Turret Front and Gun Mount alignment issues?

[James Parks]

All,

Assembly on the Late Tiger 1 has gone very smooth, until now. As I proceed to page 30 of the Manual, the process of assembling Pack 8 of the Turret is going well, however when I attempt to screw the Gun Pivot's into the Turret Front (CE0473) I am unable to do so, because the hole in the Gun Mount (CE0406) does not line up accordingly.

It is off by a good deal and would require grinding a good amount of metal to make it line up. I have examined pictures of other tanks in the Gallery, reexamined the instructions, flipped and turned the Gun Mount every which way, but the hole will not line up for the Gun Pivot's.

Hopefully my explanation makes sense.

Many thanks,
James

[David Gray]

hi james i had the same problem , the pivot block was out of line ,
3mm i had to grind the bottom of the pivot block to get the pins to
enter and stop the block from binding on the bottom edge . i know
others who have also had this problem

dave gray

[James Parks]

David,

Thank you for that information!

I have just the tool for the job, nice powerful angle grinder!

[Armortek]

We have replied to James directly on this one.

Mark

[James Parks]

Thanks for the update Mark!

Best Regards,
James

[StevenFlint]

Hi guys,
I read this with interest and immediately checked my new Tiger out. I too have about a mm to grind off so thanks for the info. Just goes to show how important these forums are.

Cheers

Steve.

[Armortek]

Steven

You can grind all the material off the underside of the gun mount, but it is much easier to reduce the diameter of the peg on the end of the gun pivots.

Mark

[StevenFlint]

Cheers Mark, I'll have a look at that.

Merry Christmas
Steve