John's Late Tiger 1

[John Fitzsimons]

Here is another new addition. First of the four 88mm ammo bins. This is a heavy item. Over 1/2 Kg. Over 1 kg when ammo fitted. I was hoping to have them finished for Bovington but no chance. Not looking forward to making the others and I need seven more as two Tigers to be fitted with them.

Anyway here are some photos of first attempt.

[yves mouton]

Hello John,

Beautiful work on the ammo cases
best regards Yves

[John Fitzsimons]

I will make the central roof support also. I designed the ammo boxes to fit the interior of the Armortek Tiger 1 so some details will not be as the original.
thanks yves, see you at TANKMOD.

[John Fitzsimons]

Put the box in place and re-assembled the hull roof and turret. Bugger. It does'nt fit. Snagging on the base of the turret. This is the problem with building without screws. I will have to try taking apart and see if can be fixed. BLOWTORCH. Otherwise it's a bin for the bin. At least I now know how to proceed with the other bins.

[John Fitzsimons]

I took the box apart and rebuilt. Fits fine now.

[Greg Stephens]

Your excellent work is very intimidating for an amateur!

[John Fitzsimons]

Picked up a lot watching work of others.

[John Fitzsimons]

Just found some photos taken beside 131 at Bovington.

[John Fitzsimons]

It's been a while since I posted anything here but very busy at work and at home and difficult to make time at present.
Here is something I'm working on at present.

[Phil Woollard]

Is that brass or just the lighting? Very nice John.

[yves mouton]

Hello John,

Awesome job on the tiger gun
Best regards Yves

[John Fitzsimons]

Phil, must be lighting. It's mainly aluminium. There are a couple of brass rings on the recuperate /
recoil cylinder housings. This one is the one I'm using to work out how it will all fit together.
Not sure yet how detailed I will go. So many excellent build going on at the moment. Great inspiration.
It has been slow going as I'm kept busy at work dealing with Covid 19 and now Brexit has finally kicked in and is keeping me very busy.

[Robert E Morey]

Hi John, Great to see a post from you. Nice work on the gun breach - very cool. Will be amazing once finished. Glad to hear you are still working on tanks!
Best regards, Bob

[Ray Brown]

G'day John, long time no hear.

I started this same thing ìn 2016 but got side tracked. I do mean to finish it, one day. With your skills yours will be great I'm sure. Here's a couple pics of where I got to. To get the sharp breech area edges I had to screw the rear of the gun onto the body as you can see. All the best. Ray

I initially 3d printed it then machined them.

[John Fitzsimons]

Here are some photos of progress on Tiger 1 breech project.

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Working on three units now.

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open position. Inner tube to be added.

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