late tiger bullet ring guard

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:04 pm

can anyone tell me what type of bolts were used on the bullet
ring, were they countersunk or hex head bolts

thanks Dave gray

Martin von Bargen · Post by **Martin von Bargen** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:38 pm

Hi David

In the assembly instructions on page 30 is only the bullet ring listened. The fasteners provided are not listened. You can see the correct screws in the Armortek Gallery under late Tiger, second page, first picture.

I don't know the correct name of the screws in English, sorry!

I hope that I could help a little.

Cheers

Martin

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:36 pm

hi Martin , sorry i didnt mean the armortek one, iwant to know

what , was used on the real one. i have Mike stannards bullet

ring but im not shore if the countersink screws supplied

represtent the real tank.

Dave

Mike Stannard (toyrific) · Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:21 pm

Hi David

I believe the real ring was welded in place or maybe held by flush fitting bolts, once you have fitted the ring fill in the screw holes and it will look correct.

Mike

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:18 pm

Thanks for that Mike , i will do that

regards Dave

ps Mike keep me posted on the tiger cupola , its the last part i need

David Ward · Post by **David Ward** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:11 pm

David

The turret ring guard consisted of three identical and interchangeable segments. They had seven bolt holes in each but only five holes in each were used. The holes used differed between the position of the segment so there will be two empty holes in each. Check out the Tiger 1 info site.

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

David

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:18 pm

David W

Great info. I noticed in a few photos there were holes as well. Could not make out fasteners but definitely holes.

Thanks for the link.

Regards

Tim

Mike Stannard (toyrific) · Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:09 am

Looks like the bolted in place is the correct way, the likely reason bolts do not show up on the rings is they used sharply counter sunk bolts which ended up flush with the surface and when painted would only be seen in a very close photo. The reason my ring set is in six sections is I was not able to cast three sections as they were to long for the mold.

Mike

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:14 pm

Thanks for that David, what i have decided to do is, counterbore

the already countersunk holes in Mikes ring and fit the ring with

7BA bolts with the heads flush. i am quite pleased with the result

Dave