The bakelite looks just like pictures of the real thing!

Are the prisms the optical glass ones? Either way, they add a whole dimension of realism when you actually see the reflections in the periscopes.

Absolutely amazing!

/Chris

TBowman · Post by **TBowman** » July 26th, 2011, 12:04 pm

Hi Chris

Yes, the prisms are the glass version. I never thought I needed to have them for my model but bought them along with some other parts from someone who didn't need them at a reasonable price. They are actually functional and that's pretty amazing. Mike Stannard did a nice job with these.

Thank you for the nice comment on the housing finish.

Best regards
Tim

Björn Johansson · Post by **Björn Johansson** » July 27th, 2011, 11:13 am

Hi Tim
I´m stunned buy you´r way off
simulate bakelite !

:thumright:

TBowman · Post by **TBowman** » August 28th, 2011, 10:01 pm

Thanks guys

Been awhile but some progress made yesterday and today on the rear deck and some other small things before I start on the turret. Motor mounts are on their way from Armortek so I hope to have it rolling under its own power soon.

Initial assembly of the intake and exhaust vents

Tim

Kent W · Post by **Kent W** » August 29th, 2011, 8:24 am

Hi my friend!

Jaw dropping work as always

Outstanding is an understatement.
Just add the cover for the engine heater port at the rear plate and you can leave the hull as it is perfect.

http://tiger1.info/EN/EngineHeaterPort.html

Kind regards
Kent

TBowman · Post by **TBowman** » August 29th, 2011, 5:42 pm

Hi my friend Kent

Thanks for the picture and input. I originally intended to make the armor cover but at the moment, I need to work with what I have and will be cutting a few more corners on the Tiger 1 then I had originally planned to. For example, using the existing deck grills.

Will likely circle back around and add the cover and some other details prior to camo and weathering stage.

Thanks again

It's good to be working on the tanks again.

Kind regards
Tim

cahlfors · Post by **cahlfors** » August 29th, 2011, 8:07 pm

There are lots of nice details to notice, if given a little time.. One I noticed just now is the MG ball mount. Did you make any particular changes to it, by chance - besides the rounded corners? Yours looks like the ball is buried deeper in the mount than mine - more like the prototype? If so, how did you do that?

Thanks,
/Chris

Kent W · Post by **Kent W** » August 29th, 2011, 8:16 pm

Hi Chris,

High time to jump into the super detailing swamp now!

http://thepanzertrap.com/panzertrap_Tigerparts.html

Kind regards
Kent

TBowman · Post by **TBowman** » August 30th, 2011, 1:51 am

Hi Chris

As Kent has shown, I did make the kugelblende along with the ball and internal mount.

Painted the rear deck with it's first base coat. Happy to be moving along on this one and looking forward to the turret.

Tim

Björn Johansson · Post by **Björn Johansson** » August 30th, 2011, 6:45 am

Pure eye candy here !
Looking real good and some great
details Tim.

TBowman · Post by **TBowman** » September 19th, 2011, 8:48 pm

Thanks Björn

After a bit of a stall with the Tiger project(mostly due to "real work") I finally added a few of the deck welds and had a chance to get it lower to the ground and ready to test drive it under it's own power. Having trouble with my video camera at the moment so for now photos will have to do. it runs very smoothly. No adjustment has been done to the track tension as I will do this once it's on the ground.

Hope to take it for a spin later today or tomorrow.

A short video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFvcQBth6Kc

Tim

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