Adrian's Tiger 1

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:40 am

Made the journey to Port Maquarie, today ,to visit Dale and the Grand master Noel ... Had a superb time , just indulging all day, in Tank talk and colour schemes for the Tiger build- just pure bliss !!!- and all I can say is stay posted as Noel hits this one out of the park again - just amazing the knowledge contain in Noels head ,about history and paint schemes of this fighting beast - just legendary
See the raw build photos below
Just also , would like to say a big thank you to Dale , Rick for the build advice and a big thank you to the after market guys - Tim Bowman , Mike Stannard , Steve Winstone ,and the great man Vincent Abbort , for helping me take the build to the next level
Cheers All
Adrian

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:47 pm

another superb looking tiger,you must post the photos when its painted, regards simon manning.

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:24 pm

Hi Adrian

Your early Tiger looks superb and a great foundation for anybodys paint job. I am waiting on the edge of my seat to see the progress photos of Noel's master paint work. Is Dale going to let you put the side fenders on? (joke)

Thank you for sharing your great piece of work.
Kindest regards
Tim

Tim McCarthy · Post by **Tim McCarthy** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:45 pm

Thanks Dale for posting this for Adrian
Adrian great build
Do you have a picture of what the finish product will be like?
Regards
Timbo

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:27 am

Thanks for the feed back , I am still in Port lazing about now .
Yes Tim the fenders will be back on , -busted up through , you know how it is with battle conditions
The paint job is not going to be your standard tri -colour or base gray , just something left of field - stay posted
Cheers
Adrian

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:16 am

Adrian,
Great looking details, and fantastic looking model even without the wheels. Dale thanks for posting. Looking forward to another great paint job.
Bob

Andy Payne · Post by **Andy Payne** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:43 am

Nice machine Adrian,will be great to have another runner in Oz.Wish I had a Noel up my way.He is a master of detail and paint.Can't wait to see the finished product.
Regards Andy

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:39 am

Good to here from you again Andy .. Tiger are turning up everywhere at the moment it must be the time of the year . David Mc Connell has dragged his Mid Tiger out from under his bed to finish it off . So all goes well at last for the Tigers down under , Plus soon there will be three new Mid Tigers on their way down under , we just need to get them all togerther one day for an Armortek running day ...Dale

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:14 am

I'm helping Noel Date Adrain Tiger to one unit . So I've been busy today making the changes to the Mantlet ... You can see I've added extra armour over the MG hole , drilled the extra binocular hole. added a radius to the right hand gusset and rounded off the corners . It all primmed ready to go back on . Here are some photos .. It's good working on a tiger again ...Dale

Brian Leach · Post by **Brian Leach** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:03 am

Very nice Dale.

These tanks are really getting good.

I cannot wait to see what the next batchwill bring.

Brian

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:49 am

Nice work Dale on the Mantlet.
The Tiger's mantlet is a real tough armour shield. Although declared as (in average) 110mm in thickness, in some part is actually more than 250mm. I don't recalled to see any war time photo shown it had been totally penetrated ........ . Keep up good work!

Regards,
Lerh Chang

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:28 am

Beautiful work Dale. Excellent attention to detail on the mantlet. Amazing how many variations of those there were.

Nice to see you working on a Tiger again.

Tim

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:51 am

Here are some updated photos of Adrian's Tiger paint job by Noel .. He is about 3/4 done.. More to follow running gear plus wear and tear etc ....Mud and grass is going onto the under sides today . Dale

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:32 am

Hi Dale,
Once again the stunning painting!
Can you show me (and all of us) a closer photo about the fire extinguisher and the bracket please? Always wondering what exactly the colour it is? Not red! not yellow! maybe gray?

Thanks!
Lerh Chang