John's Late Tiger 1

[Tim Bowman]

Awesome John!

kindest regards
Tim

[Nick Farrugia]

HI JOHN
Great work again on the seat looks very neat
i am going to wait for my extras be for i decide what to do on the inside you are an insperation to me ,carnt match your skills though
Best wishes ,,,,,,,,,,nick

[John Fitzsimons]

Thanks Nick and Tim.
Nick you did so much on the Panzer IV I know it's just a matter of time before you get around to the interior.
I have been busy lately on Padges Tiger II lately an had neglected the Tier I but as some items arrived lately I just had to move it on again.
Firstly I decided to repaint the interior which had been painted a light ivory. Also I have received a supply of very nice decals for all the little interior details. Still lots of interior parts planned.
Also, Paul Morris sent me a very nice set of filler caps for the rear deck. I had left off painting the rear deck until these were fitted.









Here are Paul's Filler caps fitted. I used the step drill bit as he advised. As you go deeper hold onto the drill though. Almost tore my wrist off. Though I guess most of you guys have fancy bench drills. Also the rear deck cover is much thinner. If you go too deep you will have nothing to support the ring for the cap. Easily fixed though. Great work Paul. They tale away the jelly mould look from an otherwise lovely rear deck.





















Sorry about the photo overload but it's been a while.

[John Fitzsimons]

I have a supply of MG34 Gurtsäckes for the hull side beside the radio operator and believe they are fitted to some type of plate attached to the hull wall. Does anybody know how they are attached to the rack?

http://tiger1.info/EN/RightSponsonRacks.html

Cannot see from these. What are the sacs attached too? How many Gurtsäckes? I have 13.

[Nick Farrugia]

Hi JOHN
Great looking interior pics of your tiger it keeps getting b etter all the time ,you have done a very nice job on padges king tiger as well realy like the pics of the crew man standing on the deck of your tiger looks great ,well set up ,i have enjoyed your build a lot .All the best,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nick

[phil fitzpatrick]

Great looking Tiger John.
Lovely finish and detail,the parts you have made yourself are
superb.
Love the the parts you have done for the turret interior,there looks to
be so much room for the crew.
Regards
Phil

[Robert E Morey]

John,
Great job on the interior details. Its seems a bit of a shame to "put a lid" on them. Overall a superb job. I hope my late Tiger comes out looking this good.
Best regards,
Bob

[John Fitzsimons]

Thanks for the nice comments.

Bob, I had thought of making a seperate roof from perspex with hatches ect fitted for display.
Looking forward to seeing how yours turns out.

It's nice to see a couple of tanks parked together.

[Kent Wiik]

Hi John,

Very nice build!
Impressing internal detailing, well done.

I have a supply of MG34 Gurtsäckes for the hull side beside the radio operator and believe they are fitted to some type of plate attached to the hull wall. Does anybody know how they are attached to the rack?

http://tiger1.info/EN/RightSponsonRacks.html

As David says in the link the sacks was hung to the rail.



They were hung with the two hooks at the rear side of the Gurtsack:



Kind regards
Kent

[John Fitzsimons]

Thanks Kent. Those photos are so much clearer. So many are front on. Sometimes hard to see how they are made.

[John Fitzsimons]

Just back from the Tigers first outing. The Duncannon Military festival where the Tiger I along with Padge McGrath's King Tiger entertained the visitors. Straight to work on fixing something that really bothered me. Every time the tank moved the turret escape hatch fell open. Expected this but now problem solved.

[John Fitzsimons]

Just back from the Tigers first outing. The Duncannon Military festival where the Tiger I along with Padge McGrath's King Tiger entertained the visitors. Straight to work on fixing something that really bothered me. Every time the tank moved the turret escape hatch fell open. Expected this but now problem solved.





All brass with aluminum lock bar.

[John Fitzsimons]

Outdoors getting a check over by the crew.

[phil fitzpatrick]

Excellent pictures of your crew gathering and your work John.
Glad you had a nice bit of sun for your crew.
Regards
Phil

[Paul Morris]

Hello John.

Very nice looking set of tanks you have done and I love the crew photo's mate well done, one question what happened to the muzzle on the Tiger 1?
Cheers Paul.