King Tiger Build

Jeffrey Goff · Post by **Jeffrey Goff** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:12 pm

Hi Simon, good to see you doing some work, the KT mods look great, and your Tiger 1 looks fantastic
regards
Jeff

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:54 am

Hi Simon,

What Jeff said!

Love the mesh covers on the intake and exhaust fan guards! Great job on the guards themselves as well. Keep the pictures coming please.

Kind regards
Tim

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:33 am

Hi Simon

Wow! That is some high quality builds you have there.
Love your attention to details - keep up the good work.

/Kent

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:02 pm

Simon,
Brilliant work on the mesh gaurds for the fans and grilles. They look awesome. The cast numbers look great. Nice work all around.

Still don't know how you can work on several models at the same time!
Bob

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:11 pm

i have been building the turret this week,big and heavy!,i consructed the rear deck with non standard brackets fixed underneath to allow easy access to the batteries and electrics,steve winstone supplied the rear hatch,[superb it is] these king tigers are impressive when they start to come together,all for now,

simon manning.

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 4:03 pm

These are the aluminium U-shaped lenghts i bought from B&Q to make the rear deck one complete piece so you cas lift it out as one. To gain access to the electricts, very simple to fit and cheap! Â£1.25p for a length, (which was enough to do both sides) the fit is perfect and strong!

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:37 pm

Excellent Simon

Love the rear deck photos!

Tim

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:57 pm

Hi Simon . Your KT is looking amazing!!! . Are you going to fill the bolts holes and do the welds soon ?? otherwise it will be hard to do it when all the detail in on ....Dale

Martin Taylor · Post by **Martin Taylor** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:41 am

Hi Simon....great pics! Can you tell me what wire gauge and mesh size you have used for the grille covers?
Thanks
Martin

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:25 pm

hi martin, they are the standard ones supplied with the king tiger kit,mark at armortek will know, time consuming to fit,but the end result looks o.k.

hope this helps,simon manning.

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:33 pm

Hi Simon,
The aluminum U-shape frame for rear deck is a brilliant idea!
Only concerned is the deck supports LH(CK0115) & RH(CK0115_M). Are they still being used?

Thanks for sharing this.

Lerh Chang

Martin Taylor · Post by **Martin Taylor** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:02 pm

Thanks Simon, I'm only opening the packs as I get to that stage and had missed the reference to mesh in the manual as it is in the "details" pack rather than the grilles. Your way to achieve a single deck structure looks very good indeed....thank you for sharing it!

Martin

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:46 pm

hello chang, i left the deck supports out,using the u-channel as i did the fit is just right,i will use the existing holes behind the turret to secure the deck when being run,hope this helps.

peter karlsson · Post by **peter karlsson** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:23 pm

hi simon!!!

just want to say fantastic work on your KT!!!

regards peter,peppe.

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:14 am

simon_manning wrote:hello chang, i left the deck supports out,using the u-channel as i did the fit is just right,i will use the existing holes behind the turret to secure the deck when being run,hope this helps.

Thanks Simon for the advice. I do learn this from you!

Happy building!
Lerh Chang

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