Late Production Tiger Project

[Per Sonnervik]

Hi Tim,

Impressive and lovely work on your Tiger I ( and the ammo crates as well).

Just a small note on the casting numbers. It´s not DXP but DKR which stands for Henschel Co. in Kassel.

/Per

[Kent Wiik]

Tim - nice underside!

Per - and now you tell us...
Please you must spend more time here and spread your wisdom!

DKR - well one learn something new every day.
As the Panther sprockets had BXE I was sure the middle one was an "X".
Would never have guessed that and now even that I know it is DKR I still see DXP or maybe DXR, but will now do DKR on my own Tiger.
(I am glad I do not rush with my Tiger build and this time learn from others )



Sorry Tim for misleading you here

Cheers
Kent

[Tim Bowman]

Hi Per

Thank you for the kind words and the explanation of the lettering.

No worries Kent, easy fix. I'll take care of it when I start again on the rear details of the Tiger.

Best regards
Tim

[Robert E Morey]

Tim,
Great to see you are back on the Tiger project. Although that means I am getting further and further behind on mine (compared to you guys actually building yours)! Great to see some new progress.

Are the access plates included in the kit or your custom parts? I haven't taken my Tig out of the shipping boxes yet.

[Tim Bowman]

Hi Bob

The round one is from the kit. Only the rectangular plate is a custom part. The belly was painted dark yellow the other day and will soon be flipped upright, hopefully for the last time. Drive sprocket, bump stops, wheels and rear plate detailing are next. Not sure which order those will go in yet.

Long way to go to catch up to Steve.

Tim

[Tim Bowman]

Found some time today to assemble and detail both drive sprockets. The cast number/codes are based off some limited photo reference as well as some artistic license. I will correct the center "star" tab with bends. I corrected the letters on the exhaust guards as well.







Also worked on this detail. Front fender catch/retainer.






I also had a question for fellow Tiger owners. I'm trying to sort out the parts for the rear plate and was wondering, are there stand-offs for the exhaust heat shields included in the kit? I only counted enough for the side fenders. Has everyone made these from scratch or am I just not seeing them?

Happy building
Tim

[Jim Slothower]

Tim,

Great work and excellent detail.

thanks for the Pics, Jim

[Adrian Harris]

Great detailing parts Tim - I love how these small parts are now getting added to the builds - it really adds to the overall realism.

Sorry I can't really help with the stand-offs - my Tiger is the early model but the instructions seem to say to bolt the armour and heat sheild directly to the rear plate.

Adrian.

[simon_manning]

nice,nice,nice, i have enough left over if you want them tim, stand-offs for the exhaust shields.regards simon manning

[Dale jordan]

Tim ,Tim ,Tim !!! This is real nice . Is the blue colour Mr surfer 500 or grey primer ??? ..Dale

[Kent Wiik]

Nice work (as always) Tim!

Can’t tell how tempted I am to begin with my own Tiger so you better stop posting your work please... LOL

Keep up the good work mate!
Kent

[Tim Bowman]

Thanks guys

Simon, PM sent. Thanks for the offer!

Dale, My camera was doing weird things. There is Mr Surfacer on there but it's not the reason for the bluish tint.

Here's the finished exhaust armor guards.



Tim

[Adrian Harris]

Tim,

There's a hole behind that mystery notch...



No idea what it's there for though !!

Adrian

[Robert E Morey]

Great looking details Tim, Your Tiger is coming along fantastic. I'm looking forward to seeing it in person at some point.

Bob

[Jeffrey Goff]

Hi Tim, great details, I love the fender hooks, brings the front end alive
regards
Jeff