2012 Tiger 1 (Late) rebuild - s.Pz-Abt.510

[Tim Page]

Did not actually get any time over the weekend to work on my Tiger.
I did today manage to print off a set of D shaped spacers for the glacis plate joint next to the diff housing.

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They were glue in place so i hope i never need to remove them. I guess they would be easy enough to drill out though as they are only PLA plastic.

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These have a 1.5mm groove around the edge so that i can add a bead of Milliput which i hope will be added this evening.

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So, just a few tidy up jobs then i am complete with all the weld lines on this side of the lower hull.
Might start on the right side tomorrow.

Cheers
Tim

[Tim Page]

Been waiting for some parts and a few fittings but also needed a bit of working space in the garage. Still dont really have the clear space that i'd like but have still managed to spend a couple of hours today working on my Tiger.
I have now got the left side dif housing refitted along with the armoured cover that was missing from my Tiger when i purchased it.

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I have also made a start adding the rest of the weld lines in place.

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Ive seen from other threads the way that the filtet is fitted with 5 castle nuts so i had some 30mm M3 cap heads on order which arrived and then i promptly lost the packet. Found them a few days ago - while looking for something else!

Anyway, the parts are all fitted but i am not 100% happy with the shape of the fillet so might have a go at remaking them to a better shape.

I also fitted the new escape hatch hinge for the turret.
Mine was damaged and i had to remove it with Mr. Dremmel.
I was also wanting the type that was often fitted to the Late Tigers.

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The next few jobs will be to complete the lower hull by repeating all the work that was done on the left side onto the right.

That should hopefully be a bit quicker now that i know what needs doing and how best to do it.

That will do for today.

[Tim Page]

Had a bit of a mess about in CAD last night and created a drivers vision port for my Tiger 1.

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The vision slit in the front armour is a bit too wide so will need to be 'adjusted' before the armored visor gets re-fitted.

[AlastairCooke]

Hi Tim,
Nice upgrade, well done. I have worked up something similar which will be shown in my next update.
Alastair

[Robert Tanzer]

Nice work you made there

[Tim Page]

Been working on a few different projects recently, trying to clear the decks and make space to get back onto my Tiger.
Id also outsourced a couple of jobs that required milling and better tools than i had access to.

The majority of the work on the lower hull is now complete so i will be able to make a start looking at the back of the tank and working out what sequence stuff needs to be worked on.

I now have the turret roof and the cupola back now so that i can start work on the final few jobs to get those 2 parts completed.
The cupola hatch arm was damaged and the hatch was slightly oversized or out of round, so did not fit well so this has now been rectified in the Werkstatt. A new new lift post and handle were also fitted at this time.

I am printing out a set of cupola periscopes to fit the late Tiger 1 as well so this should be completed over the next couple of weeks.

Will update with some pix shortly.

Cheers
Tim