Bovington Tiger 1 Photos - Hull

[Steven Day]

Here’s the second set of pictures for the Hull of the Bovington Tiger 131. I’ve mainly concentrated on the welds and fixings to the Hull. I was surprised at the finish of the welds between the Hull plates, which were formed either in a sweeping pattern or multiple vertical lines. None of these had been ground down and they didn’t protrude much above the plate surface. I hope you find these useful.

Here’s the joint between the Glacis Plate and the Upper Front Plate (both sides)



Heavily welded joints at the rear of the tank between the Rear Plate and the Pannier Side Plates (both sides)



Welded joints on the Upper Front Plate



These show the details of the Visor Armour




MG mounted of the Glacis Plate.



Welded joints between the Lower Front Plate and the Hull Side





6 & 68 & 233
Welded joints between the Glacis Plate and the Pannier Side Plate and the Front Deck.




Here you can see the Visor Armour welded to the Driver and Radio Op’s Hatches. You can also make out the rivet heads that I assume are for securing the hatch hinges.




Here’s the Air Vent between the Driver and Radio Op Hatches.


I guessing this is the Aerial Mast Storage Tube welded to the left hand Pannier Side Plate. I doubt this can be the original welds as it’s a bit too rough.


Various brackets holding the Track Cables, although I’m not sure all these are original.

[Christoffer Ahlfors]

Thanks for your photos, Steven. Great resource!

Cheers,
/Chris

[Adrian Harris]

Yes indeed - excellent photos Steven.

And just in time for the work I'm doing on my Tiger

Adrian.

[Steven Day]

Glad to be of help

Steve

[Tim Bowman]

SWEET!

Hi Steven, Thank you so much for sharing your great, detail photos on the Tiger on the forum. Very much appreciated.

Just beautiful.

Kind regards
Tim