John's Late Tiger 1

[John Fitzsimons]

Starting work on the breech details.

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Would anyone have good photos of the breech operating crank mechanism handle?

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[John Fitzsimons]

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[John Fitzsimons]

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[Vince Cutajar]

Would anyone have good photos of the breech operating crank mechanism handle?

Had a look but could not find a clear photo showing that handle. Best depiction I could find was in the Research Squad Tiger book (which I assume you already have) pages 146, 148 and 150.

Vince

[John Fitzsimons]

Thanks Vince. Yes, have the research squad book. I am picking up a good bit from that. Got a copy recently. Worth having.

[Chang]

Hi John : A few photos and the following diagram in this website maybe helpful :

http://metspra.ru/kwk-36-l56-%D0%B4%D0% ... 3%D1%80-i/

Regards,
Lerh Chang

[Vince Cutajar]

John have a look at the link Chang posted above. Nearly at the bottom of the page are two very clear photos of the handle you are looking for.

Chang, thanks for that link. I have it bookmarked as seems to have a lot of other useful information.

Vince

[John Fitzsimons]

Very helpful Chang. Answers a lot of questions I had. I am trying to make a reasonable representation of the breech. I don’t think I have the skills or the will to add functions. I’m sure someone will.

John

[John Fitzsimons]

Hi all,
It’s been a long time since I posted anything on the forum. Life got in the way for a bit. I took a job which was 24 hour shift thinking it would leave plenty of premium daylight hours for hobbies. Then Covid came and suddenly I was very busy to the point I was left too exhausted for hobbies. If I tried to keep going on the tanks I would rush thing and mess up.

Now at last I have taken an early retirement and can devote more time to my many interests.

I have started some tidy up work on Late Tiger 212. I built a new rear bay for speakers, batteries and Ivano’s cooling fans.

Here are some photos of current progress.

Lm

[John Fitzsimons]

Some more photos from the workshop. Rear compartment was arranged around the fans. Left me a bit tight for batteries but they just about fit. I want to add a small 12v battery to run lights and fans.

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[Robert E Morey]

John,
Great to see a post from you after all this time. Your Tigers are exquisite. Looks like you've added a few more toys (models) to the collection.
Best rgards,
Bob

[Steve Lewington]

Hi John
Great to see you back on the forum.
Hopefully we will be able to catch up again soon.

All the best

Steve

[John Fitzsimons]

Hi Steve. Great to hear from you. Missed the forum. Hopefully meet up at next factory day if I can get there.

[simon_manning]

Good to know your back in the Hobby, regards Simon Manning,

[John Fitzsimons]

Hi Simon, never really left the hobby. Have a lot to catch up on though.
Thinking of starting a YouTube channel. Do some work on video.

John